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New Resident at One Pipe

  • Post author:reggiefairchild
  • Post published:April 22, 2010
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Check out this guy; lurking at one pipe, perhaps hoping for a crab attracted to a minnow trap?  If you are driving to six pipes, he's hanging out in the…

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DNR Gets Serious About Saltwater Fishing Licenses

  • Post author:reggiefairchild
  • Post published:December 28, 2009
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On December 27, several folks were clamming on Dewees at Six Pipes when a DNR officer arrived and asked to see everyone's saltwater fishing licenses. The clammers were on the…

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Sea Level Rise?

  • Post author:reggiefairchild
  • Post published:November 16, 2009
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For Ted's birthday party yesterday, we tried to take a bunch of 2nd graders to the North Beach -- out past six pipes. We never made it.  At 2 p.m.,…

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16″ Mullet Snagged at Six Pipes

  • Post author:reggiefairchild
  • Post published:June 13, 2009
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Using a 7' cast net, Reggie Fairchild pulled in a 16" mullet at six pipes today.  That's a BIG mullet.

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Gone Fishing

  • Post author:reggiefairchild
  • Post published:February 4, 2009
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Dewees is a great place to fish.  Here, seven year-old Ted, takes a shot at hooking a Red Drum.  A raccoon in the background hopes to steal his catch.

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Yellow rat snake

  • Post author:reggiefairchild
  • Post published:January 4, 2009
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This picture was taken minutes ago. It's a yellow rat snake asleep in a tree hanging over the road near the submarine tower. A few minutes earlier, we saw a…

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Beware the Brazen Racoons at Six Pipes

  • Post author:reggiefairchild
  • Post published:December 30, 2008
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This raccoon was not scared of any of us.  He investigated the bait bucket and the fish cleaning station while we were right there.  You'd think we would have learned. …

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Fox Seen at Six Pipes

  • Post author:reggiefairchild
  • Post published:December 28, 2008
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Tom, Katherine and Bo Jenkins reported that they saw a fox at Six Pipes yesterday while they were fishing.  Wildlife intern Gretchen said the Nature Center had another report of…

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Seeding Clams

  • Post author:reggiefairchild
  • Post published:November 13, 2008
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When is the POA going to seed clams at Six Pipes again? It seems like the last time clams were seeded was back when both Karl and Arla worked on…

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