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Big Bad Wolf Reigns as 2006 King of the Cape
The wind huffed and puffed on Saturday, July 22, at the King of the Cape Classic King Mackerel Tournament, but it was the Big Bad Wolf, of Wilmington, that blew the house down. […]
Fishing
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Red snapper action hot as weather
Trips to the aptly named Snapper Banks are well worth a 30-mile jaunt this time of year, and no one knows this better than Capt. Judy Helmey. […]
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Blue By U Tops Rough Southport FLW Series Tournament
SOUTHPORT, N.C. — July 15 wasn’t a pretty day and by usual standards this wasn’t a winning fish, but the 27 pound, 8 ounce king they landed late in the day was good enough to seal the inaugural win in the Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Series North Carolina Division for Capt. Welsh Carson, of Holden Beach, and Team Blue By U. […]
Fishing
Beat the ‘dog days’ at a pond
August is not a terribly fun month to fish. There’s a reason it’s called “dog days.” […]
Columns
Make first impression count
Sheepshead, spadefish, flounder, redfish, trout, and king mackerel are fun to catch and tasty to eat. […]
Fishing
Lowly carp needs a little respect
Some fish just can’t get any respect. Take the poor, unappreciated carp, please. […]
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Thin Blue Line
When settled around a campfire with friends and fellow fly anglers, everyone enjoys listening and sharing tales of fishing adventures in exotic places, the big fish that was too big for the net — or the one that got away. […]
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Sleepless in Seneca
In the 1993 Tri-Star Pictures movie about finding true love, Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks did a lot of e-mailing, telephoning and soul searching to find true love. […]
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Breaking the Mold
The endless parade of boats was continuous and monotonous, circling the inlet like a flock of sea gulls caught in a slow vortex. […]
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Jetty Jumbos
Most good charts of Winyah Bay have a notation — “jetty in ruins” — at either side of the inlet that shows where the water from the Pee Dee, the Waccamaw, the Black and the North Santee and South Santee rivers pours into the Atlantic Ocean. […]