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Tropical Update 7-6-10

A broad gaggle-plex of cloud over the Yucatan Channel is being watched by the National Hurricane Center. This feature is artfully named 96L and exhibits deep but raggedy convection coupled with surface wind reports of 25-30 knots.  Hurricane Alex Part Deux you say? Nope.  Too much shear this week as it [...]

Low tide 7/3/10 AM

Went out fishing with my buddy Jon Hill this morning to take advantage of the cooler weather, and to beat the crowds to the water.  We got the boat wet just as the sun came up, and the tide was still falling out.  Not long after Jon assumed his place on the poling platform, we [...]

Survey Data Illustrates Gulf Disaster’s Brutal Financial Impact on Recreational Fishing Businesses

Congressional action essential if industry to survive in the Gulf of Mexico

Alexandria, VA – July 1, 2010 – Businesses related to and dependent upon recreational fishing continue to suffer the brutal financial consequences of the Gulf Oil spill as recreational anglers keep their lines out of the Gulf [...]

Monster Reds

Fall is the time for big reds. We headed out one October afternoon with a live well full of mullet and a cooler full of beer. Fishing was slow at first and we didn’t get anything to shake a head until almost 3. Then it was like someone flipped a switch and [...]

Hurricane Alex Update

How do you say “Surfs up dude” in Spanish?  Alex strengthened overnight to a 70 knot hurricane with a measured central  pressure of 961 millibars. Alex’s organization is better than yesterday with an on-again-off-again hint of a vertical eye and eyewall complex. Dry air is being entrained into the western half [...]

2010 GOLD CUP TARPON TOURNAMENT

Twenty-five anglers competed for the largest tarpon on fly June 21 – 25, 2010 from the Lorelei, Islamorada, Florida Keys.  This is the forty-seventh anniversary of the Gold Cup.  Tarpon are measured with the weight calculated by a formula. Thirty one weight fish, a minimum of 70 pounds were [...]

Lauren’s first trout.

This past weekend my girlfriend and I took the john boat out in our creek to do some fishing.  Between the rain and the low tide, I figured we’d have a tough time catching anything, but we rigged up a DOA shrimp and gave it a try.

Lauren told me that she’d gotten a few bites [...]

Weather Report for 6/25/10

A wimpy cool front will stall out over the Upstate this afternoon and trigger afternoon thunderstorm after 2 PM. Most of the thunderstorm action will be focused over the Upstate, northern Midlands and Pee Dee to the Beach. A few thunderstorm cells will ring the severe bell with 50-60+ mph winds, [...]

Costa Big Fish Photo Sweepstakes

Tell the fish to say, “Cheese!”
Costa hosts Big Fish photo contest, chance to win fishing trip of a lifetime with
National Geographic Channel’s Chris Fischer

Daytona Beach, Fla. – June 21, 2010 – They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  In Costa’s case, a picture could be worth a chance to win a [...]

McNair Rhodes with 3rd place Lady Angler Tuna at Governors Cup Billfishing Tournament Bohicket Marina 2010

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