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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort
Fish Friday!What started as an effort to promote charter boat fishing in the area ended up becoming one of the biggest fishing competitions in the country, the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament. Raleigh angler Jimmy Croy, fishing aboard the boat "Mary Z" with Capt. K.W. “Bill” Olsen, landed a 143-pound blue marlin during the 1957 contest by the Fabulous Fishermen club. The crew received a couple hundred dollar cash purse for their catch. This was the first blue marlin caught as part of a competition in North Carolina. From this contest evolved the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament. Have you ever fished Big Rock or gone to the Morehead City waterfront to watch the weigh-ins? Tell us your stories in the comments! Image: Jimmy Croy and Capt. K.W. “Bill” Olsen, September 14, 1957. (Image courtesy Big Rock Fishing Tournament). ... See MoreSee Less
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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

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That's right, teachers! We can bring our FREE creative, hands-on experiences to your classes. Programs are available for all grade levels and meet various social studies and history curriculum standards. ... See MoreSee Less

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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

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We have 3 spots that just opened up for Friday's free program! Grab them now (registration link in comments) ... See MoreSee Less

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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort and Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum

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The first permanent English settlement on the Outer Banks was on Colington Island in Dare County. Colington Island, originally known as Colleton Island, was also the first land grant under the 1663 Carolina Charter that empowered the Lords Proprietors to grant land in what is now North and South Carolina. The first grant, dated September 8, 1663, was to Sir John Colleton, one of the eight Proprietors. The area was, “the island heretofore called Carlyle now Colleton Island…contayneing in lenkth 5 or 6 myles, in bredth about 2 or 3 myles.” Colington Island is located in Dare County bordered to the south by Kitty Hawk Bay and to the north by the Albermarle and Roanoke Sounds. It lies due west of the Wright Brothers National Memorial. Images: Highway marker at E. Landing Dr. at Hwy 12 in Kill Devil Hills in Beaufort County, installed in 1959. (Image courtesy NCDNCR State Archives). ... See MoreSee Less
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Fish Friday Rainbow runner, aka Hawaiian salmon, is one of six species in the family Carangidae (Jacks). It is a pelagic fish with a spindle shaped body tapered on both ends, small mouth, and deeply forked tail. Since this species resembles “Salmonidae” of north temperate waters, it is referred to as “salmon” in Jamaica and “Hawaiian salmon” in Hawaii. The rainbow runner can grow up to 42 inches long and around 22 pounds. The largest rainbow runner caught in North Carolina weighed 23 pounds and 12 ounces. The record fish was caught off Ocracoke in 2016 by Bruce Vosburgh. Image: Rainbow runners, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, September 2004; Photographer: Dr. Dwayne Meadows. (Image courtesy NOAA). Image: A school of rainbow runners of Swains Island in American Samoa. (Image credit: NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC/CRED, Oceanography Team. Image courtesy NOAA). ... See MoreSee Less
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