September 21, 2010 – 11:29 am
Here are a couple of photos of a 30 lb.Jack Carvelle caught first week of August 2010 one morning on the 10 wt. TFO four peice rod you sold me a couple of years ago. The location is the land cut for the Matagorda Ship channel through the Matagorda Barrier Island across from Pt. O’Connor, [...]
September 21, 2010 – 11:03 am
Yesterday’s 94L became this morning’s Tropical Storm Lisa. Must have been a slow night for the boys in Miami. Lisa is 420 miles west of Cape Verde or 3306 miles south-southeast of The Climate Office Hurricane bunker in downtown Bucklick SC. Lisa has satellite estimated winds of 35 knots. Lisa is drifting lazily north at [...]
September 20, 2010 – 10:39 am
Exit stage north Igor and Julia. Enter stage east 94L and friends. 94L is the first of three waves over Africa and the eastern Atlantic this morning. 94L is 400 miles west of the Cape Verde Island drifting northwest at 5 knots. 94L is over deep warm water and under 5-10 knot of shear, a [...]
September 17, 2010 – 1:55 pm
Plans in Bermuda this weekend? Igor does. 110 Knot Igor is currently 1267 miles southeast of Charleston. Igor is behaving on slope, on glidepath, on a northwest (305) track at 8 knots. This track has waffled west-east-west overnight due to difficulties putting the crosshairs on Igor’s center of circulation that has remained obscured by central [...]
September 16, 2010 – 9:37 am
No radical changes in the track forecast for Igor and Julia. Hurricane Igor’s current intensity is 125 knots sustained, 1752 miles from Parris Island. Hoo-Rah. Igor is maintaining a northwest course at 5-6 knots. Igor starts a gradual turn to the north-northwest late Friday with Bermuda still in the crosshairs. The forecast track has nudged [...]
September 15, 2010 – 9:34 am
The National Hurricane Center padded their resume a bit and upgraded old 92L to Tropical Storm Karl on the 4 pm call yesterday. Karl is making landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula this morning. Karl is not a threat to the State, unless the Earth stops rotating, and stops orbiting the Sun. Hurricane Igor is 1854 [...]
September 14, 2010 – 4:56 pm
Guy I know was out looking for hogs in Georgia with his shotgun. Heard a rattle and his first instinct was to point and shoot. Dude is about 6’2”. Look at the head on that thing!!! Eastern Diamondback. IF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ME THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE WORLDS LARGEST POOP PILE RIGHT WHERE I HAD [...]
September 14, 2010 – 12:42 pm
The 2010 Shrimp Baiting Season opened Sept 10 so I launched the Skiff from Wappoo Cut and headed to Charleston Harbor after work yesterday. We had about ¼ of our 48 quart limit after 10 throws of the cast net and we easily filled the rest of our limit in about 90 minutes. Bright stars, [...]
September 14, 2010 – 10:04 am
Hurricane Igor weakened overnight due to an eyewall replacement cycle. The alternate Climate Office Command Center in the Alps of Blythewood nervously hold Igor 2155 miles to the east-southeast. Igor now has 355,510.74 furlongs per fortnight sustained winds (115 knots, or 132.3 MPH), and is tracking west-northwest at 8 knots. Igor has begun a slow [...]
September 14, 2010 – 8:22 am
You’re invited to take advantage of this important industry and association meeting being held October 26 – 28, at the Westin Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Registration and Housing – Pre-registration deadline is October 1 The 2010 Sportfishing Summit Registration materials are available on ASA’s website including registration and housing. The deadline for pre-registration [...]