A City By The Sea

A City By The Sea

Blackfly Lodge at Schooner Bay anchors a Bahamas community created especially for fishing.   On a calm day, the slight slap of the water on the hull of a flats boat has one of two effects on me. If I'm tired, it can lull me into a trance, the kind that makes me...

There’s Always The Pier 

There’s Always The Pier 

All sorts of interesting characters frequent our fishing piers, but they all share the same thing—a passion for fishing. South Carolina's Daniel Island is actually a peninsula of the original Cainhoy Plantation sandwiched by the Cooper and Wando rivers that probe...

The Fishing Plug Man

The Fishing Plug Man

He was the best kept secret since the Trojans hid in the Horse. His name was W.C. Crissy; he was an august old codger from Little Rock, Arkansas, and his game was rare and valuable commodities. I say old and august. August for certain; old I'm not sure. For I never...

The Fish That Shook The Pier

The Fish That Shook The Pier

In the summer of 1964, an average Joe revealed to the happy-go-lucky Myrtle Beach tourists where some large creatures roamed. Large is actually insulting when it comes to describing thousand-pound sharks. How about one that weighed almost a ton, caught with rod and...

Bay Of Pigs

Bay Of Pigs

Fishing the Bay, you can't help but feel you've been handed the keys to a private kingdom, where the smallmouth bass reigns supreme. I should have gone to her, should have been there in her hour of need. I should have let her collapse in my arms and told her...

The Plan

The Plan

They had planned this trip for years. "If I get there before you do, look for me upstream." That was the plan, for they both knew that their chances of actually arriving there at the same time were extremely slim. You know how it is. And in the end, it turned out they...