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Fishing With Julio

Chip — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:43:11 +0000

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Fishing 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

Chip — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:29:51 +0000

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After 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. [...]

Speaking Of Giant Billfish

Chip — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:59:10 +0000

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Here’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 [...]

“The Fish Is Disqualified. We’re Disqualified. That’s It.”

Chip — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:59:43 +0000

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What 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. Turns out it was [...]

Big Boy Bowfishing

Chip — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:59:51 +0000

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Alligator 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. [...]

Showoff

Chip — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:58:49 +0000

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Not 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”!

Fishing In Bear Country

Chip — Sat, 22 May 2010 12:01:39 +0000

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Let’s see John West get this fish back.

The Blue Hole Bass

Chip — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:01:28 +0000

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Mark 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 [...]

Big Day For Dawg Due

Chip — Mon, 17 May 2010 11:58:02 +0000

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Congratulations to Freeman Barber on his 40th birthday, celebrating with a day on the water aboard his 52′ Buddy Davis, “Dawg Due”. Running out of Charleston, South Carolina a couple weeks ago, they brought home a mess of tuna and a young mako shark. Thanks Beach Billy for sending this in!

Boating A Bluefin

Chip — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:02:38 +0000

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When the weather cools, thoughts typically turn to whitetails but as soon as the rut passes here in the Carolinas, it’s time to break out the heavy tackle. The annual migration has been a real boom for local charter boats, a winter gold rush that until about fifteen years ago, was unheard of. That’s when [...]