raleigh saltwater sport fishing club · offshore fisheries should all be red hot and bountiful! ......
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OFFICERS
President Tommy Peace 919-231-3291
Vice-President Chuck Ward
[email protected] 919 608-7674
Treasurer
John Bryant [email protected]
919 624-0676
Secretary Will Hill
At-Large Members
Parke Rash [email protected]
919 524-6298
Tommy Walls [email protected]
919 325-6529
Fred Adams [email protected]
Greg Brissette
[email protected] 919 426-8372
Past President John Knight
[email protected] H-919 469-0071 C-919 710-9409
KMT Director Jason Fant
Vol 38, Issue 5 May 2016
MAY MEETING GREG LUDLUM
Our May speaker will be Brad Kimrey, regional training specialist with Garmin International.
Brad Kimrey was born and raised in New Bern, North Carolina in a small waterfront retire-ment community. Over the years, fishing became his passion and he has stuck with it ever since. After high school, Brad attended East Carolina University and completed his degree in Sports Studies and minored in Business Administration. During his tenure, he obtained his USCG Captains License and paired up with a friend to start the East Carolina University Bass Fishing Team. The ECU Bass Fishing Team went on to have success at tournaments across the country and numerous appearances on ESPN and VS Networks. Now as a college graduate, Brad spent two years working with West Marine and now is the Regional Training Specialist for the Outdoor Market Segment for Garmin International. Dur-ing his time off, he spends his time offshore fishing out of Morehead City or bass fishing the North Carolina lakes. If he isn't on the water you can bet he is talking about fishing!
DIRECTIONS TO MEETING: The NC State University Club is located off Hillsboro St. between the Beltline (I-440)and NCSU Vet School/State Fairgrounds. The club meets on the third Tuesday of every month. Meetings are open to the public.
6:30 PM Meal available if you want to eat there / 7:00 PM +/- Meeting & Program
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Military Appreciation Day, Morehead City –Save the Date
June 4th, Military Appreciation Day Inc, Morehead City chapter will host our Heroes for a fun day of fishing and treating the family members to many land based activities, great en-tertainment, and awesome food! In the tradition of the Morehead event, expect the same or more as last year, boat rides, kids Pirate Ship, land based games, DJ, corn hole, wild pony boat tours, and much more!
Our Troops fishing can expect the gamut the ocean has to offer, inshore, near shore, and offshore fisheries should all be red hot and bountiful!
Changes – Captain’s meeting Friday June 3rd, the location is yet TBD, but for now is set at City Park and NOT Jaycee Park. We are working to change this back to Jaycee but it has not happened yet.
Volunteer registration for committees now open for cooking crew, and land based volun-teers who help make this event great! http://militaryappreciationday.org/wp/
Raleigh Saltwater
Sport Fishing Club
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Support our Sponsoring Members
Club meeting April 19th 2016—Will Hill
Speakers were Tommy and Richard from the SeaView Fishing Pier to talk about pier fishing
Some necessities for pier fishing are 2 coolers, one for food and one for fish, a bucket, a towel, a landing net or gaff. You need to know two knots, the uni knot and the clinch knot. There are lots of different baits to choose from. Sea urchins, live shrimp, sand fleas, blood worms, squid, and even frozen bait. Sabiki rigs can be used to catch grass shad for live baits.
You can catch flounder, sheepshead, sea mullet, spot, toad fish, bluefish, Spanish mackerel, and even king mackerel form the pier. You are not allowed to fish for sharks from the pier.
Use diamond jigs for catching bluefish. Use 40 pound fluorocarbon leader for casting gotcha plugs or diamond jigs.
Pier fishing is not free. A daily pass is $12 but $25 if you want to fish for kings. A season pass is $230 for a single person or $320 for a couple. A season pass for king fishing is $325 per person. No alco-hol is allowed on the pier.
Club business:
We need sponsorship contracts in by the next meeting. The spon-sor material is on the KMT web site.
We are asking for anyone interested in going on the king mackerel outing out of Hatteras village on November 12th. Currently we need two more members to fill a second boat. The cost per person split 6 ways is $320 and that covers the charter fee and a 20 per-cent tip.
BOD meeting notes from April 12th 2016—Will Hill
John K is our temporary treasurer until elections.
The Mahi outing is full, every boat got a full crew during the sign up.
Rusty may have a party after the Mahi outing for those that are staying closer to MHC.
The KMT is on schedule but we need a fish buyer.
Someone needs to contact Betts nets for donations, we need a 6’ and a 10’ cast net for the KMT prizes.
We discussed a new KMT long format tournament. It was proposed that we have a 3 to 4 month tournament with a sign up cutoff date. We would need buy in from local tackle shops with certified scales to report weighed fish for the tournament. At the end there would be a shootout tournament with just the top 10 boats. A proposal for this format needs to be written so we can determine the details and feasibility of the idea. The boat Sea Creature has been booked for our Nov. 12th club king mackerel outing in Hatteras Village. Another boat will be booked if we have enough interest from other club members
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2016 RSWSFC Ocracoke Trip and Tournament The Raleigh team of Tommy Walls, John Bryant, Stan Yackowitz, Fred Jelinek, Jim Beetham and Roy Zweidinger arrived in Ocra-coke Saturday, April 23 to fish the Ocracoke Invitational Surf Fish-ing Tournament (OISFT) held Thursday and Friday. The tourna-ment is usually the first week of May, but was a week earlier this year. We stayed in a different house this year located on the sound at the end of Harbor Cove Drive. Roy took his kayak and fished some on Saturday evening in the sound by the house and got towed around by a cow nose ray. Monday was the perfect kayak day and Roy went to Teach's Hole and caught sea mullet, one blue and lots of gray trout in the 10 to almost 12" class (plenty of double headers) and kept one 14". The team fun fished the first few days in the surf catching mostly sea mullet, a few blues and blow toads. Jim unfortunately caught a nail in the sidewall of his tire! We did catch enough fish to have a team fish fry two nights. Tommy did the honors on the fish and Stan made his potato pancakes. A front came through on Wednesday night and seemed to turn off the fish during the tournament. After winning the tournament in 2013, we had suffered a few down years with low scores, but figured we had nowhere to go but up this year. Unfortunately, there was still a little room left in the other direction and we failed to catch a scoring fish the entire tournament (along with about 10 other teams). Half of the teams caught 8 or fewer scoring fish. Most were sea mullet with a few blues, flounder and red drum. Male and female biggest fish were slot drum. As an interesting note, a judge told me one team only threw gold Hopkins the entire last session and did score blue fish. Fred threw a gold cast master for a little while for us, but got no hits. After finishing second and third several times, the Merchantville Fishing Club out of New Jersey, finally won the big one, taking first place with a score of 111 points.
Distant second was the Bud Light Six Pack with 76 points, and third was Team Daiwa with 67 points.
The Outcasters from Nags Head were the top women’s team with 27 points, followed by the Queen Mackerels, 22, and the Fishing Pelicans were third with 22.
Al Bevan caught the largest fish, a 27-inch red drum, and Peggy Byrd snagged a 19-inch red drum for the largest fish by a woman.
Greg O’Connell got honors for catching the most fish, 13, and four women caught four fish to tie in their gender category.
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NEWSLETTER EDITORS
Bernie McCants 919 832-3755
Bo Nowell 919 362-1762
Jim Beetham C– 919 801-0387
ARTICLES
Fishing reports, pictures, tips, editorials, classified ads for boats and fishing tackle, seafood recipes, articles, tackle recommen-dations or criticisms etc... are welcomed. Receipt by email is preferred.
The newsletter no longer goes to print/mailing. But approximately a week prior to the meeting the news-letter is posted to the web-site and a link is sent to all current members with up-to-date email addresses. The web site saves the Club on mailing and printing expense and we urge Club members to sign-in and non-members to use it until they realize why they need to join.
Last minute reports may be submitted by email and may be able to be inserted up to a few days before the Newsletter is posted (hopefully a week before the meeting)
Rep Wm O Richardson (D-Cumberland) Introduces bill to hold referendum on a gill net ban
H1122— Limit Marine Net Fishing. : http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H1122v1.pdf
Editorial note: Introduced in the legislative short session without any sponsors and referred to Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Committee and unlikely to get in action this session.
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(New) 178C Garmin Color Plotter/Sounder: It is more suited to off shore/Inshore Fish-ing and I now just fish the sound and flats. It also has a C Chip that is good from the Chesa-peake to the tip of Florida. I have taken it off my boat and everything is included. I would like $200 or whatever someone would offer that could use it. John Karsonovish 919-818-5050
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(New) 2007 Garmin GPSMAP 540. (standalone GPS-no sounders) Very good condition. Bright screen and easy to use. Preloaded BlueChartg2. Firmware has has tides, current, moon phases. Updated to software 5.0. (latest is 5.6 but 5.0 is last major update) In-cludes: Original box, owner’s manual, tilt/swivel mount, new protective front cover, power/data cable. Additionally included is a second power cord which, with an AC/DC converter 3A/13.8V power supply, you can program waypoints in the comfort of your home. Also, have left a number of waypoints (sorry no secret spots ), so if you fish out of Beaufort Inlet, NC, most of the structure on the nearby artificial reefs are plugged in based on NC DMF lat/lon coordinates. Bernie McCants 919-602-4516
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DownEast Vacation - two homes on tidal estuary Sleepy Creek, Gloucester, four miles from Cape Lookout, secluded acres, sleeps up to 12. Fishing, oystering, clamming, biking, kayaking, family reunion, well-behaved pets.. Public boat launch ramp (2 miles), [email protected], 919-933-1119.
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Carolina Beach Condo For Rent – Weekly or Weekends* 2 Bedroom, 2 bath condo. Can sleep 6 –7; 1 King, 1 Queen. Large sectional sofa in living room has fold out bed. Rates are $100 per night or $700 for the week and $50 for the cleaning lady.
1305 Carolina Beach Avenue North, Carolina Beach, NC, Unit 1B First floor unit with covered deck, Cable TV, Washer/Dryer, private parking, indoor/outdoor dining, and other amenities. Ocean view. Just across the street from beach. Public Beach Access is only 50 ft away. Pier is ¼ mile away. Bo Nowell 919-362-1762 [email protected]
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Ocean Isle Canal Front Home for Rent--Sunday to Sunday Summer Rentals: Five bed-
room, three bath home with dock on canal near ICW on Fairmont Street in Ocean Isle
Beach, NC. Sunday to Sunday rentals. One Queen BR, four bedrooms with two twins each.
Central air, cable, internet, washer/dryer. Remodeled 8/13. You provide linens and thor-
ough cleaning. Fishing off the dock, extra open lot next door for family games, screened
porch, outdoor shower, gas and charcoal grills, more. No smoking or pets. Public boat ramp
less than a mile at base of bridge. Ocean Pier is about 1 mile. Free sound pier about 5 miles.
$1,300/week. Jim Knight [email protected] (919) 818-9059.
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Sponsors of our 2014 King Mackerel Tournament
Holly Park Shopping Center
3062 Wake Forest Road Raleigh, NC 27609
919 850 9883
Www.overtons.com
Our Web Site - www.rswsc.org See how it has improved. Send any comments good or bad to Jason Fant [email protected] He does want input to have a web site the club can be proud [email protected].
Raleigh Salt Water Sportfishing Club is on Fa-cebook
If you are a member of Facebook, you can now go to the RSWSC Facebook page, view recent photos, and participate in discussions. If not a member, you can join at www.facebook.com
You can find the Club by doing a "Search" for The Raleigh Salt Water Sportfishing Club. Remember -- you need to join
Tuesday May 11 Dolphin Trip
Jeff Becker, Rusty Donnavant , Bob Murdock and friend
and a nice day of dolphin fishing with some bottom fish
off Cape Lookout.
Hope this was a preview of Mahi Madness Club Trip.
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Carry On Bag and Accessories—Bernie McCants
In the March 2016 issue of Saltwater Sportsman I was gifted, there was an article on what I call a dry bag to car-ry with you when fishing on a charter or someone’s boat. I’m a big believer in check lists (old guy) so I thought I would use some suggestions from SWS and add a few of my own. Carry-on Bag—Make sure you take into account the size and type of boat you are fishing. Scale down if on a
boat with limited storage. If it’s going to sit on the deck it should be waterproof. Raincoat and bibs—while the forecast may not call for rain, sea state and nature of the boat make necessitate
putting on rain gear. Lightweight, preferable breathable are a plus in warm weather Electronics—Smart phone (preferably with a waterproof case) or camera for taking pics. GoPro. I have a
handheld VHF I usually pack. GPS devices are usually a no-no for some inshore guides so ask before pack-ing or bringing one out.
Back-up hat—hats have a habit of flying off when running. I have a rule we will only go back once to retrieve
your hat. ;-) Belt with fishing tools—knife, pliers, de-hooker. Having it on a belt will save time from looking for it on the
boat. Sunscreen & bug repellant—always best to apply these and clean hands BEFORE going out but may need to
reapply. Fishing towel—boat may have some but always good to carry one or two in the bag. Medications—aspirin / naproxen / Ibuprophen Small dry bag for wallet, cell phone, car keys—loose car keys have a habit of hiding in the bag so keeping
these together is nice. Sunglasses (backup) and cleaners—carry a number of the one-use packets and spread them around when you
clean your glasses. First aid kit—bandages and tape. Outdoor stores like Overton’s carry nice small self contained kits Snacks—I like to carry what a fishing buddy calls ―bird seed‖ (trail mix granola bars). Nabs (crackers from
y’all from up north) and Oreos are good choices. Copy of current fishing regulations—I use an smart phone app (http://www.safmc.net/fish-id-and-regs/
regulations-species) but this needs to be updated with current regs before you head out. Can also print out/or store as a favorite on a smart phone the regs on the NC DMP website: http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/recreational-fishing-size-and-bag-limits.
Tape measure—was bottom fishing with a club member (who shall not be named) and no measuring device on
an otherwise well-equipped boat. Clean (t-)shirt—for the photo op at the end of the day. Vs. the bait/slime/blood-stained shirt you’ve been wear-
ing. ;-) If you have other items, please email me and I will add to the list. [email protected]
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Fishermen Win Big in Tagging Program Drawing
MOREHEAD CITY – Twelve lucky fishermen each won $100 in a recent N.C. Division of Marine Fisher-ies’ Multi-Species Tagging Program drawing.
The Tagging Program randomly selected tag numbers from the 1,020 fish tags that were turned in by fisher-men in 2015. Three tag numbers were selected from each of the four species that are tagged by the program.
The winners who turned in tags for red drum were: Alex Bissantz of Camp Lejeune, Daniel DeJong of Jack-sonville and Raymond May of Troutman.
The winners who turned in tags for striped bass were: Capt. Rennie Clark of Carolina Beach, Dustin Chap-pell of Tyner and Ben Morris of Kitty Hawk.
The winners who turned in tags for southern flounder were: Adam Tyler of Smyrna, Lonnie Brown of Harkers Island and Bill Mays of Warsaw.
The winners who turned in tags for spotted seatrout were: Allen Darst of Durham, James Buie of Eastover and Archie Moore of Wilmington.
The Tagging Program began in October 2014 and is funded by a Coastal Recreational Fishing License grant. Staff and volunteers place yellow or red tags on 15,000 fish each year.
Fishermen who catch the tagged fish and return the tags with required information to the division receive a letter and personalized certificate with information about the fish, as well as a reward. Those who return a yellow tag marked with ―NCDMF‖ receive either $5, a tagging program hat or a fish towel. Those who re-turn a red tag marked with ―NCDMF‖ and ―$100 REWARD‖ receive a $100 monetary reward.
Fishermen must record the species, tag number, date, location captured, total length of the fish, fate of the fish (released or harvested) and the type of gear used to capture the fish. Yellow tags may be reported by phone, but red tags must be cut-off and returned to the division for the fisherman to receive the reward.
Information gathered from tag returns allows researchers to determine species migration patterns, mortality, population structure and habitat use.
For more information about the Multi-Species Tagging Program, see http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/tagged-fish or contact Ami Flowers at 252-948-3913 or [email protected].
LATE BREAKING NEWS
A Net Ban Referendum bill was introduced by Rep. Billy Richardson. The bill would have the citizens of North Carolina vote this November on whether or not to ban nets from our inshore waters. Rep Richardson feels very strongly that this is a very important issue for his constituents. You can learn more about Rep. Richardson’s bill by going to this link: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H1122v0.pdf If the bill were to be passed there would be a Referendum on the ballot this November asking for the public’s interest in a net ban. The NC Constitution makes all Referendums non-binding so even if it was approved, it would not enact a net ban nor would the Legislature be required to pass one.
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Past Speakers List and contact information
Presenter Website/Email Topic Phone
Rusty Dunnavant [email protected] Striper Fishing
Rob Koraly www.sandbarsafari.com Bonita Fishing 252-725-4614
Capt Bryan Goodwin www.nativeguide.net Light tackle fishing 252 725-3961
Dave Anderson www.collinsboating.com Engine & Boat Mainte-nance
919 934-3143
Jerry Dilsaver [email protected] Throwing Casting Nets
Dick Brame [email protected] Fishing Issues
Fuzzy Lambert www.dunkilewisinc.com Humming Bird Elec-tronics
336 416-3733
Capt George Beckwith www.downeastguideservice.com
252 671-3434
James Garner [email protected] Boat Building w/Hi Tech Composites
Robbie Hall [email protected]
Fishing in Emerald Isle /Swansboro
252-354-6692
Capt Daniel Jarvas www.flatfootcharters.com
Bonita Fishing in New River Inlet
828-308-6726
Capt. Gary Dubiel www.specfever.com/blog Large Drum on artifi-cial bait
252-249-1520
Capt Dave Tilley www.portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/home
910-456-0611
Seth Vernon www.captainsethvernon.com
Double Haul Guide Ser-vice
910-233-4520
Gary Ballard www.deepcreeklures.com www.captaingarysproducts.com
Deep Creek Lures & Captain Gary's Marine Care Products
(910) 892-1791
Capt. Richard Andrews http://tarpamguide.com/ Tar-Pam Guide Service (252) 945-9715
Seaview Pier www.seaviewfishingpier.com
910-328-3172
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RSWSC FISHING REPORT
Angler (Club Member):______________________________ (Age if Junior/Youth angler) ____________
Small Boat Charter Pier Surf (Circle one) Location:______________________________________Date:_______________
Best Catch: Species:________________________________________________
Weight________ lbs_______ oz ________ Length __________ (inches)
Released? Yes No (Circle one)
Comments: _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
Mail/email to: RSWSC, P.O. Box 41427, Raleigh, NC 27629
MEMBERSHIP FORM Renewals — Please only enter changed information Name:___________________________________________________ New member Include spouse’s/children name if family membership Renewal Address: _________________________________________________________________
City: __________________________________________ State: _____ Zip: __________
Home phone:_________________ Work Phone: ______________Cell______________
E-mail address: ___________________________ Boat Name: ___________________
Dues: Single - $50: Family - $60: Sponsor (business card) - $130:
Corresponding (newsletter only) - $25: (Note: larger sponsor ads or short term ads are available and negotiable. Contact a club officer or Newsletter Editor for pricing.)
Mail to: RSWSC, PO Box 41427, Raleigh, NC 27629