DELAWARE BAY TIDES NEWS TO USE From 40-42N, x 74-01W On-The-Water Personalities MARCH By Gabriel Hnat

High Low A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. 1 Mon11:27 11:57 5:18 5:16 MUNDUS RETURNS TO NORTHEAST 2 Tue ----- 12:17 6:07 5:59 3 Wed 12:52 1:16 7:30 7:06 4 Thu 1:56 2:31 9:03 9:00 Captain that inspired JAWS is booking trips! 5 Fri 3:13 3:59 10:13 10:19 6 Sat 4:33 5:14 11:13 11:23 7 Sun 5:40 6:15 ----- 12:08 8 Mon 6:37 7:07 12:21 12:59 his June, Coast. It is at this 9 Tue 7:38 7:55 1:16 1:48 renowned shark unforgettable time 10 Wed 8:16 8:41 2:07 2:33 11 Thu 9:03 9:28 2:55 3:16 Tspecialist Capt. that a large great 12 Fri 9:50 10:14 3:40 3:56 Frank Mundus is white shark stalked 13 Sat 10:38 11:02 4:24 4:36 14 Sun 11:25 11:49 5:08 5:16 returning to Montauk, several local, beach- 15 Mon ----- 12:14 5:56 5:59 Long Island for the resort towns including 16 Tue 12:36 1:03 6:53 6:55 17 Wed 1:25 1:56 8:01 8:09 30th anniversary of the Spring Lake, Beach 18 Thu 2:19 2:57 9:08 9:19 1975 box office smash, Haven and Matawan. 19 Fri 3:20 4:03 10:06 10:18 20 Sat 4:24 5:05 10:57 11:09 JAWS. It is widely Sadly, multiple fatal 21 Sun 5:21 5:55 11:44 11:57 known in the sport- shark attacks occurred 22 Mon 6:09 6:38 ----- 12:27 23 Tue 6:51 7:15 12:22 1:08 fishing community that along these beaches. 24 Wed 7:28 7:49 1:24 1:56 Mundus, in addition to Some years later, in 25 Thu 8:03 8:20 2:04 2:22 26 Fri 8:36 8:51 2:42 2:54 logging literally count- June of 1964 to be pre- 27 Sat 9:10 9:24 3:18 3:24 less hours shark fish- cise, a young Captain 28 Sun 9:45 10:01 3:53 3:52 ing, was really the pio- Mundus took a colos- 29 Mon 10:27 10:47 4:30 4:22 30 Tue 11:19 11:41 5:11 4:58 neer of big game sal 4,500-pound great 31 Tue ----- 12:19 6:06 5:47 sharking. A former white shark off Brielle, NJ resident, Photograph/Courtesy Frank Mundus Montauk Point. Being Angler Donnie Braddick (left) and Mundus with their MOON PHASES Mundus was the basis much too large for New:9 First:17 Full:25 Last:3 3,427-pound great white shark. The fish was taken for the memorable, off the bathing beach at Amagasett, Long Island, conventional tackle, weathered shark a town with a name curiously similar to the fiction- the beast was worn ADJUSTMENTS hunter Captain Quint. al resort location in the movie JAWS. down and taken using

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16 The New Jersey Angler • March 2005