Monthly Archives: August 2009

Top WAter Redfish

The top water bite has been hot lately!  Get out there early in the morning and “walk the dog” for some fun trout and redfish action.  Try using the Yo-Zuri Crystal Banana or the Heddon Super Spook, they have been working for Jeremy of The Charleston Angler Mt Pleasant.

Old Times w/ Ted Turner

Mr. Turner visited The Charleston Angler, West Ashley in 2008 and aparently loved the shirt that we sold & embroidered for him. If you’d like to have an item embroidered, come to our embroidery shop and we can make it happen. The Charleston Angler Screen Printing & Embroidery 654 St. Andrews Blvd. Charleston, SC 29407 [...]

CHD CLay Shoot Event

Saturday, September 26th. Registration is at 10:00 The Charleston Angler will be giving away TCA hats and shirts!!!

Tropical Update Hurricane Bill

Bill is having some shear issues. Bill may also be undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle. Both of these issues have knocked down Bill’s intensity to 110 kts or 125 mph. Bottom line though, Bill is still a very large and very powerful storm. The good news is that Bill seems to be reading the models [...]

Support The National Fish Habitat Conservation Act

August 18, 2009 American Sportfishing Association Policy Alert Support HR 2565: The National Fish Habitat Conservation Act For more information, contact Gordon Robertson, vice president and Government Affairs lead, 703.519.9691, x237, or Mike Leonard, Policy Fellow, x230. The Situation Introduced in the House by Ron Kind (D-WI) on May 21, 2009, the National Fish Habitat Conservation [...]

Hurricane Bill

Now that’s a hurricane.  Bill intensified into a major hurricane overnight.  This very large jaw-dropping storm is 1830 miles southeast of Charleston on a course of  295 at 15 kts. Bill’s winds are estimated this morning to be 115 kts (132 mph for pollywogs) using the ever popular Dvorak technique (Like scoring in bowling except [...]

End of Summer Smallmouth trip

Hey everyone, I had a chance to take Vincent (9) and Patrick (6) smallmouth fishing for a couple days on the New River in Pembroke, Virginia.  My friends at Tangent Outdoors (http://www.newrivertrail.com/ or tangentoutdoors@pemtel.net, ) gave us good information on the fishing, ran our shuttles, had lunch goodies at their store and lined up a cabin for [...]

Tropical Update for 8-17-09

West to east, least to beast: Tropical Storm Claudette, that by the way, pantsed everyone including all the models, made landfall along the Florida Panhandle this morning after appearing out of nowhere. Winds are barely above 35 kts and fading fast. The soggy remnants of Claudette will pass west and north of the State up [...]

Data Supports Salmon Fisheries Recovery Efforts

Economic Data Supports Efforts to Recover California’s Salmon Fisheries Reestablishing Chinook salmon represents one of the best economic and food production opportunities in the nation ALEXANDRIA, VA – August 10, 2009 – The American Sportfishing Association (ASA), the trade association representing the sportfishing industry, has released economic information indicating that a full recovery of California’s [...]

Tropical Update for 8/10/09

It appears that the State’s Drought Queen has been performing unauthorized tropical storm dances over the weekend. A decent looking wave rolled off the coast of Africa this weekend.  This wave has a good central chunk of convection due south of the Cape Verde islands. All the ingredients are quasi in  place for slow development [...]

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