By Alex McCrickard Have you ever had to end a great fishing trip early due to accidentally hooking yourself? Safety should never be overlooked when spending time on the water fishing. Without a doubt, it’s essential to make sure you are dressing for the weather, checking river flows or lake conditions, keeping an eye on the radar and forecast, wearing a life jacket if you are on a … [Read more...]
A Tarpon Caught from Jennette’s Pier
Veteran angler George Craig of Elizabeth City caught a large tarpon Tuesday morning on Jennette's Pier in Nags Head just after 10 a.m. He fought it for an hour and 13 minutes. In the end, the big fish swam away unharmed. "I'm glad the fish lived, I'm very glad about that," he said. Craig thanked several of his fellow experienced anglers, Jacob Barlow and Taylor Bandy, for all of the effort they … [Read more...]
Packing Heat in Junior High
I saw a couple kids in the neighborhood going at it with squirt guns this week. Boy, did that bring back memories. We had genuine marksmen in Lewisburg Junior High in 1956. Sharpshooters, you might say. As I would quickly discover, if you didn’t pack heat in self-defense, you would get squirted. Squirt guns, you see, were the weapons of choice among the young people in the mid-50s. … [Read more...]
Non-Stick Stainless Pans?
One of my kids gave me a very nice and a very expensive stainless-steel pan one year. I ended up donating it to Good Will. Everything I put in it stuck like Brer Rabbit to the Tar Baby. However, I just read an article that makes me wish I had kept the pan. The Well-Equipped Cook’s website says there is a sure fire way to make stainless stickless. Here’s what they say. Put the pan on the … [Read more...]
Pizza Dogs
I had an extra pack of hot dogs in the fridge, and we had just had hot dogs on the grill. I didn’t want to press my luck and try to sneak them in the menu again so soon (even though I could eat hot dogs three times a week). So, what do you do with extra hot dogs? Beans and franks, maybe? Not the most appealing entrée for sure. I decided to experiment. I made Pizza Dogs and they were … [Read more...]
Signs of Our Times
Fawns? Leave ‘em Alone
An interesting phenomenon is occurring concerning whitetail deer. The does are more and more moving into suburban areas to have their young. They have discovered that the greatest threats to their newborn fawns – coyotes, bobcats, and bears – are less likely to venture into back yards. So that’s where Mama Doe goes to deliver. Back yards - and it is freaking out suburban families. “There’s a … [Read more...]
The Greatest
I grew up watching great basketball players. I saw them all – Bob Pettit, Russell, Cousy, Chamberlain, Robertson, Maravich, Kareem, Jordan, Kobe, LeBron James and a host of other fantastic cagers. But in my opinion, Jerry West was the greatest of all time. Mr. West died this week at age 86. I grew up an N.C. State fan. I was born in Raleigh and worshipped the Wolfpack. When our family moved to … [Read more...]
Spring Turkey Harvest Results
Finally, it’s happening. Wild turkey numbers are growing in Virginia. So much so that we just enjoyed one of the highest spring turkey harvests in Virginia history. harvest of 21,988 turkeys during the 2024 spring turkey season, only slightly less than the record harvest of 2023. Ryan Brown, DWR Executive Director, stated “The continued high harvests over the last several years is a great sign … [Read more...]
A Monster Sheepshead
On May 30, 2022, Randy Morton was fishing at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel when he landed a 9-pound, 2-ounce sheepshead on 8 lb. test line, it was a potential world record for that class. This year Randy is back with a 13-pound 7 oz Sheepshead pictured above. Monster sheepshead are now being caught routinely at the CBBT and on other bay structures. They go for fiddler crabs and are considered … [Read more...]
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