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Thursday, May 13th, 2010On rare occasion, it can be better when a game plan doesn’t work out than when it does. For the past few weeks, Gary Hurley and I had been looking forward to an offshore flounder trip with Capt. Mike Taylor, who operates Taylor-Made Charters out of Swansboro. When he called Gary the evening before our [...]
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New River’s Spring Bonus Plan
Thursday, April 29th, 2010After suffering not one but two broken ankles (resulting in several surgeries and some titanium skeletal adornments) this winter, saying I was ready to hit the water this spring was an understatement that would’ve made the British proud. Fortunately for me, Capt. Wayne Crisco, of Last Resort Charters, called to tell Gary Hurley that the [...]
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My Squid’s Gone Barefoot
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 [...]
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Lights, Camera… Stripers
Thursday, December 10th, 2009Stripers 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, 2009Overall, 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 [...]