How do you say “Surfs up dude” in Spanish? Alex strengthened overnight to a 70 knot hurricane with a measured central pressure of 961 millibars. Alex’s organization is better than yesterday with an on-again-off-again hint of a vertical eye and eyewall complex. Dry air is being entrained into the western half of Alex, but Alex [...]
Twenty-five anglers competed for the largest tarpon on fly June 21 – 25, 2010 from the Lorelei, Islamorada, Florida Keys. This is the forty-seventh anniversary of the Gold Cup. Tarpon are measured with the weight calculated by a formula. Thirty one weight fish, a minimum of 70 pounds were caught and released, and 146 tarpon [...]
This past weekend my girlfriend and I took the john boat out in our creek to do some fishing. Between the rain and the low tide, I figured we’d have a tough time catching anything, but we rigged up a DOA shrimp and gave it a try. Lauren told me that she’d gotten a few [...]
A wimpy cool front will stall out over the Upstate this afternoon and trigger afternoon thunderstorm after 2 PM. Most of the thunderstorm action will be focused over the Upstate, northern Midlands and Pee Dee to the Beach. A few thunderstorm cells will ring the severe bell with 50-60+ mph winds, heavy thumping rain and [...]
Tell the fish to say, “Cheese!” Costa hosts Big Fish photo contest, chance to win fishing trip of a lifetime with National Geographic Channel’s Chris Fischer Daytona Beach, Fla. – June 21, 2010 – They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In Costa’s case, a picture could be worth a chance to win [...]
Citadel Alum, Alex Wall, and his friend Jonathan Harrelson caught this redfish along with 6 others in a time span of barely two hours. They were using the redfish magic lure that can be found at any of The Charleston Angler’s three locations.
SUPPORT THE FISHAMERICA FOUNDATION’S GULF FUND FishAmerica Gulf Fund Supports Gulf Coast Restoration Efforts The FishAmerica Foundation has expanded its Gulf Fund grant program to include fisheries and their habitats that are being impacted by the continuing oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Why funding is needed Funding from the FishAmerica Gulf Fund will [...]
While out flounder gigging, Alex Wall and Jonathan Harrelson both saw and gigged this giant flounder at the same time.
Ok, here goes the report for the big dolphin. We started off just north of the Edisto Banks on the ledge where we were greeted by loads of small dolphin and two free jumping Blue Marlin. Unfortunatly, we could not get the blue ones to eat so after piling a bunch of peanuts in the [...]