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Rip Currents Along North Carolina Beaches
A hazard to swimmers but a help to fishermen.
By: Bill Hitchcock
Are North Carolina beaches safe to swim? I was asked that question recently. The short answer is that all North Carolina beaches are safe. But at any given time a particular place on the beach may not be. We are Read more...
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Rip Currents
April 16th, 2010 
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Posted in Area Info, Saltwater 
Tags: beach, berm, bill hitchcock, fish, fishermen, fishing, flounder, north carolina, ocean out suck, red drum, rip currents, sea mullet, spot, swimmer, waves 
No Comments »North Carolina Fishing Report
April 15th, 2010 admin Crystal Coast of North Carolina Saltwater Fishing Report
By: Bill Hitchcock
April is a month the coast transitions from winter doldrums to spring time hot and heavy fishing action. Mid-April particularly so. Traditionally around tax day water temperatures both inshore and offshore jump up by several degrees. This in turn brings the fish in and turns the bite Read more...
Posted in Saltwater Fishing Tags: bill hitchcock, billfish, black drum, black sea bass, blowfish, bluefin tuna, bogue inlet, crystal coast, fish, fishing, fishing report, grouper, gulf stream, north carolina, offshore, outer banks, pier, report, sea mullet, snapper, tuna, wahoo No Comments »President George H.W. Bush
April 6th, 2010 admin This is a network video news release I produced about President George H.W. Bush. The President came to eastern North Carolina to fish and purchase a Fountain Power Boat.
I produced, directed and edited this video news release and did all of the aerial videography. This video was satellite uplinked to all the four major networks Read more...
Posted in Video & TV Tags: bill hitchcock, boat, fish, fountain power boats, network, news, north carolina, President George H.W. Bush, satellite uplinked, video, videography No Comments »Captain George Beckwith Interview
April 6th, 2010 admin Saltwater Catch Radio
Today’s guest is Captain George Beckwith of Down East Guide Service. Captain Beckwith is a marine biologist, charter boat captain, tournament champion, national television celebrity and international fisherman.
Listen to the interview Bill Hitchcock did on April 5, 2010 with Captain George just days after George returned from Costa Rica. Topics discussed in this exclusive Read more...
Posted in Area Info, Saltwater Catch Radio Tags: april, bass, bill hitchcock, boat, captain, Captain George Beckwith, charter, cobia, cold stun, costa rica, crystal coast, Down East Guide Service, fish, fisherman, fishing, fishing report, hydrology, marine biologist, north carolina, Pamlico, river, roanoke, saltwater catch, sound, speckled trout, Striped bass, stripers, tarpon, television, tournament, trout, weldon No Comments »Are we about to have an offshore cold stun event?
February 2nd, 2010 admin Are offshore fish about to be stunned?
By: Bill Hitchcock
Are we about to have an offshore cold stun event? Are we about to see offshore fish floating on top of the water out by the Gulf Stream due to extreme temperature differentials? That’s a good question because right now conditions seem conducive for it to happen.
A Read more...
Posted in Area Info, Featured Posts, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing Tags: bill hitchcock, carteret county, fish, gulf stream, hatteras, hitchcock, hitchcock realty, Labrador Current, ocracoke, ocracoke inlet, offshore, oregon inlet, point of hatteras, saltwater catch, satellite image, sea surface temperatures, speckled trout No Comments »Giant Bluefin Tuna
January 16th, 2009 admin The second largest bluefin ever tagged off North Carolina during Tag-A-Giant Conservation series occurred Jan. 3, 2009. TAG has been coming to NC for fourtens years.
The fish was guess-ta-mated to weigh 675-700lbs. It was caught aboard the Morehead City charter boat, The Sensation with Captain Dale Britt.
Naked bally-hoo in 55-60 degree water about 40 feet Read more...
Posted in Area Info Tags: Australia, bally hoo, bill hitchcock, bluefin tuna, bogue banks, discovery channel, fish, Japan, modern marvels, morehead city, north carolina, Tag-A-Giant No Comments »
