All that yellow stuff that’s coating anything and everything outside means it’s high time you got fishing. With every passing day and temperatures rising slowly but surely, more and more species are providing opportunities to get in on some great Virginia and North Carolina action. For reference, the picture is of my with a nice king mackerel caught on light…
Hey, we all know what early spring weather can be like in our neck of the woods – 80 degrees one day, freeze advisories the next. But the fish don’t seem to care either way. On the unfishable days, take the time to get all your gear in top working order. Angling opportunities on all fronts are doing nothing but…
A chilly fog rolled in from the Atlantic, making it impossible to see the end of the Virginia Beach Fishing Pier from the Boardwalk. All around, work crews hammered and sawed – busting up the relative quiet of an early spring morning at the Oceanfront. Inside Pier House Bait and Tackle shop, Minnow didn’t seem to notice, much less care.…
Sandra Scherman sat in silence at a table set up on the edge of an Eastern Shore patch of woods. Her husband, Mike Scherman, sat next to her. Behind them was a handful of close friends – waiting, watching for a deer to come into range of Mike’s rifle. Finally a big buck showed itself and Mike took a shot.…
Lock downs, toilet paper shortages, closed businesses, unemployment – it’s been more than a little difficult to find many silver linings during the year of Covid-19. There are a few and one of the ones we especially can appreciate in our world surrounded by water is fishing and boating. Boat sales and the industries that support the boating and fishing…
Even though spring doesn’t officially begin until Saturday, the region’s angling season decided to jump the gun weeks ago. Fishing opportunities on all fronts have been fantastic when the weather has permitted. We all know how freaking crazy the weather can be this time of year around these parts. Spring’s first day might not invite a lot of trips, with…
Typing on a tear-soaked keyboard is becoming more of a regular thing than I’d like. But as my group of friends and myself get older, more and more of us are leaving this world. Writing about any of them passing has never been easy. This time around, though, is more difficult than most. Early this morning I heard the news…
Justin Willams wasn’t too fond of school growing up on Hatteras Island. He preferred to surf and fish. But he did like art. So when he moved with his wife to Raphine, Va., and eventually left the custom cabinet business, his mind took him back to those days of drawing and painting. And fishing. “At first I was going to…
I’ve jokingly been telling folks that there is no need for me to own a boat or to go down to the shore to wet a line. All I have to do lately is stand on the back deck and cast a lure into the backyard. It’s that wet. And living close to the edge of the Pasquotank River, I…
Jet airliners roared nearby, either screeching to a halt or powering up for takeoff – seemingly just a few feet away. They didn’t scare a juvenile eagle or a majestic red tailed hawk as they floated effortlessly nearby, searching the surface of Lake Whitehurst’s frigid waters for an easy meal. It was late February and it was cold, just like…
