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Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Anyone who’s been involved with organizing a fishing tournament knows that while it may be a labor of love, it’s definitely labor-intensive. After putting on the Spring Inshore Challenge while cranking out the first edition of our weekly summer publication schedule, Team Fisherman’s Post Newspaper was ready to take a break. And what other way [...]
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Cold Water Red Daze 2009
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
March can be a tough month to be an angler in our area. The wintertime cabin fever and fishing cravings have reached their apex at the same cruel time most of the offshore action is taking place 50 or more miles off the beach and the icy inshore water temperatures have the fish that are [...]
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Planning on Bonito 2009
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
What has speed, stamina, stripes, and brings nearshore anglers the first opportunities at pelagic gamefish after a long winter full of far more wishing than fishing? OK, for many anglers in the know, this riddle isn’t too difficult to solve, but Atlantic bonito still swim under the radar of many fishermen in the area, surely [...]
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The Decoy’s Gag Reflex 2009
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
“There you go, Gary,” Tim Barefoot exclaimed excitedly. “I hear you. That’s a grouper!” How Tim knew this before Gary had made five cranks on the reel handle was beyond me, but I willed him to be right. We’d made a few drops already without connecting with the fish we were looking for, and it [...]
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The Specialist and The Scientist 2009
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
“That’s where we caught them before, Tim. Remember?” Capt. Ricky Kellum said, gesturing towards the timber-strewn shoreline of a creek just off the New River. As Ricky, who runs Speckled Specialist Charters out of Jacksonville, lowered his trolling motor into the water, he glanced back to where Gary Hurley and I stood with Tim Ellis [...]