Today's News

I feel like I’ve been writing about the great things to come forever. The wind hasn’t stopped blowing in two weeks, and my thermostat switch is worn out from changing between heat and AC.

I often look back at my fishing report archives I keep online at www.OIFC.com on the fishing report page to see what was going on this time last year.

We live in a temperate climate here on the Carolina coast, yet many of us want to play golf only under the most favorable conditions. The golfers who move here from Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania are the worst. They played in sleet and wind up North; they loved winter golf leagues because the ponds all froze up.

Something strange happens to these stalwart golfers after a few years of “Southern comfort.” They get wimpy about the weather.

Baseball

SOUTH BRUNSWICK 9

SOUTH COLUMBUS 6

South Brunswick blasted two home runs on its way to a 9-6 win over South Columbus on April 2.

Ben Maggard hit a three-run homer in the third, while Johnathan Marvin slugged the Cougars’ other homer.

South led 5-1 after three but starting making errors and lost the lead.

“We made four errors in the fourth inning, and South Columbus took advantage of it,” South coach Lee Shelton said.

Birds called waders are always lurking around the salt marsh. Some are large and some small.

They drop by to scrounge up some grub, especially when the tide is low, a time when mud flats are exposed and fish are concentrated into small pools of shallow water called pannes.

This article is about two of the little guys. The big guys like the great blue heron and great egret can wait for a later article. They are so large and photogenic they get enough attention. I am pretty sure every Brunswick County resident who owns a camera has taken a photo of them by now.