Monthly Archives: August 2024

It’s ECSC time and that means surfing

The 62nd annual East Coast Surfing Championships hit the waters of the Atlantic today – marking the start of the oldest, continuous-running surfing contest in the world. The ECSC continues through Sunday’s finale and this year will feature a special event at noon Saturday – a ceremonial paddle out to honor the life of Paul West. West was the surfing…

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Wine, Women and Fishing

Wine, Women and Fishing

The Chesapeake Bay Wine Classic Foundation’s Wine, Women and Fishing concluded this year’s event on Sunday out of Southside Marina in Rudee Inlet. The event is a ladies-only billfish tournament that has contributed more than $1 million to breast cancer research at Eastern Virginia Medical School. The team on Mercenaria took first place and also won the Top Lady, with…

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It’s a wrap and Capt. Arch Bracher and his team captured the hometown title in the 41st annual Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament

It’s a wrap and Capt. Arch Bracher and his team captured the hometown title in the 41st annual Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament

Talk about vying for the key to the city. Oregon Inlet-based captain Arch Bracher captured the title in the 41st annual Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament that wrapped up Friday, finishing with 1,000 points on two blue marlin, one sailfish and four white marlin. He and his crew won $275,893 by winning five divisions and taking the coveted Top Boat prize.…

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Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament has a new leader heading into today’s final round

Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament has a new leader heading into today’s final round

A huge shoutout to tournament director Heather Maxwell for the beautiful picture of a boat heading out of Pirate’s Cove Marina for a day of fishing. Now, here’s the rest of the story: Team Pelican with Capt. Arch Bracher jumped into the lead of the 41st. Annual Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament after Thursday’s competition in the Manteo-based event. Bracher’s team…

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Pirate’s Cove tournament anglers try to beat the competition and the wave push from Hurricane Ernesto …

Pirate’s Cove tournament anglers try to beat the competition and the wave push from Hurricane Ernesto …

Many teams in the 41st annual Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament are getting their allotted days on the water early to avoid seas pushed towards the coast by Hurricane Ernesto. The storm is currently starting more of a north to northeast path, but ground swells should start hitting the East Coast in a couple of days. Big waves are good for…

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Alice Kelly another success in the billfish world

Alice Kelly another success in the billfish world

The Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament week is off and running with the finish of Sunday’s 35th annual Alice Kelly Memorial Ladies’ Only event. The Alice Kelly has come before the regular tournament for years and kicks off one of the mid-Atlantic’s largest billftshing tournaments. This year featured 155 teams and a total of 930 anglers. The lineup caught and released…

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White Marlin Open is a wrap

White Marlin Open is a wrap

The 51st annual White Marlin Open is a wrap. Known as the largest and richest billfish tournament in the world, this year’s Ocean City Md., one-day-longer event featured an overall purse of $8.5 million. Saturday was the final day of competition after officials added extra fishing to the five-day regular schedule because of foul conditions – some caused by Tropical…

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