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Bluewater Candy Team Wins the SKA Nationals!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
My good friend and owner of Bluewater Candy Lures here in Hampstead is beaming from ear to ear today. He and his team members Rick Croson and Russell Weaver, won first place in the SKA National Championship for their division (class of 23’). Quiet a feat considering the level of competition at this event.
The SKA National Championship tournament uses a two fish aggregate and is fished over a two day period. The BWC weighed in a 46.75 pound fish and a 44.54 pounder! The team took second place in 2007 but did not make the leader board last year, so that made this victory even sweeter.
NC and Hamstead was well represented in the nationals this year as they are in most years. Another team from Hampstead, Randell Eden’s team (East Coast Sports) …
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Wounded Warriors
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Yesterday I had the privilege of participating as a volunteer in the Wound Warrior fishing event at Seaview Pier at North Topsail Beach. This is the 3rd annual pier fishing event put on for these Amercian Heroes from the Wounded Warrior barracks at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base. Each one of these young men were wounded proudly serving our country in Iraq or Afganistan. This event is one of the ways we as a community are using to try to show these guys how much we appreciate them and that they are not forgotten.
This was my second year serving as a volunteer. We had twenty-four marines and three wives. We cut bait, take fish off hooks, show these guys how to use the gear, get their water, whatever they need. They seem somewhat overwhelmed at times by our anxiousness to help them enjoy a day of fishing. Many …
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Surf City Pier Tournament Results
Monday, August 18, 2008
The Surf City Ocean Pier held the 4th annual Mike Martin Memorial Fishing Tournament this past week-end. By any measure it was a huge success. The turnout was the largest yet, the weather was perfect and the fish even showed up! Fish were caught in 8 of the 9 categories with only King Mackerel being shut-out. There were a lot of door prizes this year and lots of smiles!
Of course the big news is that a speckled trout was caught ending the drought from the last tournament. The winner received this year’s grand prize of $500 plus the $500 prize carried over from last year when no specks were caught in the tournament. In fact the first speck of this tournament was caught less than 30 minutes from the beginning on Saturday. However that fish was eclipsed by a larger …
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Bucket Brigade Open & A catching report
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
I had the pleasure of fishing in the first “Bucket Brigade Open” which was held at Surf City Pier this past Saturday. There were about 30 of us fishing in the BBO as we like to call some from as far away as Charlotte.
The BBO started out as a group of anglers from an online web site, NCangler.com, wanting to get together and fish. One thing led to another and soon the BBO was born. It is intended to be an on going event. The idea centered around pier fishing and most of us are actively involved in supporting preserving public access to our public waters. As a result we decided to accept a donation for entry into our BBO bucket decoration contest and donate that money to the NC Public Access Foundation (NCPAF).
NCPAF is a non-profit organization …
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Wounded Warrior Day at Seaview Pier
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Wow! That one small word only begins to describe the feelings many of us felt today. One of the members from NC Angler.com, Speckhunter80 organized the second annual Wounded Warriors Pier fishing event. The wounded warriors are from Camp LeJeune and are there recovering from wounds they received in Iraq or Afghanistan. This special day was organized as a way for the angler community to show our appreciation for their sacrificial service to our county.
We had 9 Marines from the Wounded Warrior Barracks at Camp LeJeune. Nine heroes, real American heroes! Not politicians, movie stars, or sport stars that we sometimes mistakenly treat as heroes. Most American will never know their names. Will never see their faces. Will never know first hand the sacrifices these guys made for us, for ME and for YOU. They don’t even know us, but they were willing to put it all on …
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