When Chase Robinson passed away, fishing buddy and charter captain Jake Hiles decided that if anyone was going to break his friend’s bluefin tuna record, it would be him. So last February, with bluefin starting to show off the coast, Hiles and Jeff Landis left Rudee Inlet on a voyage to see if they could hook up with a bluefin…
If you knew Bruce Barefoot, you were lucky enough to know one of Virginia Beach’s true characters. After years of working at the grain elevators in Norfolk after graduating from Bayside High, he finally realized a lifelong dream and opened Footer’s Sports Pub. Over 30-some years, the business grew and along with it his reputation as a serious sports fan,…
Layla Knighton sat in the truck with her cousin as minutes that seemed like hours passed. Suddenly, the call on the radio startled the boredom. “They jumped one,” her father, Chris, said. “Get ready, they’re heading your way.” The 15-year-old from Bumpass, headed up a small hill and passed a creek when her cousin shouted: “deer to your right.” “I…
Driving north on Backwoods Road, just south of the Virginia-NC border, something in the field to the left caught my eye. With no one behind me, I slowed to a crawl and took in the view. At least four dozen turkey working through a recently cut down soy bean field with no care in the world. Hey, it’s deer season…
