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1 virginiabeachanglersclub.org JUNE 2006 TIGHT LINES GUEST SPEAKER FOR JUNE CRAIG PAIGE VIRGINIABEACHANGLERSCLUB.ORG We meet the first Thursday of every month. Foundry United Methodist Church Virginia Beach Blvd. Virginia Beach, Va. Next to Beach Ford 7:30 PM Guest Speakers Refreshments Raffles Prize Fish NEW MEMBERS Richard and Kay Cotter Robert and Julie Quinn Children: Katie, Kylie, Jackson A BIG WELCOME TO YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!! Calendar of events for 2006 May 20 May 3 6 June 10 June 24 August Craig has developed into quite a fisherman over the years. He has many outstanding catches in a great variety of species. He is going to tell ALL about CATCHING Flounder with live bait. (Well maybe not all) Don t miss this meeting. I know you will find it very interesting and informative. THANKS TO MIKE FIRESTONE I am really sorry I missed Mike s talk on Tog fishing. I understand that he did an outstanding job. Bass Tournament, Munden Point, Va. Beach, REPORT NEXT MONTH. Ocracoke Invitational Surf Fishing Tournament, REPORT TO FOLLOW VBAC Spade Fish Tournament VBAC Cobia Tournament St Judes Flounder Tournament and St Judes Kids Fishing Tournament September CCA Challenge September date TBD VBAC Invitational Surf Fishing Tournament September 7 9 Hatteras Village Invitational Surf Tournament October date TBD VBAC Oyster Roast November 1 4 Cape Hatteras Anglers Club Invitational Surf Fishing December Toys for Tots Club Challenge December VBAC Rockfish Rodeo

2 Officers and Board Members for 2006 PRESIDENT: BUTCH EASON PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CALL 1ST VICE PRESIDENT: BOB STUHLMAN ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WITH ANY 2ND VICE PRESIDENT: STEVE WRAY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. TREASURER: MEL BEEDY NEXT BOARD MEETING: June 2006 at Virginia Beach Middle School in the library, 7:30pm. RECORDING SEC: RUSSELL WILLOUGHBY CORRESPONDING SEC: VIRGINIA MORTON BOARD MEMBERS: CARL MCCOY RICH LOTT PAT HIRSCH BRIAN FRANCAZIO MARK LOZIER ROBBIE PARKS RON JEFFORDS JERRY MARIANO SUSAN SMITH Page 2 JUNE, 2006

3 ADVERTISEMENTS MANY THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATIONS TO VBAC. PLEASE REMEMBER TO SHOP THEM WHENEVER POSSIBLE CONNIE BARBOUR CAPT. STEVE WRAY LONG BAY POINTE Bait & Tackle *Fuel *Charters *Rod & Reel Service *Inshore/Offshore/Fly Fishing Tackle *Fresh & Saltwater, Frozen & Live Bait WEST GREAT NECK RD. STE. 100 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA VIRGINIABEACHANGLERSCLUB.ORG Page 3

4 David Gaither with a very nice red drum. 47 INCHES. It was tagged and released. Nice going David. Surf fishing continues to look better after the bad conditions over the weekend. Jim Wisenburg from Chesapeake, VA showed up yesterday evening with a new derby board leading 10-1/4# bluefish. Reports today included small blues and sea mullets. Most fishermen are preparing for Ocracoke's surf fishing tournament going on tomorrow and Friday. Prize fish winners for the month. Boat - Rich Maguire, 8 lb 14 oz Tog Release - Ron Jeffords - 19" Tog Guppy - Veronica Lott - 1 lb 11oz Croaker (15.5") CCA CHALLENGE INFORMATION Ladies and Gentlemen, Due to circumstances beyond our control with our Tidewater Banquet, we were not able to change the date of the Anglers Club Challenge. The board seemed in favor of the change, and we were starting the planning, but a conflict with our Banquet location and caterer forced us to move the banquet to the 16 th. I apologize for not being able to get this done this year. I have talked to Butch and we would like to have a meeting of all Angler Club Presidents after the Captains meeting Friday night and discuss the Date for next year. It seems most of you would like to change the date of the event, and we have 2 suggestions we would like to discuss with you. Once again, to those who wanted the date moved I apologize we were not able to get it done this year, but I believe we should be able to find something that does not conflict next year. Tight Lines, David Hickman,Executive Director, Coastal Conservation Association Virginia Page 4 JUNE, 2006

5 Plans are already being made for the VBAC Invitational Surf Tournament for We are closer to getting a date and confirmation from the base. Contact Mark Lozier, he will help you find something that you can assist with in making this the biggest and best yet. KIDS TOURNAMENT The Club is beginning preparations for kids tournaments. What we need from our members is a rough idea of how many young anglers who may be interested which will help us in our planning. We usually have our events in June or July. Please let a board member know you have anglers who are interested. More than likely this will take place at a local pier. Stay tuned for details Saltwater Fishing with Dr. Jim Returns to the Air After a three year hiatus Saltwater Fishing with Dr. Jim, the popular fishing program that was seen weekly on cable TV for 15 years, returns to the air as on-demand programs on the world wide web. Rather than having to wait until 8:30 Saturday morning, viewers can navigate anytime to on their computer, and choose the show they wish to watch. James C. Wright, M.D., a Virginia Beach physician, is one of the most prominent East Coast authorities on saltwater fishing. In a single year, Dr. Jim won both the coveted "Angler of the Year" Award and the Release Angler of the Year" award several times in the Virginia Saltwater Fishing Tournament. He is currently approaching level Six Master Angler. During his 15 year history as a TV fishing program producer, he created more than 150 shows covering a variety of species from a number of locations around the world. However most of the programs deal with catching fish, both inshore and off, along the Atlantic seaboard. The award-winning programs cover fishing during all four seasons. Dr. Jim is also a world-class fishing instructor and offers more than two dozen videos and DVDs dedicated to increasing the viewer s fishing skills. These items are available for purchase on his web site. Currently, Dr. Jims web site offers a choice of five programs, dealing with species that can be caught at this time of year. Available programs for viewing will be added or subtracted depending on the available fishing at the time of year. Dr. Jim is hopeful that the sale of his DVDs will support the site, but it may become necessary to charge a small fee for viewing each program it that doesn t work out. For the time being, however, viewing is free. Contact: David Mims Video Atlantic Teleproductions davemims@videoatlantic.com New address for the club: vbanglersclub@yahoo.com You can send anything to this and it will be directed to the correct person for follow-up. VIRGINIABEACHANGLERSCLUB.ORG Page 5

6 How to Find the Flounder You Want, By Mike Marsh, Game and Fish. Continued >>>> Drift-fishermen survey inlet conditions prior to wetting their lines. At each moment, wind and tide flow patterns are shifting. This makes each drift a little different from the last. Watching other anglers can quickly tell drift-fishermen what to anticipate. Drift-fishermen head to certain places where the water is shallow. They maneuver upwind or upcurrent to begin their drifts, shut their motors or idle them down. Anglers usually follow one another, with boats spaced far enough apart to avoid tangling lines. They drop their lines overboard and let the wind and current carry their rigs across the bottom. The best bait is a live minnow, usually a menhaden, mullet, mud minnow, or killifish. Fish cut into strips also work well when live baits are scarce. Minnows that have been salted and frozen also catch flounder under drifting conditions. Each angler can use several lines while drifting. In popular drift areas, any style of boat will do. Johnboats, skiffs and even pontoon boats will handle multiple lines trailing behind them. Most anglers drift-fish with light saltwater spinning or baitcasting rods and reels spooled with 10- to 15-pound-test monofilament lines. As the bait passes a flounder, he strikes. Often the bite is difficult to detect. To inexperienced anglers, it seems likes just another bump on the bottom. But experienced anglers watch their rod tips. There is a break in the bottom-dragging rhythm when a flounder is on the line. After an initial tightening or tap that causes the rod tip to dip, the rod tip rises back up and shows a steady bend as the flounder follows along while swallowing the bait. Free-spooling the bait to the bottom or just pointing the rod tip toward the fish allows slack. The flounder falls to the bottom and chokes up on the bait. After waiting a few seconds, the angler sets the hook. Some anglers just watch the rod tip until it twitches steadily. This means the fish has hooked itself and is trying to get away. Missed flounder leave diagonal tooth marks, usually paired and most often near the anal fin or tail of a baitfish. Bite marks like that on a bait mean that the flounder dropped the bait when something alarmed it or the angler did not allow enough time for it to swallow the bait before setting the hook. The size of the fish can be determined by the gap in the tooth marks, and that leads to spirited estimations of weight of the big one that got away. Play flounder on a tight line and drag settings of 4 to 6 pounds. Large landing nets are necessary to boat the wide-bodied fish. Holding the net beneath a small flounder as you lift it out of the water with the line adds insurance against the fish flopping off, while at the same time avoids the possibility of the hooks tangling in the net. This tactic is especially useful with multiple-hook rigs. Trolling for flounder is a variation on drifting. While some anglers use their motors to guide boats when drifting across known flounder hangouts at inlets, others use them to troll the backwaters where wind and current will not move the boat. Trolling rigs are much the same as drifting rigs. Wide, shallow bays, rivers and navigation channels are popular trolling areas. Most anglers troll into any wind or current flow because holding the boat on a steady course is much easier under those conditions. They maneuver their boats along grass beds, beside oyster beds, and across dredged areas and sandbars. Flounder are usually found in dips, depressions and the deep sides of bars, so trolling anglers target these areas. A spot that holds one fish generally holds more. If you catch a fish from an especially good piece of habitat, new flounder will move into that spot eventually. Experienced flounder fishermen commit to memory or a GPS unit the location of any particularly fruitful spots they find and return to these spots on future trips. Since covering lots of water is the key to catching lots of flounder, artificial lures are an effective choice for terminal rigs. Jig heads tied with natural or artificial fibers and tipped with fish strips, live minnows or scent-impregnated plastic trailers have become increasingly popular as bass tactics make their way to saltwater marshes. On rocky bottoms, oyster beds and grass beds where jigs may hang up, spoons with weed guards and strip trailers can catch plenty of flounder. A spoon rattling across a hard bottom seems especially good for attracting attention. VBAC launches new Fishing Forum! The club started a new private fishing forum exclusively for all VBAC members. Share info with other members, get the lastest club news, 2006 calendar, view all Prize fish entries, fishing reports and much more. This Forum can be found at For instructions and password, please vbanglersclub@yahoo.com. F. Y. I. Who do you talk to about Surf Tournaments Robbie Parks Public Relations Pat Hirsch Guest Speaker Steve Wray Prize Fish Rich Lott Tournaments Mark Lozier Raffles/Prizes Brian Francazio Merchandise Mel Beedy See page 2 for phone # s

7 SURF FISHING: We are fast approaching the Ocracoke Invitational Surf Fishing Tournament. The team members are Brian Francazio, Jerry Hughes, Bill James, George Schuchman, James Yandle, and Jim Wisenberg with Butch Eason, Jerry Marriano, and Pat Hirsch as alternates. Good luck team!!!! HATTERAS VILLAGE A HATTERAS VILLAGE B ALTERNATES Julie Ball Butch Eason 1. Jerry Hughes Melanie Beedy Robbie Parks 2. Bill Moffett Jerry Marriano George Schuchman 3. Bill James Carl McCoy Doug Wehner 4. Brian Francazio Bill Peebles Steve Wray 5. Jim Wisenberg Mark Wray James Yandle 6. Greg Wehner 7. Pat Hirsch NAGS HEAD ALTERNATES Bill Mannschreck 1. Bill Moffett 7. Jim Wisenberg Robbie Parks 2. Jerry Marranio 8. Par Hirsch George Schuchman 3. Jerry Hughes 9. Carl McCoy Mark Wray 4. Melanie Beedy 10. Dean Francazio Steve Wray 5. Butch Eason 11. Bill Peebles James Yandle 6. Bill James 12. Brian Francazio CAPE HATTERAS ANGLERS ALTERNATES Julie Ball 1. Jerry Hughes 7. Brian Francazio Pat Hirsch 2. Greg Wehner 8. Bill James Bill Mannschwerk 3. Jerry Marriano 9. James Yandle Carl McCoy 4. George Schuchman 10. Doug Wehner Jim Wisenberg 5. Robbie Parks 11. Dean Francazio Steve Wray 6. Mark Wray 12. Bill Peebles Broiled Flounder Parmesan 2 pounds flounder fillets 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese 3 tablespoons mayonnaise 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup butter, room temperature 3 green onions, chopped 1 or 2 dashes of hot sauce, to taste thinly sliced lemon and parsley for garnish, optional Place fillets in a single layer on a greased baking dish or broiler pan; brush with lemon juice. Combine Parmesan cheese, mayonnaise, salt, butter, and green onions, and hot sauce in a small bowl; set aside. Broil flounder fillets 4 to 6 minutes, or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Remove from oven; spread with cheese mixture. Broil about 30 seconds longer, or until cheese is lightly browned and bubbly. Garnish with sliced lemon and parsley if desired. Broiled flounder recipe serves 6 to 8.

8 CONNIE BARBOUR CAPT. STEVE WRAY LONG BAY POINTE Bait & Tackle *Fuel *Charters *Rod & Reel Service *Inshore/Offshore/Fly Fishing Tackle *Fresh & Saltwater, Frozen & Live Bait WEST GREAT NECK RD. STE. 100 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA TIGHT LINES VIRGINIA BEACH ANGLER S CLUB P O BOX 8602 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA ME WITH PICTURES, FISHING NEWS, RECIPES OR JUST GENERAL INFO vagenya@msn.com READ ME ON THE WEB: virginiabeachanglersclub.org