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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
“You know what an engine needs? It’s fuel, fire, and air. Well, you know what Tim Barefoot needs? Fuel, bait, and ice,” were the smiling words that Capt. Tim Barefoot greeted me with on a chilly pre-dawn morning at Masonboro Yacht Club and Marina.
Friends of Tim know that he brings a lot of energy and [...]
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Lights, Camera… Stripers
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
Stripers are one of my favorite winter fish in North Carolina, so I didn’t mind waking up at 3:30 to leave Wilmington a little before 4:00 am. After a two-hour solo drive (Max, our writer, was out with a broken ankle), a big cup of coffee, and a couple of Bojangles’ biscuits, I found myself [...]
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Ringer On The Rocks
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Overall, I think it’s very safe to say that here at Fisherman’s Post we’ve got a lot more expertise and experience running fishing tournaments than we do fishing in them. But after finishing fourth and weighing in the most live flounder at the Flat Bottom Girls Tournament last November, the Fisherman’s Post crew of Eddie [...]
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Tripletail Dinner, Red Dessert
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Sometimes when you want something bad enough, your mind can play tricks on you, and that’s precisely what happened at the third crab pot float that Capt. Jeff Wolfe ran by in the brown waters of the Cape Fear River. We were hunting tripletail, a mysterious and fascinating fish that for some reason enjoy laying [...]
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A Citation For The Salesman
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
“Make sure you bring the little feller with you,” Capt. Charles Brown, of Old Core Sound Guide Service, repeatedly told me on the phone as we planned a late August “old” red drum trip. “We’re gonna put him on one of these great big ones.”
Despite Charlie’s propensity to refer to just about anyone by that [...]