Aug 27

Coast Guard Rescues Six After Boat Runs Aground Near Port Aransas, TX

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A Coast Guard rescue crew saved six people after their boat ran hard aground on the Port Aransas jetties, near Port Aransas, Saturday.
The captain of the grounded boat contacted Sector Corpus Christi watchstanders with a VHF radio at 4:55 a.m., stating that his 38-foot boat, the […]

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Aug 27

The Great White Hope

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He bowhunts, noodles catfish, and makes his own sausage. Can Paul Ryan help the GOP run away with the crucial white vote this fall-or will the blue-collar shtick backfire? By Andrew Romano Before he became Mitt Romney’s running mate, Paul Ryan was famous in precisely two places: A his congressional […]

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Aug 27

An unusually slow day fishing

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Sunday, there were no fishing reports by press time, which was a bit unusual considering the conditions that day.

Original post by The Galveston County Daily News

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Aug 27

Republicans Raise Cash on Fishing Boat, Shooting Range

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When Texas Representative Mike Conaway goes fishing during the Republican National Convention this week, he’s also looking to reel in piles of cash for his leadership political action committee.

Original post by Bloomberg

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Aug 27

BP oil spill’s link to poor speckled trout season unknown

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Sometimes nuance just doesn’t get the job done. That’s a lesson I relearned after my column two weeks ago, reporting on fears by some fishing guides that this summer’s poor speckled trout season is the result of the BP oil spill.

Original post by NOLA.com

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Aug 26

The Need for Speed

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I first laid hands on a Speed Spool around 1975 in Apalachicola. I went there to fish with a promotions guy from Lew’s, which was located in Foley, Ala., at the time.

Original post by Tampa Bay Online

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Aug 26

Geek Golf: Pursell Farms opens FarmLinks Golf Academy in north Ala.

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Ranked the No. 1 public golf course in Alabama by Golfweek magazine, FarmLinks resort recently opened a high-tech golf academy at Pursell Farms, located 45 minutes southeast of Birmingham.

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Aug 26

The Fishing Butler makes it easy to keep your rods togeather

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This little guy is made of a thin, bungee cord and a quick release disk that either releases or tightens the cord, depending on the direction in which you pull.

Original post by Courier-Post

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Aug 26

Mississippi State quarterback Tyler Russell aims to silence critics with breakout season

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Tyler Russell rarely talks about his critics, but he hears them every morning. Above the Mississippi State quarterback’s bed is a piece of paper taped to the ceiling, with 17 words reminding him of his critics – words that motivate every time he touches the football.

Original post by The Clarion-Ledger

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Aug 26

A brute of the Gulf puts up a battle

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SUBMITTED PHOTOLeft to right, Robert Wilkerson, Nathan Bosio, Don Marie, Zizzy Broussard, Laurin St.

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Aug 26

Brad Harvey: North Myrtle offers up ‘head scratcher

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Many of my greatest childhood memories of summertime are of family beach trips and all that they encompassed.

Original post by Lake Wylie Pilot

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Aug 26

Dennis Anderson: It’s wild on the river

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F ur traders were among the first whites to see this country, and afterward the loggers — men of strange languages even among themselves: German, Norwegian, Swedish.

Original post by Star Tribune

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Aug 25

Fishing Column: When it wasn’t safe to go in the water

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I admit it. This time every year, I tune in for the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week slate of programming.

Original post by Shelter Island Reporter

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Aug 25

Carolina fishing tips: Making simple flounder rigs

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Flounder are a very popular saltwater fish in the Carolinas, highly-sought after due to the fish’s great reputation on the table.

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Aug 25

Fishing for Washington tiger muskies

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The photos had been taken, the fish put back in the water and released, the net stowed, and still my hands shook.

Original post by Bellingham Herald

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