Broad and Reel

To keep you updated on a previous post…
The NC Division of Marine Fisheries has reopened commercial red drum harvest. There are restrictions and commercial fishermen aren’t allowed to target red drum but fishermen are permitted to keep and sell up to four red drum per boat.
The decision to reopen the season was because fishermen were [...]

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Looks like a good weekend for the pier. Apparently the big bluefish are in and the king mackerel are coming closer to shore.
Woooooohoooooo!

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On Wednesday, the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries posted an interesting news release about the decrease in amount of seafood caught by commercial fishermen in North Carolina. But, while the number of catches was down for 2007, the value of the seafood caught was higher than it was in 2006.
Louis Daniel, the director [...]

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By default, every sportsman and sportswoman has a little tree hugger deep down inside. You kinda have to. Who wants to fish with trash in the water and any pollutants in the water that hurt a species ability to reproduce or live are just bad news for fishermen.
So in celebration of Earth Day 2008, [...]

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Over to the left is Justin, my fishing buddy and best friend. I suppose I’m more of his fishing buddy but whatever.
Basically everything I know about fishing, Justin taught me.
He’s a great teacher and that’s because he is very patient and he is absolutely obsessed with fishing…he actually gets grumpy when he doesn’t get [...]

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All through the Wilmington, NC area there are apartment complexes, housing developments and neighborhoods with small ponds that are either man made or natural.
My apartment complex is one of those that have several “ponds.” (I use quotes because they aren’t very attractive and it’s not like there are trees and other vegetation surrounding the [...]

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  After only four days including a Sunday…my Abu Garcia 6500C4 Le Violet came via USPS.
Justin and I promptly opened the reel and headed to Island Tackle and Hardware to get new line. I was hoping for Sufix Superior 12lb in low vis pink (of course pink…) but they only had it in a 1 [...]

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Sometimes you just can’t buy a fish… and that’s how this weekend played out for me.
It was so nice outside all day on Friday that we decided to take the fly rods and head down the the ICW (intracoastal waterway) just after work. It was windy but sunny. We weren’t there for 30 minutes [...]

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So I am really really excited! I just bought my first saltwater reel. It’s a purple baitcaster…more specifically a Abu Garcia 6500C4 Le Violet.  Apparently these little buggers are hard to find. I bought mine off eBay and that’s about the only place I’ve seen them.
This is my first Abu Garcia but I’ve cast [...]

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Why do women like to fish? Probably for the same reasons why men like to fish…give or take a few. Below are 10 reasons why I like to fish.
1. The outdoors. This probably my biggest reason for fishing. I love to be outside. Whether it’s on a pier, by a lake or standing in a [...]

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