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  **  September, 2010    Hot and cooler weather here. Just pick a day ! 

Friday, September 3, 2010    Happy Birthday to somebody special!     Yes we are very thankful!! No signs of the fly-by Hurricane Earl. Hot weather is back! No fishing reports.     Stay Tuned! Gas prices, $2.52 and up. Tide table    

Wednesday, September 1, 2010     Yes it has been a while since we last had anything to report. One "Daddy's Little Girl" landed a 20 inch Flounder over the weekend making a fantastic Kodak Moment. Other old timers need to polish up their skills and take a few lessons from her.    Word's out there's a big blow passing offshore over the next 72 hours.     Stay Tuned! Gas prices, $2.55 and up. Tide table   

Friday August 27, 2010     Happy Birthday to someone special! Stay Tuned! Gas prices, $2.57 and up. Tide table  

Monday, August 23, 2010    "Not quite", is the word I'm hearing regarding the 24 hour surfer. Details later.   Many pan sized Spots, Croakers and Virginia Mullets were caught yesterday and this morning.   Stay Tuned! Gas prices, $2.57 and up. Tide table  

Sunday, August 22, 2010    Kure Beach lifeguard attempts to set a World Record. 24 hour surfing. click on > http://charlotte.news14.com/content/local_news/coastal/629525/lifeguard-attempts-to-set-surfing-world-record Stay Tuned! Gas prices, $2.57 and up. Tide table 

Saturday, August 21, 2010    While fishing this week, one of our guest  had a remarkable discovery. Shark! Fishing south of Fort Fisher, this lady and her family were catch several fish. Spots, Croakers, Blue Fish and Flounder. All of a sudden a shark about 5 feet in length came in too close. Needless to say this was a big surprise. It also put a halt to catching fish.  Tonight the mosquitoes are in full number.     Today I noticed the yards in the neighborhood were turning greener after Thursday big rain and power storm. Stay Tuned! Gas prices, $2.59 and up. Tide table 

Thursday, August 19, 2010    (This is not the first time this phenomena has happened.) Facts or trivia?  Fish with green beaded tackle is spring and summer and red beaded tackle in fall and winter? Fishing side by side, one of our guest was very pleased with the new Eagle Claw Combo he had purchased from us. He was using a productive green beaded two drop rig while catching plenty of fish. Others fishing next to him were using red beaded two drop rigs. They were catching nothing. The common bait was Shrimp.     Other news, early this morning a big yellow school bus stopped in front of our shop . Quite frankly I think its two weeks too early.     Stay Tuned! Gas prices, $2.59 and up. Tide table 

Wednesday, August 18, 2010  Last evening, we rode down to the new Fort Fisher Boat Ramp. We saw were a new walkway had been constructed adjacent to ramp. "Very Nice"! While we were there, the mosquitoes took advantage of our presence. We saw several deer. One was a large eight pointer. Stay Tuned! Gas prices, $2.61 and up. Tide table 

Tuesday, August 17, 2010    Winds have been blowing more from the Northeast over the past couple of days. Several fishermen are still upset with the very hot weather temperatures. Several folks in the shop are having a good time catching "Blue Crab" south of Fort Fisher. Stay Tuned! Gas prices, $2.61 and up. Tide table

Friday, August 13, 2010    Sheephead are being caught off of the Carolina Beach Fishing Pier. "A Seven Pounder" reported one fisherman. Heat wave continues. Rain showers may come in soon to cool things down. Stay Tuned! Gas prices, $2.61 and up. Tide table

Thursday, August 12, 2010    Well there's a big fuss going on this week in Carolina Beach. He said - they said. click on >"Put the shark back in the water or pull the shark out the water"?   Other news, today I saw a catch of Croakers, Red Drum and Sheep Head Fish. The fellows would not say where they were caught. :( Temperatures are hot and muggy. 95 + at 3 pm today. Stay Tuned! Gas prices, $2.61 and up. Tide table

August 7, 2010    Popeye Mullet are in the news this week. One local, using a 5 foot cast net,  caught 7 in one cast. All 15 inches or longer! Stay Tuned! Gas prices, $2.56 and up. Tide table

August 6, 2010    Today reports finally improved. Pompanos and Red Drum reported. Kure Pier reported Flounder, Spots and Croakers. One boater fishing 10 miles out from "Masonboro Island" caught his limit several times this week. Rain showers are back.  Stay Tuned! Gas prices, $2.59 and up. Tide table  

Tuesday, July 27, 2010    Woke up to a refreshing feeling this morning. During the night, a light rain shower had rinsed the air and ground off.     Again no fishing reports. :(  Stay Tuned! Gas prices, $2.56 and up. Tide table  

Saturday July 24, 2010    Happy Birthday to someone special!     No fishing reports. Stay Tuned! Gas prices, $2.56 and up. Tide table  

Friday, July 23, 2010     Folks I wish I could say something better, but locals and guest are not doing too well catching fish. Later! Stay Tuned! Gas prices, $2.56 and up. Tide table 

Saturday, July 18, 2010    No rains over the past two days. Kansas fisherman learns the fishing ways of Carolina Fishermen.     Mosquitoes are back! Ouch! After a slow start today, Beachgoers are back.  Stay Tuned! Gas prices, $2.56 and up. Tide table 

Friday, July 17, 2010    Kure Beach and it's neighboring counties got much needed rains this past week. Parts of Brunswick County reported "empty" five-inch-rain-gages overfilling overnight. Sheephead have been caught this past week in Snow's Cut. Crabbing has been a productive adventure for many this past week. Stay Cool ! Gas prices, $2.56 and up. Tide table 

Monday, July 12, 2010    Over the past 5 days, Spots, Croakers and Blue Fish have done very well. One fisherman caught 40. Three of our guest hooked into several nice sized Red Drum. One was 31 inches long. They were fishing with Frozen Mullet Minnows.     Stay tuned! Gas prices, $2.59 and up. Tide table   hooked into several nice sized Drum

Thursday, July 8, 2010    TEST We are back with a new web hosting workstation computer.

Thursday, July 1, 2010    Kure Beach got several needed rain showers over the past 12 hours. Looks like three quarters to an inch may have fallen on some very parched lawns. No fishing reports at this time. Stay Cool ! Gas prices, $2.61 - $2.75 and up. Tide table 

Wednesday, June 30, 2010    Our guest are catching many "little" Spots and Croakers. The children are having a good time with "catch and release"! Stay Cool ! Gas prices, $2.64 - $2.75 and up. Tide table 

Tuesday, June 29, 2010    This past Sunday, June 27, Kure Beach held it's annual triathlon. There was a good turnout.     Bluefish, Croakers and  Flounders are in the news however many locals are resorting to their gardening chores. One fisherman brought us his first homegrown tomatoes today.  We thank you sir!  :)  :)    Stay Cool ! Gas prices, $2.64 - $2.75 and up. Tide table 

Friday, June 25, 2010    Fishing Report: "Its Hot! Its Humid! My feet are Burnt! I'm going inside to your apartment where its cool and have a cold one"! End of Story! Stay Cool ! Gas prices, $2.64 - $2.75 and up. Tide table  

Thursday, June 24, 2010     Cornelius, NC fireman makes good catching White Grunts south of Kure Pier. Several of the fish were more than a foot long. Then he went Gotcha Plugging on Kure Pier, a Barracuda hits his Bluefish. By the time the gaff hit the water, the 8 pound test line on his small fresh water reel, failed.     Heat wave continues!! Our Air Conditioner man says he worked in several attics yesterday. Later he thought he was going to melt.  Stay Cool ! Gas prices, $2.64 - $2.75 and up. Tide table 

Wednesday, June 23, 2010    Heat wave has EMS, Lifeguards, Police and Firemen on watch. Heat strokes are very common under current conditions. Over the past two day temperatures have been above 92  degrees.     No fishing report to report at this time. :(   Stay Cool ! Gas prices, $2.64 - $2.75 and up. Tide table

Tuesday, June 15, 2010    Middle of the month all ready! Last night many folks were noticing a high number of flies and mosquitoes. I'm assuming this increase was due to yesterday's heat wave which shortened  the incubation period for a mass hatching of insects.     For us it not as hot/hummed as yesterday.     No fishing reports. :(      Stay tuned!  Gas prices, $2.64 - $2.75 and up. Tide table   

Monday, June 14, 2010    Monday afternoon HEAT BLAST hits Kure Beach!! Around 2:30 pm today, many folks were complaining about the heat. "It feels like we're inside an oven reported one guest." No fishing reports at this time. Gas prices are falling. Stay tuned!  Gas prices, $2.64 - $2.75 and up. Tide table  

Saturday, June 12, 2010     On Kure Pier, neighbor catches many Bluefish with Red Headed Gotcha Lures. Guest fishermen reports he spent more time in the water with his grand children than his fishing tackle.   Stay tuned!  Gas prices, $2.71 - $2.89 and up. Tide table 

Friday, June 11, 2010    A very good week for "CATCHING FISH" !! Several of our guest caught Flounder, Spots, Bluefish, Croakers, Back Drum and Pompanos. Two 19 inch Flounder were reported. One of these small doormats was hauled from the beach right in front of the Blue Marlin Apartments. We had a scare last night. Fire department pagers went off stating high winds and heavy rains were seven miles north of us as very dark clouds pass all around. We were very fortunate as no rain nor high winds hit us.  Stay tuned!  Gas prices, $2.71 - $2.89 and up. Tide table 

Monday, June 7, 2010     Ghost Town produces fish! :) There are not too many folks in town today, but of the ones that are fishing, Flounders and Black Drum made a pretty good showing! 4 foot sharks are being caught of Kure Pier. We hope these reports continue. Stay tuned!  Gas prices, $2.71 - $2.89 and up. Tide table 

Sunday, June 6, 2010     D-Day anniversary of the Normandy Invasion.     Winds along the coast today have aggravated several beach goers today. One set of teenagers lost their 5 foot raft when the wind took it way off shore. Umbrellas have taken a beating. Fishermen are telling us the beach is too crowed to fish. Others are taking advantage of the clear skies and sunshine.  Gas prices have dropped here an there. Stay tuned!  Gas prices, $2.71 - $2.89 and up. Tide table 

Friday, June 4, 2010    Memorial Day weekend was very wonderful. Thousands of folks flocked to our Island to remember those who served and are serving our country.     Several times this past Saturday and Sunday traffic was backed up heart of Carolina Beach to the stop light in Kure Beach. For us we did not receive any fishing reports. Stay tuned! Gas prices, $2.83 - $2.89 and up. Tide table 

Friday, May 27, 2010     By now you have figured reports "for us" have slowed down. Stay tuned! Gas prices, $2.83 - $2.89 and up. Tide table

Friday, May 21, 2010    Spanish Mackerel showed up this week. Got-cha plugs are the favorite lure of many fishermen. Deer Flies and No-See-ums are strong in number at the new "South End Boat Ramp". Our apartments are full, yet there are plenty of Vacancy Signs in town so "Come on Down to Kure Beach" . Stay tuned! Gas prices, $2.83 - $2.89 and up. Tide table

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Happy Birthday to Someone Special!     Not much happing at the moment! Stay tuned! Gas prices, $2.83 - $2.89 and up. Tide table

Sunday, May 16, 2010    Beach empties by noon. This morning I spoke with a family. I asked, "How was the fishing yesterday." Hoping to get a happy story, these folks reported a dismal weekend. Perhaps the fish did not care for their taste of loud music. They reported the water felt good. Many had red backs and bellies.     One of our brand new AC air handlers failed. Parts want be in until Wednesday of this week.    Stay tuned!  Gas prices, $2.83 - $2.89 and up. Tide table

Saturday, May 15, 2010    Too Good to be true? Yes its true!!     Lady fishermen came in with a big smile on her face. "Sir I caught an 8 lb Red Drum off your Shrimp!" She had the biggest and sweetest smile as got her drinks and bag of Ice.   Other fishermen were getting gear and updating their fishing license.  Stay tuned!  Gas prices, $2.83 - $2.89 and up. Tide table

Friday Morning    Yesterday one of our guest reported he dress a 4 lb Black Drum he caught at the Fort Fisher State Park. Other guest continued to catch nice size Bluefish and Virginia Mullets. One guest went home relaxed with not much to show. One small Pinfish.  Special ADA fishing tournament going on today down at Kure Pier! Stay tuned!  Gas prices, $2.83 - $2.89 and up. Tide table    

Wednesday's night!     Well the Blue Marlin Apartments looks like she suppose to.  She filled with, "Fishermen and precious families members"! This morning one guest shared some of her home made venison sausage. By the time morning had past, several 14 to 18 inch Bluefish had been hauled in.  One fisherman thought he had a shark on his line. I suspect the Blues are after the migrating Pin Fish. Other guest are enjoying the not-too-hot spring sunshine. Also we have a couple of outdoor book readers.     Stay tuned!  Gas prices, $2.83 - $2.89 and up. Tide table   

Tuesday, May 11, 2010    Local fisherman and his wife travel up river to their secret fishing spot. They hook several slightly undersized Flounder which they promptly return to the water. On a re-cast wife hooks into a big Red Drum. Since the catch-limit is one per day per person, the husband hopes there's another big one waiting on him.  He cranks up the boat's motor and gets about ten feet when all of a sudden  he hears a kaput in the engine followed by dead silence! What started out as a romantic "fish"-a-way turned into an exasperating row-row-row your boat!  Stay tuned!     Gas prices, $2.83 - $2.89 and up. Tide table  

Tuesday, May 4, 2010    Finally something to brag about. Four "Blue Marlin Fishermen" caught a nice mess of fish this morning. Virginia Mullets, Spots and Croakers. They put a hurting on a 5 gallon bucket. Rain showers are not a good as many of us had hoped for. Not sure, but we will be doing good if we got an 1/8 of an inch of rain.     We are very sadden by the flooding in Tennessee. Stay tuned!     Gas prices, $2.79 - $2.85 and up. Tide table 

Friday, April 29, 2010    Bluefish, Virginia Mullets, and Flounder have been caught off Kure Beach Fishing Pier and  the surf. Boaters are a little frustrated by the fact that two of the three boat ramps on the Island are closed. The south end boat ramp at Fort Fisher is opening soon! "She going to be real nice with lots of parking", according to one local.  Cool front came through two nights ago, it brought some wind gust and sharp lighting in the distance. Stay tuned!     Gas prices, $2.77 - $2.81 and up. Tide table

Friday, April 23, 2010     Another tranquil week has past since we updated this report. Virginia Mullets have been caught on Kure Pier. Good size too! Flounder are showing up in surf. Pollen levels are still above average but not as high as last week. We had a couple of rain showers this week. Spring Fest is tomorrow.   Stay tuned!     Gas prices, $2.75 - $2.81 and up. Tide table

Friday, April 16, 2010     Virginia Mullets continue to run this week. Dryer weather has local Fire Departments on watch. Pollen levels are starting to let up. Weather has been clear most of the week. Stay tuned!     Gas prices, $2.75 - $2.81 and up. Tide table

Sunday, April 11, 2010    For us, we are not seeing many fishermen. Early this past Friday morning, Kure Beach got a good drenching of a much needed rain.     A couple of fishermen last Wednesday came in reporting the bay had pollen floating on top of the water. Speaking of the Bay, the state is putting in a new boat ramp where the old one use to be.     Stay tuned!     Gas prices, $2.75 - $2.81 and up. Tide table

Happy Easter!!!     All over the county, churches were celebrating Easter Sunrise Worship.     Yesterday, we saw several nice sized Black Drum. Many were caught on the surf between Carolina and Kure Beach. Water temperatures are holding around 59 degrees. In Carolina Beach a bad traffic jam occurred under the new traffic pattern. The jam backed up all the way to Kure Beach. Ouch! We're sure official will get this fixed. Stay tuned!     Gas prices, $2.75 - $2.81 and up. Tide table

Wednesday, March 31, 2010     "Passover" Moon was very beautiful last night. With shades closed, our room was lit up between 2:30 to 4:00 am. 

Tuesday, March 30, 2010    Over the weekend wind speeds increased as temperatures dropped. The fishermen we spoke to did not have anything to brag about. Pollen is showing up everywhere. Stay tuned!     Gas prices, $2.75 - $2.81 and up. Tide table  

Friday, March 26, 2010     Over the past week, Black Drum have been making a good showing. Kure Beach Fishing Pier has her side gate open. I see several fishermen on the her deck. Sometime next week the pier house will open. Bikinis, Swim Shorts and Roller Blades are back. Palm Sunday this weekend!  Stay tuned!     Gas prices, $2.65 - $2.81 and up. Tide table 

Thursday, March 18, 2010    Over the weekend we noticed a group of fishermen north of our shop. "Nothing yet."  This past Tuesday, Kure Beach's Building Inspector informed town council of the completed south-end task of beach re-nourishment. Now the project moves to the adjacent beach of Myrtle Avenue and north well into Carolina Beach. Last night Bryan Williams, of NBC Nightly News, presented a story on "Kure Beach" regarding beach re-nourishment. Stay tuned!     Gas prices, $2.65 - $2.81 and up. Tide table 

Tuesday, March 9, 2010    Local fishermen reported "zilch", meaning zero,  on catching fish. "Not yet Gilbert, give it about 10 more days".  Dredging operations are well underway in Kure Beach. Standing at the E avenue crossover, one may see the beach building up south toward Ocean Dunes. The huge dredging ship sits about 2500 yards out. From past experiences the Ocean' floor is comprised of sand, blue-clay, fossilized mammals, shells and cannon balls left over from the  great "Civil War Sea Battle of Fort Fisher". Military experts have assured us the likely hood of an explosion is very rare due to the sea water pressure over such a long period of time, 145 years, plus (assuming) the dredge's auger would brake open the farad projectiles. Stay tuned!     Gas prices, $2.56 - $2.69 and up. Tide table

Wednesday, March 4, 2010  This morning we noticed the arrival of the very large offshore dredge. I try to find out her total size later. Commercial fishermen are scouting the waters about a mile out. Virginia Mullets, Croakers along with a few Trout migrate this time of year. Sea water temperatures are below 50 degrees.  Stay tuned!     Gas prices, $2.56 - $2.69 and up. Tide table

Sunday, February 28, 2010    Last Thursday we noticed an offshore dredging operation setting up. Kure Beach's three year cycle of State, Federal and ROT Beach Re-nourishment will be coming soon. Location will be south of Kure Pier to north of the Cocina Rocks at Fort Fisher. About three weeks ago Kure Beach received 3 to 6 inches of Snow. Our town was inundated with snow men and other figures thou out our town. Stay tuned!

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