COAST GUARD HAS BUSY FOURTH OF JULY

COAST GUARD HAS BUSY FOURTH OF JULY ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – New Jersey-based Coast Guard units had an active Fourth of July holiday, including several medevac cases and the rescue of eight boaters whose boat ran aground in Baltimore. An HH-65C Dolphin helicopter rescue crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City hoisted a 20-year-old female […]

2007 East Coast Got-Em-On – Prize List

2007 East Coast Got-Em-On – Prize List                                                                      Prize     P   Wt/Pts date time   B#      Boat Name             Angler                 /Sponsor             L —————————————————————————————————————————— 41th Place                                 $ 07 Entry       22.00 07/07 16:50 171 The Law               James F Drake          North Myrtle Beach, SC 34          60th L_Fish                                $ 250            18.85 07/07 17:19 206 White Lighting        Sam Ballou             Morehead City, NC       36          Boat <= 23′                                 […]

2007 East Coast Got-Em-On Primary – Largest King

2007 East Coast Got-Em-On Primary – Largest King               Prize       P   Wt/Pts date time    B#    Boat Name             Angler                City/State           L —————————————————————————————————————————– King Mackerel              $25000      1    40.70 07/07 14:26 149 Laid Back            Garrick Waters          Wilmington, NC        22                    $10000      2    35.85 07/07 15:46   42 Dig It               Carroll Construction I Willow Spring, NC     36                    $5000       3    34.15 07/07 17:06    1 Reel Music           Grady Gaston […]

22nd Annual Topsail Offshore Fishing Tournament 2007 Final Standings

22nd Annual Topsail Offshore Fishing Tournament 2007 Final Standings   Weight Boat Name Captain City State  1  32.70 BobCat Henry E Moore III Clinton  NC  2  32.15 Liquid Fire C Mark Henderson Cape Carteret  NC  3  31.85 Gambler D Allen Kinney Oak Island  NC  4  30.85 Sharon Leigh Jeff Morris Wilmington  NC  5  28.00 Service […]

Carolina Beach Got-Em-On Classic

Carolina Beach Got-Em-On Classic July 6, 6:30 PM CAPTAINS meeting at Carolina Beach Municipal Docks July 7-8….…2 PM Scales Open July 8, 8:00 PM Awards at Carolina Beach Municipal Docks PRIMARY PRIZES First Place . . . . . .$25,000 KING Mackerel 2nd Place. $10,000. 3rd Place. $5,000 4th Place. $2,000. 5th Place. $1,500 6th – 10th […]

COAST GUARD MEDEVACS INJURED BOATER

COAST GUARD MEDEVACS INJURED BOATER PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Station Ocracoke, N.C., responded to a report of an injured boater today.The Coast Guard was notified at 7:23 p.m. that a 57 year-old woman had suffered an injury sustained from a fall while aboard the sail boat Meander approximately 14 miles off the coast […]

Eastern Oyster Not Endangered

Eastern Oyster Not Endangered A biological review team has completed an Endangered Species Act (ESA) status review report for the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) and submitted it to NOAA Fisheries. The eastern oyster occurs naturally in a great diversity of habitats along the western Atlantic Ocean from the Canadian Maritime Provinces to the Gulf of […]

COAST GUARD CREW MEDEVACS INJURED SAILOR

COAST GUARD CREW MEDEVACS INJURED SAILOR PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a Navy crewman from the USS Bainbridge about 45 miles off Hatteras Island, N.C., today. The USS Bainbridge contacted the Coast Guard at about 3 p.m. to report that a 26-year-old female sailor had injuries to her face and one […]

COAST GUARD MEDEVACS DIVER OFF N.C. COAST

COAST GUARD MEDEVACS DIVER OFF N.C. COAST  PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a woman from a commercial dive boat about 30 miles east of Atlantic Beach, N.C., today. The vessel Flying Fish reported at 12:30 p.m. that the 32-year-old woman was on the ship’s deck and was initially unresponsive after surfacing […]

Bak Bar wins 49th ‘Big Rock

Bak Bar wins 49th ‘Big RockBruce Paul, Media DirectorJune 16, 2007Bak Bar made last call at the 49th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament’s weigh station Friday, weighing in a 613-pounder to win $800,839 from the event’s $1,568,950 purse.Bak Bar captain Tommy Lewis, Huger, S.C., reached Morehead City just after 11 p.m. with a blue […]