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Terry
McPherson’s Club Talk
August 11th., 2010
Hello Club Members, it's good to be talking with you again!
I'm going to start with saying Welcome! to last month's guest and
Welcome you back for the Aug.11th Club Meeting.
I want to give a great big THANK YOU to Rob Ferris for his really
great presentation on "tournament winning" King Mackerel fishing
techniques. Plus another special THANK YOU ROB, for sharing the
information about how he applies these techniques right in the very
same area many of our club members actually fish lots of the time,
offshore of the Southport area. We really appreciate that
information Rob.
I hope everybody will continue to post their "fish caught" for the
Inter Club Tournament as there are still many open slots needing
fish entries plus you may have just caught a "bigger one" than what
is posted. Remember, some really nice looking plaques with your name
and weight of the fish engraved on it, will be awarded at the Dec.
meeting. With the water in the hot zone, it seems "catching" is
pretty good right now so I'm really look forward to hearing some
good stories at this Aug. meeting.
(I might have a few to tell myself if the fuse stayed lit.)
VERY IMPORTANT! I hope all of our members were able to see on the
COSFC site that Mike Drake, Mayor Lucy Drake's (our Vp.'s) husband
had colon surgery the Tuesday afternoon of July 27th. This is from
Lucy "The family is awaiting results from the surgery where a
"baseball size mass" was removed and where the surgeons did
latproscopic. Yes, please say a special pray that the pathology
comes back clean". Please pray the test will be positive and that
Mike will get well real soon.
OK now if you will recall from July's meeting, Jesse Alexander and I
were talking about rumors that some guy from Charlotte had bought
FRYING PAN TOWER. Well that turns out to be true and his name is
Richard Neal, AND GUESS WHAT, Richard Neal will be our guest speaker
at our August 11th. meeting. So if you really want to be in the
know, plan on being at this meeting to hear Richard Neal's plans for
the future of FRYING PAN TOWER. aka "THE TOWER" Let us make sure
Richard knows we are supporting this and him. Its all on Face Book,
but we'll get it straight from the horses mouth as to what is in the
future for the TOWER. So, we hope to have a nice turn out. Please
make sure to show your support for FRYING PAN TOWER and attend this
meeting.
Oh, here is more on this story by Ken Little of
STAR NEWS ONLINE
a Wilmington News source.
I really do hope everyone has been having a good summer, doing some
"cool" stuff. The kids (and grand kids too) go back soon and I hope
your families have gotten to spend lots of quality time catching
fish together during this hot summer. I look forward to seeing and
being with you at the August 11th. meeting and learning the scoop on
FRYING PAN TOWER.
Your President, Terry (TW) McPherson
Charlotte Offshore Sportfishing Club
Minutes of Wednesday
August 11, 2010
The Charlotte Offshore Sportfishing Club had its monthly meeting
on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 7:00 pm at Captains Galley
Restaurant in Matthews, NC. Club President Terry McPherson welcomed
everyone and ask if we had any guests. We were honored to have the
following people as guests for the evening: Jay Ray; George
Holliday; Ryan Ray; Benjamin Smith; Richard and Rhonda Neal and Gene
Baucom. Welcome guests and we hope that you will return to share
your fishing tales with the Club!
Terry ask if anyone had been
fishing and we heard about fishing in the ocean and from piers! Club
Vice President Lucy Drake gave a quick update on her spouse and Club
member Mike Drake who had emergency surgery the prior week. John
Todd, Club member, talked about the fishing tournament for children
that was successful at Georgetown, S. C. and then John won the rod
and reel with the Club Drawing!!! Congrats John Todd!!! Terry has
forms to purchase t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, tank tops, etc. with
the Club Logo. Please email if you would like to get one of the
forms to the website so that Terry can get you one.
We were very honored to have Richard and
Rhonda Neal from Mint Hill as our Club speakers for the evening.
The Neal’s are the family who was very fortunate to win the purchase
bid on Frying Pan Tower. Many of the Club members fish around the
Tower and are very interested in the future of the structure.
Richard and Rhonda shared information about the future plans and how
they want to be able to have a safe structure that fisherman can
spend the night on the tower; that divers might lease the tower;
families have family reunions – Bed and Breakfast and fishing and
diving!!!! Sounds wonderful and we wish them success. The Neal’s
shared pictures of the current structure and talked about the
renovations and hope to be able to be up and running next spring if
possible. Rhonda is working towards getting her helicopter
license! The website for the Neal’s tower is:
www.fptower.com. Thank you Richard and
Rhonda for visiting with us!
Please plan to attend our September
meeting for the Charlotte Offshore Sportfishing Club on Wednesday,
September 8th at 7:00 pm at Captains Galley. Bring a
friend and share your fishing stories!
Respectfully submitted, Lucy Drake
Vice President – COSFC
August 13, 2010
Long Bay
Artificial Reef Association 2010 Summer Update
By Bob Black
Hi Folks, August 31, 2010
The long past due Long Bay Artificial Reef projects update letter
is finally a reality. I’m sorry it’s so late but there were delays
in the official word from the state of NC and we were afraid our
major news would never come to be.
In July of 2009 we applied for a grant to do a reef enhancement
project. The funds for this grant were available through the North
Carolina Coastal Recreational Fishing License fees. We were
informed in December of 2009 that we had been approved for the
grant. The official announcement finally came in late June 2010.
But due to other difficulties we were unable to start work until
late July. Once we began work and a few bills were paid we knew it
was true. We had funds!
This project is to deploy 1000 tons of assorted sizes of concrete
pipes to each of two sites. One of which is AR 460 located just
off Shallotte Inlet and the other site is AR 440 located just off
Lockwood Folly Inlet.
The pipes for this project are being obtained from NC Products a
division of Oldcastle Inc. in Raleigh and transported to the NC
State Port, Wilmington, NC by commercial truckers. The deployment
will be by the Edenton, NC division of Stephens Towing Charleston,
SC. All deployments will be under the watchful eye of the NCDMF
Artificial Reef Group and will comply will all agency
requirements.
The cost of this project was estimated at $ 255,500.00. A total of
$244,500 came from the CRFL grant and the balance will come from
LBARA funds. Our funds are raised primarily through fishing clubs
and fishing tournaments so this is truly a fisherman’s project.
Just this week we have finished bringing the pipe to the NC State
Port staging area to await deployment. We have approximately 2000
tons on the ground.
Scheduling meetings for Stevens Towing barges and tugs including
our deployment will begin next week (09/06/2010). The equipment
needed for the deployment will be a 1000-ton barge and a tugboat.
The 1000-ton barge will enable us to make one trip to each reef
site. Current plans are to form two 500 tons “patch reefs” on each
site. The sizes of pipe will range from 24” to 42” in diameter and
from 4” to 8” in length.
We expect our position on the towing schedule to be low
considering we are currently looking at two hurricanes and a major
storm on the radar as I write. But we hope to complete the
deployments before the end of October.
AR 430
This is our new reef site that is now moving through the permit
stage, the system moves slowly on this type of permit but we are
making progress. The reef site will be located approximately 2.5
miles south/southwest of Ocean Crest Pier on Oak Island, NC.
We have been through the public hearing process that went well and
thank those of you who were there in our support. We have finished
the required videoing of the site and just recently the NCDMF Reef
Group did the required dives. Currently we are awaiting the
approval of numerous agencies that have their fingers in the
regulatory pool!
But we will prevail thanks to your support. Please support the
retailers and Fishing tournaments that support your association.
Thxs , Bob Black
2010 IT IS PAST TIME TO RENEW RECREATIONAL FISHING LICENSES
MOREHEAD CITY – Before casting a hook and line or jabbing a gig, fishermen
should take a moment to pull their
Coastal Recreational Fishing Licenses from their wallets or tackle boxes to
check the expiration dates.
The annual recreational licenses expire one year from the date of purchase, so
those who bought one in January
2008 may need to renew it before going fishing.
“Our commercial licenses and permits all expire on June 30 of each year, and
we want to make sure people don’t get
these dates confused,” said Marine Patrol Col. Rex Lanier.
This is particularly important since a yearlong grace period, in which Marine
Patrol handed out warning tickets to first offenders,
is over, Lanier said.
In 2007, Marine Patrol handed out more than 2,800 warning tickets but only 25
actual citations for fishing without a
Coastal Recreational Fishing License.
Now, however, those caught fishing without a license will get a ticket that
carries a fine and court costs of $155.
The state sold 470,400 Coastal Recreational Fishing Licenses in 2007, and
25,591 of those were purchased in the first
four weeks of the year. Most of the licenses sold were annual resident
licenses.
The license requirement pertains to anyone age 16 or older fishing in coastal
waters of North Carolina, except those
who held a Lifetime Sportsman or Lifetime Comprehensive Fishing license issued
by
the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission prior to Jan. 1, 2006.
An annual license costs $15 for residents and $30 for non-residents. Ten-day
licenses and a variety of lifetime licenses are
available, as well. For more information on the types of licenses available,
view the DMF Web site at www.ncdmf.net.
Licenses may be purchased or renewed at Wildlife Resources Commission
licensing agents, which include most bait and
tackle shops and all DMF license offices. They may also be purchased online at
www.ncwildlife.org, or
by calling 1-888-2HUNTFISH (1-888-248-6834).
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Club dues are upon us again. Please be prepared in January to pay your $60.00
a year membership dues for the entire family!
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