FISH FOR FREE JULY 4 MOREHEAD CITY – Anglers can cast their lines into the surf without a fishing license and without fear of getting a ticket on Independence Day. State law establishes July 4 every year as a free fishing day for all public fishing waters in North Carolina – both saltwater and freshwater […]
Brazilian navy ship assists Coast Guard PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the Cisne Branco, the Brazilian navy’s tall ship, is assisting three people aboard a 50-foot disabled sailboat Wednesday, 200 nautical miles east of Cape Hatteras, N.C. The crew of the sailboat Infanta used a satellite phone to call the Coast Guard at about 10 p.m. Tuesday after the […]
Sea Creature wins 51st Big Rock By Bruce Paul June 13, 2009 Winning the 51st Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament wasn’t just a figment of Steve Coulter’s imagination. The Hatteras-based captain of the Sea Creature motored to the Big Rock scales Saturday with a 466-pound blue marlin to score a final-day victory and win $746,820 […]
