Archive for the ‘Fishing’ Category
Fishing With Julio
August 22, 2010 Featured, FishingFishing with family is tough. Y’gotta make sure everyone catches something and no one gets seasick (does not apply for you crik folks). So when my cousins took off for a recent summer trip to Puerto Rico, the challenge was on. Good thing Julio was up for it. Julio made sure all four kids got [...]
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Let It Ride Pays Off With Grander
August 10, 2010 FishingAfter hitting southern fishing tournaments like the Hatteras Marlin Club Invitational and the Big Rock, anglers move up the coast to Ocean City, Maryland for the White Marlin Open. This year’s Open included the second largest blue marlin ever caught during the annual contest, a 1,010.5 pounder by angler James Kontos aboard Let It Ride. [...]
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Speaking Of Giant Billfish
June 30, 2010 Featured, FishingHere’s one for the crew of the Citation: This black marlin was caught during the last week of November 2009 by – follow me here – the husband of the radiology director at Gisborne Hospital in New Zealand. It weighed in at a whopping 1,058 pounds and would have been released had it not been [...]
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“The Fish Is Disqualified. We’re Disqualified. That’s It.”
June 25, 2010 FishingWhat does an 883 pound blue marlin get you? For the Hatteras, North Carolina-based vessel, Citation, how about $319,000 for the first fish to the dock over 500 pounds and another $913,00 for biggest fish. There’s just one catch: everyone on the boat must have a fishing license. Someone didn’t.
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Big Boy Bowfishing
June 5, 2010 FishingAlligator Gar are as prehistoric as it gets in the fishing world. Freakin’ scary looking for sure, the general consensus is they prefer finned fare over the two-legged variety. But enough of the “it’s okay to go back into the water” talk, let’s see what the story is behind these photos currently making the rounds. [...]
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Showoff
June 2, 2010 Fishing, Wildlife In ActionNot to let the wolves and polar bears take all the headlines, this hit on a white marlin by a juvenile shark is extraordinary. I’m convinced it’s not a photoshop job, how about you? Let us know in the Comments and if you have your own fish tale, drop us a “line”!
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May 22, 2010 Fishing, VideoLet’s see John West get this fish back.
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The Blue Hole Bass
May 19, 2010 Featured, FishingMark Phillips landed this hog of a largemouth bass a couple weeks ago using a rattle trap crankbait, casting off a shallow bank at Knowltons Blue Hole in Snowlake, Arkansas. “The fish is 24″ long and estimated at over eight pounds,” said Phillips. When I first saw this photo, all I could think of was [...]
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