By Emily George While the woods are heating up and the waters are cooling down, this is a great time of year is to catch trophy fish. People are switching gears to hunting season, which is leaving fish less pressured and more apt to seek food before the winter, and walleye are high-quality fish to hook this time of year. DGIF’s walleye fisheries produce ample opportunities for … [Read more...]
Drum in the Surf
One of the most exciting and rewarding feats in outdoor sports is battling a red drum in the surf. Not only do you have to fight the power of the surf itself, you also are charged with beaching one of the hardest fighters that swims – a red drum. But it’s happening right now, all the way from the beaches of Sandbridge to Hatteras on the Outer Banks. At Sandbridge last week, numerous … [Read more...]
Heavens to Murgatroyd!
(I got this in an Email and wanted to share) “Heavens to Murgatroyd!” Does that bring back memories? People under 50 will think all this is jibberish, but Boomers won’t. For example, a not so elderly (65) lady said something to her son about driving a “jalopy” and he looked at her quizzically and said, “What the heck is a jalopy?” He had never heard of the word jalopy!! She … [Read more...]
Great Kitchen Smells
How wonderful it is to walk into a house with tantalizing aromas oozing from the kitchen. But which kitchen smells are best? Which ones make you want to eat everything in sight? Here are some of my thoughts in that regard. First of all, fried chicken. Who can resist the smell of chicken legs and breasts frying in hot oil? And for me, if I even think about fried chicken, I have to cook some … [Read more...]
Tomato Update
My four tomato plants think it’s summer. They’re still blooming, and I get daily pickings. My last year’s tomato crop was a complete bust, but this year the delicious fruits are making up for lost time. The only drawback is some of the current ‘maters have slight blemishes whereas the first ones were near perfect. But who cares? Remove the spots and eat them. As I mentioned before, the only … [Read more...]
Signs of Our Times
Hold Off on Fall Clean Up
By Stephen Living/DWR With the weather turning colder and hints of red and gold starting to paint the trees, gardener’s thoughts may turn towards “cleaning up” their landscape. This can include cutting down the spent flowers and dead stalks of the plants and grasses that provided valuable habitat to the wildlife in our spaces during the warmer months. Not so fast! Your Habitat at Home … [Read more...]
It’s Time for Soup
It’s fall, and that means raking leaves, football Saturdays, Halloween, and soup. Nothing beats the celebration of a crisp, fall afternoon like a bowl of good soup. I made some last week. Really good Creamy Potato Soup. Like most everything I make, it was super easy, and it all fit nicely in my crock pot. Here’s how. First, put a liner in your crockpot for easy clean-up. Add one 30-oz. … [Read more...]
Let’s Celebrate Bat Week
Holy Chiroptera. It’s Bat Week! Naturally, it’s Bat Week. It’s Halloween week, too. In actuality, October 24-31 is an international, annual celebration designed to raise awareness about the need for bat conservation. Bats are amazing creatures that are vital to the health of our natural world and economy, but like Rodney Dangerfield, bats don’t get any respect, and many are scared out of … [Read more...]
Update on Striped Bass Rebuilding Plan
(Beaufort, NC) – At its annual meeting this week, the Striped Bass Management Board (Board) of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) approved for public comment Addendum II of the fishery management plan designed to control fishing mortality and begin to reverse the decline in the coastwide striper population. The addendum is an update to Amendment 7, the current version of the … [Read more...]
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