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Planet Pookie: White Shrimp Season, Beaufort and Savannah
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Monday, August 12. White Shrimp Season, Beaufort and Savannah. The white shrimp season. Is about to get kicking on the South Carolina coast with September and October being the peak season. Trawlers eagerly rushing out on Monday mornings or dragging back in on Saturday nights, Mariners and Fishermen on deck with waders up to their hips, guys on shore kicking them off or pulling them in. such activity! It always lures me to the coast - I gotta get in on the action. So I came to Savannah, GA to . . . When ...
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Planet Pookie: Marine Railways, Another Little Piece of History in Savannah, GA
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Friday, April 24. Marine Railways, Another Little Piece of History in Savannah, GA. Sasser's Marine Railway on Wilmington Island across from Thunderbolt. On the outskirts of Savannah, GA. We sat up in the wheelhouse talking. For hours the night before, waiting out a thunderstorm, wondering what it would feel like in this storm if we were on the water instead of the rails and, more importantly, wondering how I would climb back down this 30’ ladder with my fear of heights. The tall outriggers at the ready.
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Planet Pookie: Bobby Graves Fulfills His Calling . . . Four Decades Late
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Wednesday, August 14. Bobby Graves Fulfills His Calling . . . Four Decades Late. Sitting tall in the Captain’s chair in the wheelhouse of a beautiful 60’ trawler, navigating nowhere with the boat up on the rails for yearly maintenance, Bobby Graves (“Cap’n. Bobby") began describing the dream of his 12-year old self. And it didn’t include fishing. I thought Bobby was going to relate a life-long dream to fish commercially, so I was surprised with his story. When I was 12 years old,". With the nets hanging ...