Looking out my living room window, I am greeted by a rare sight … sunshine!!  The last couple of weeks have left us drenched and ready for some blue sky.  Over 20 inches of rain fell on Hatteras Island last month, so locals and vacationers alike are anxious for a change.  A temporary shellfish closure […]

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On the news, all you hear these days is about how hot it is everywhere.  Oh, it has been hot indeed, but we are blessed to be surrounded by eighty-something degree water which keeps us a bit cooler in the summer than areas inland.  There are definitely pros and cons to living on a barrier […]

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As I drove back from Nags Head yesterday passing SUVs with kayaks on their roofs and motor homes with bicycles strapped on the back, the reality of summer being right around the corner became blatantly clear.  There wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the thermometer in my truck displayed that it was a comfortable […]

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I’ve been so busy doing boat work that I didn’t have a chance to do a fishing report for March, but it’s probably not a bad month to miss since April is really when things begin to warm up and change. Up until about twelve years ago, if you would have asked me when was […]

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I probably jumped the gun when I wrote about bluefins in January.  Yes, that is when they typically make their appearance, but in February things really get rockin’.  Of course, things are always subject to change, but for the last ten or more years, February and March have been the best of it.  Back in […]

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All the weather forecasters have predicted a cold winter.  We just survived a blizzard, and the temperatures are supposed to be below freezing for a week.  That’s enough for me, but just like the fall, you never know what you’re gonna get.  It seems like forever till spring, but three months will go by like […]

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I tried to put some thoughts together in my mind before attacking my computer.  What’s going on around here in December?  I quickly realized that I didn’t have to rack my brain very hard or think back very far to give a great report! Just two weekends ago, I took a Sunday afternoon ride out […]

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In August of 2011, Hurricane Irene battered the coast of North Carolina and created a breech in highway 12, in the Pea Island area.  As time was wasted, the breech grew larger and the only solution seemed to be building a bridge.  Access to Hatteras Island via Highway 12 was cut off for two months.  […]

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Walking around the docks in November, you’ll quickly notice that things have changed in the fishing fleet of Hatteras Village.  A number of the charter boats have removed their fighting chairs, which were used daily for anglers to battle their “fish of a lifetime.”  In their place, “kill boxes” have been positioned, which is the […]

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