Archive for the ‘Fishing’ Category
Hundred Pound Mahi, No Fighting Chair Required
July 10, 2009 FishingNot all fish are caught from million-dollar yachts! These good ol’ boys aboard a tugboat traveling offshore from Cape Canaveral, Florida to South Carolina in early June passed the time by dragging a line. Traveling at nine knots, conditions were perfect for this huge dolphin to strike. The crew estimated it to weigh in the [...]
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Billy Goes Sailing
June 26, 2009 FishingBeach Billy was at it again this week, this time some twenty miles offshore of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. While the rest of us were breathing the piped-in air and enjoy the padded goodness of our cubicles with the occasional glimpse of the gorgeous Carolina sunshine on walks to the water cooler, our boy Billy [...]
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Offshore In Cajun Country
June 3, 2009 FishingDuring a jaunt to Louisiana two weeks ago, Michael Renault of South Carolina took time off to stretch his sea legs. It was a success as they limited out on amberjack two wahoo, “a big*ass grouper”, 22 dolphin plus this wallhanger of a bull dolphin. Check out their haul after the jump.
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Springtime in Devils Lake
May 31, 2009 FishingGot the spring fishing report from Bubba up in Devils Lake, North Dakota and it sounds great. It took them some time to find the right fishing hole and the Doubletougher was gracious enough to let his friend do the navigating as they started out. “Pitched cranks in the shallows, went to Ford Bay, Doc [...]
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We Call ‘Em Dolphin
May 17, 2009 FishingTalk about a good day on the water! Beach Billy was aboard the Pole Position on Friday as they headed offshore from Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina and it wasn’t long before the lines started singing! Among this motley bunch was Billy’s good buddy, John Boy, of the Charlotte-based and nationally syndicated radio morning show, “John [...]
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Ted Williams Vs. Black Marlin (1954)
May 1, 2009 Fishing, VideoThis is fascinating footage of an offshore fishing trip featuring baseball great Ted Williams in Cabo Blanco, Peru way back in December 1954. Featured on Inside Sportfishings’ Black Marlin Boulevard DVD and promoted by Fishbuzz TV, the hokey Disney-let’s-go-to-the-drive-in music is quite the contrast to today’s fishing shows. Williams’s black marlin weighed in at 1,235 [...]
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Hello May! Is Mr. Marlin In?
April 28, 2009 FishingWith a weeklong stretch of 80-degree weather, folks around these parts are talking bluewater fishing and that means billfish in the Gulf Stream. The month of May serves as a warmup for the summer fishing tournaments with the biggest of them all kicking off in June right up the road in Morehead City, North Carolina: [...]
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Record Amberjack In Carolina
April 7, 2009 FishingMike Krantz of Wilmington, North Carolina got the spring fishing season off to a great start with a 126-pound amberjack, besting the state record caught in 1973 by 1.5 pounds. Krantz left Bogue Inlet last Tuesday and headed for the warm waters of the Gulf Stream with his father, Ron Krantz, and friend Andy Duskie. [...]
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