In high school and college, he was known for lots of different things. Personality and physical size always stood out. And near the top of the list was his love of making big holes in defensive lines so his teammate running backs could blast into the secondary. He was good at it. He also loved the many aspects of being…
Forty teams in the 21st annual Virginia Beach Billfish Tournament are kicking off the opening day of the event looking for big swimmers out to sea. In the 70-boat fleet, 30 are taking a lay day – and six of those are competing in a mini “Lay Day Tournament.” Teams are competing for an $810,500 total purse. Last year Capt.…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
The 41st annual Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament out of Manteo in Oregon Inlet is off and fishing, holding the first day of angling on Tuesday. The event, which concludes Friday and holds a breakfast sendoff on Saturday, this year features 84 teams competing for $1,263,125. After the first day, in which 77 teams competed, 45 billfish were caught and released…
