Guide Time Articles
The Decoy’s Gag Reflex 2009
“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 […]
The Specialist and The Scientist 2009
“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 […]
Red Moon Rising 2008
“Here’s a Core Sounder who knows his electronics,” Capt. Charles Brown, of Old Core Sound Guide Service said, navigating to a page displaying lunar data on his GPS/depthfinder unit. “It’s […]
1, 2, 3 (Year Old) Reds
 No inshore fish in North Carolina strikes and fights with quite the attack dog tenacity of a red drum, and the explosion of highly competitive red drum tournaments throughout […]
Shark Lap Dance
As we watched Capt. Danny Wrenn, of 96 Charter Company, pull his battleship gray 20′ Sea Mark up to the boat ramp at Wrightsville Beach, the “Jaws” jokes subsided for […]