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Thursday, August 13th, 2009
“Christmas Rock is right here,” Capt. Adam Powell said, pulling back on the throttles to glance back at his father’s frame comfortably positioned in a beanbag in the boat’s starboard cockpit corner. “You want to check it out, Dad?”
“No, keep it going to that spot where we’ve been catching them,” Capt. Andy Powell replied from [...]
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Tournament Trail Triplets
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
When I talked to Capt. Rennie Clark, Jr., of Tournament Trail Charters, after his win at the second Redfish Action Series Tournament a few weeks ago, he described a scene many anglers can’t even imagine—a huge school of hundreds of happy, hungry red drum milling around the boat, enabling Clark and his tournament partner Hurricane [...]
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You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
“These wrecks out east here are loaded up with kingfish and dolphin,” Capt. Charles Brown explained, his Core Sound accent (which for me at least is inimitable—it must be experienced firsthand) taking over as he idled down the Suzuki 250 powering his 23’ Venture bay boat. “Fishing out here gets you away from all the [...]
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Pedal With A Pro
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Riding the tide, swimmers paddled and kicked their way past us as Gary Hurley (Fisherman’s Post), Will Huffine (Great Outdoor Provision Company in Wilmington), Hobie Kayak Rep Michael Garet and I turned our bows south after launching from the soundside of Wrightsville Beach into Banks Channel.
On most of my kayak adventures, I try to plan [...]
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Groupers Take A Swell Ride 2009
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
“I like to send down the squid and minnows on these small hook rigs first,” Capt. Ken Mullen explained to us as we began our first drops to the bottom 105’ below the boat. “Even when you’re losing baits, it’s getting the feeding activity going down there. It’s like putting out the chips and stuff [...]