The place called "Saltworks" is a cozy eatery that has remained the same for the past 30 years, and that is a good thing. Always comfortable and…

Saltwater fishing as a career or as a hobby is multiple things. It’s a great getaway, a distraction from our day to-day life, and a welcomed escape.…

A few months ago, my good friend, Captain Lee Parsons of Topsail Beach, NC, suggested I write a story about a couple of charter captains from Carolina…

For over 24 years, Tom Franz has walked through the doors of Mott's Channel Seafood in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina to start his workday. I met him…

He had just had dinner on his own. His wife and daughter had taken off to make the 2-hour trip to Myrtle Beach. They had tickets to…

I met Captain Jimmy Vass about 25 years ago, just at the time I started my guide service in Wrightsville Beach, NC. It didn't take me long…

Just up the coast from Carolina Beach, passing through Wrightsville Beach, NC you get to the small beach town of Surf City, NC on Topsail Island. Unlike…

The first time I met Bob Carr was in 2019. I had just learned from Eris Jones, a Saltwater Angler Contributing Writer and former SKA National Champion,…

Back in the mid-90s' I was a sales rep. for a tackle wholesaler called Folsom Inc., out of New Jersey. My job was to cover the Carolina…

The first time I remember seeing Eris Jones, was at a small King Mackerel fishing tournament In Sneads Ferry, NC in 2014. This great little fishing town…