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Planning board approves coffee shop expansion

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From fog to snow, Wrightsville on weather ‘rollercoaster’ Dockside parking proposal soothes some concerns

By Terry Lane Staff Writer

From heavy fog to a 70-degree January day to below-freezing temperatures, Wrightsville Beach welcomed the New Year with a string of fluctuating weather that includes a potential snowfall for this coming weekend. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Wilmington on Wednesday announced that confidence has increased for an accumulating snowfall on the night of Friday, Jan. 6 and into Saturday morning for areas in southeastern North Carolina and South Carolina. The NWS said anyone with travel plans this weekend should monitor the weather for road conditions. The snow forecast comes after a week of fluctuating weather. Humid conditions produced heavy fog on Monday, Jan. 2 and highs reached 70 degrees locally on Tuesday. But by this weekend, an Arctic air mass is forecasted to bring significantly colder temperatures, with wind-chill n See WEATHER Page 2

By Terry Lane Staff Writer

Staff photo by Terry Lane

In a view from Summer Rest Road, sea fog rolled over Wrightsville Beach during the early afternoon on Monday, Jan. 2, blanketing the town and reducing visibility for most of the day. Palm Tree Island was nearly completely obscured by fog minutes after this photo was taken.

GLOW taps network graduate as counselor

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Wilmington

By Terry Lane

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One of the primary goals behind opening the Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington (GLOW) in August is to create a path to college for the select group of students attending the public charter school. To help create a college pathway for these students, the school is turning to a graduate of the education network’s flagship school in New York, who said a college-degreed future for the school’s low-income students is as much about vision and discipline as it is about getting the grades. “It’s really important to have the expectation that you’re going to go to college,” said Jahleese Ladson, who was hired in November 2016 to be the academy’s first college-bound counselor. “If we start n See GLOW Page 2

council approves brewery, denies group home

By Terry Lane Staff Writer Staff photo by Allison Potter

Jahleese Ladson was hired in November 2016 to be the college bound counselor at the Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington.

New location, improved fundraising for New Year’s Day Wrightsville Plunge By Terry Lane Staff Writer

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Eleven-year-old Piper Godwin, of Wilmington, charges the chilly waters of Wrightsville Beach with Kruiser on Sunday, Jan. 1 as part of the annual Wrightsville Plunge, which raises money for Communities in Schools of Cape Fear.

The organizers of the New Year’s Day Wrightsville Plunge, where swimmers dash into the chilly ocean water, saw a significant increase in participation and fundraising this year after moving the event to Crystal Pier and pairing it with local restaurant promotions. In the event’s second year, the 2017 Wrightsville Plunge raised nearly $17,000 for Communities in Schools of Cape Fear, a dropout prevention organization, and attracted 350 “plungers,” up from 200 last year. “There was a lot of great energy and several people were in fun costumes,” said Louise Hicks, executive director of Communities in Schools of Cape Fear. A group of men who came in wedding dresses won for best costumes, Hicks said, while a participant from San Diego, California, won the award for furthest traveled, though the event also had an entrant from Ontario, Canada. One reason organizers moved the location was to find a better stretch of beach to make the run into the ocean. Hicks said last year’s location at the Stone Street access had a sand shelf that made getting into and out of the water difficult for some participants. “Last year, it was not a flat run out to the water, which made it a little challenging for some,” Hicks said. n See PLUNGE Page 2

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While their concerns about commercial development on Airlie Road were relaxed, neighbors of Dockside Restaurant and Marina said they still had concerns that a proposed rezoning of the lot used for parking at the restaurant could trigger denser development on the street. Dockside owners are asking the city to rezone 1303 and 1308 Airlie Road to accommodate a project to improve the restaurant’s gravel parking lot, while also creating new single-family home lots. The Wilmington Planning Board is scheduled to review the rezoning request during its Jan. 4 meeting, which occurred after press time for the Jan. 5 edition of Lumina News. One neighbor of the property, Kevin Parker, said the developers worked with the city of Wilmington’s planning staff and

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The Wilmington City Council approved a new brewery on Randall Parkway despite some objections from neighbors on Tuesday night before taking up neighbors’ concerns in denying a halfway home off of Covil Avenue. The council voted 6-1 to rezone the property at 3130 Randall Parkway to a community business conditional district for the Flying Machine Brewing Company, though some neighbors said the business would bring noise to the Devon Park neighborhood and potentially create runoff pollution in the nearby pond, prompting one councilmember to vote against the rezoning. However, other homeowners in the neighborhood spoke in favor of the business, and Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo said the location on the four-lane highway and by the Cross City trail was an ideal location for the 173-seat tap room. Neighbors said sound from the brewery would travel over Randall Pond, which is located behind the site and borders n See COUNCIL Page 2

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other neighbors to alleviate the concerns over commercial zoning that challenged the project during summer 2016. However, while the use of a special use permit is a better result for neighbors, several are still worried that the denser zoning requested for the project would set a precedent for more density on Airlie Road, Parker said. Additionally, neighbors were also watching another project on Airlie Road that could also increase density and traffic on the street, which is designated a North Carolina scenic byway. “We’re encouraged that there’s a more reasonable plan,” Parker said. “But we’re concerned about density for the resolution portion.” In its proposal, the developer requested part of 1308 Airlie Road be rezoned under a special use permit to facilitate the construction of an upgraded parking lot, which is currently unpaved gravel with no lane markings. Dockside owners have said the parking lot needs upgrades for both safety and environmental reasons, but city council members told them to work more with neighbors after they raised objections to rezoning the lot to commercial. The proposal would also seek to rezone the remaining portion of 1308 Airlie Road, along with 1303 Airlie Road, from its current R-15 residential zoning to R-5, which will allow for more density. In addition to the single-family home already on 1303 Airlie Road, the rezoning would create two single-family residential lots and one accessory apartment in the rear part of 1308 Airlie Road, city zoning documents showed.

Enacting the proposal is a two-step process for the planning board. First, it must approve a change to the city’s code, which would then allow for a special use permit for the property. Both items are on the Wilmington Planning Board’s Jan. 5 agenda. Approval will send it to the Wilmington City Council. Developers of a separate project on Airlie Road will meet with neighbors in late January to discuss its plans to build a mixed-use residential development on Airlie Road. The proposed Airlie at Wrightsville Sound development will put as many as 72 residential units on the 11-acre property that sits across the street from the entrance to Airlie Gardens. The property borders the 7.5-acre site on Wrightsville Avenue that was once the Galleria shopping center. Both pieces of property are owned by the State Street Companies, a Charlotte real estate development firm. While the Galleria site is already zoned for urban mixed use, developers of the Airlie Road project are asking the city to rezone those lots from low-density R-15 residential to urban mixed use UMX. That project could be on the Wilmington Planning Board’s February agenda, a home builder working with the developer said. Parker said he and other neighbors had concerns that these two projects could represent a “tipping point” regarding density on Airlie Road. “In Wilmington, Airlie is the ultimate address,” Parker said. “That’s why we’re worried they’re going to try to cram more people in here.”

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temperatures in the teens possible for Sunday and Monday. “The rollercoaster of temperature will continue,” said Steven Pfaff, NWS warning coordination meteorologist. However, Wrightsville Beach’s seaside conditions could help keep snow from reaching the beach, Pfaff said. Pfaff said whether the beaches get snow from the storm is hard to predict, as it will depend on whether moisture accumulating by the shore stays close or is pushed offshore by a low-pressure front. If the moisture moves further offshore by the time the Arctic air mass reaches the Carolinas this weekend, then the possibility of snow for Wrightsville Beach could increase, while if the moisture stays close to the shore, it is more likely that any precipitation would turn into rain, he said. While it is hard to predict whether Coastal Carolina will receive snowfall this weekend, Pfaff said NWS forecasters were increasingly confident that areas to the west would receive snowfall. Lumberton and Elizabethtown were both forecast to receive between 1 and 2 inches of snow.

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Another challenge for the participants was the cold water, which was in the mid-50s, while the weather for the event was overcast

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several Devon Park homes. The owners of the brewery told the council it would not be open later than midnight and would be closed by 10 p.m. on most nights. There will be live music inside, they said, with no outside amplification, and the number of seats of the tavern was reduced by 20 percent after meeting twice with neighbors. To address neighbors’ concerns, the owners said they conducted noise tests, and will install an 8- to 10-foot-tall sound barrier around the building. There are also trees in the area that could help block the noise, the owners said. “To the neighbors concerned

CAMA Land Use Plan Steering Committee Public Notice The public shall take notice that the Wrightsville Beach CAMA Land Use Plan Steering Committee will meet at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 or as soon thereafter, in the Town Hall Conference Room, 321 Causeway Drive, Wrightsville Beach, NC.

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A surfer wades through waves of fog to reach the Wrightsville Beach surf on Monday, Jan. 2

“This far south, it’s harder to predict winter weather,” Pfaff said. Looking back more than a century, Pfaff said that 41 percent of “bulk” snow events where more than three inches accumulated occurred in February, while 21 percent came in January. “We’re heading into the peak season for winter storms,” Pfaff said.

Similar oceanside conditions are what contributed to the low visibility that coastal areas experienced on Monday, Jan. 2, with fog that rolled into Wrightsville Beach and other southeastern North Carolina towns in the early afternoon following heavy rains in the morning. The fog obscured visibility and cast a cloud over the town for most of Monday

afternoon. Pfaff said that “sea fog” is common for Coastal Carolina during these months. Wrightsville Beach Park Ranger Shannon Slocum described Monday’s fog as heavy, but not unusual. Monday’s fog was the result of warm, moist air over the cool water of the ocean, Pfaff said.

but in in the mid-60s. By moving the plunge to Crystal Pier, participants had more opportunities to enjoy the atmosphere, as both the nearby Oceanic Restaurant and SUNday’s Café had special menus planned for

participants. The new location also included more activities for kids, a band in the nearby South End Surf Shop parking lot and giveaways, including a raffle for a standup paddleboard. Communities in Schools of Cape

Fear serves more than 1,000 students in the area who are at risk of dropping out. The organization said that in 2016, 98 percent of the students it managed stayed in school, with 94 percent graduating.

about the noise, you have rights,” said Saffo, who said police could come and measure the decibels to ensure that the business was within town limits. Councilman Kevin O’Grady said the brewery needed a buffer zone from the neighborhood, which he said went back to the council’s decision to add microbreweries to the community business zone without requiring the buffer. “This is exactly the problem you get when you put a late-night, noise-generating establishment next to a neighborhood,” O’Grady said. “We should have a buffer when a site is located next to a neighborhood.” Mayor Pro Tem Margaret Haynes said the proposal was

well thought out and that a larger restaurant, with later hours, could win approval for the site. Approval for the rezoning comes as Wilmington continues to grow its craft brewery industry. Saffo noted the city already has 10 establishments that brew specialty beers. Meanwhile, the city council denied rezoning 210, 310 and 314 Covil Ave. to multi-family low density after several neighbors of the proposal said the proposed facility for male recovering addicts wasn’t appropriate for the neighborhood. Jonathan Washburn, operator of the Tree of Life facility, said he planned to put a “group-home supportive” on the property. Several neighbors of the property said they were worried

about a “halfway house” increasing crime in the area, while members of the city council said rezoning the property from residential could raise problems if it were sold. City planning staff said there were no buffer requirements for group homes in multifamily zoning, which in this case would be located next to residential zoning, which does have a buffer requirement for group homes. O’Grady said approving the zoning change in that case would violate the spirit of the town’s zoning ordinances. Council members Paul Lawler and Earl Sheridan added the proposal wasn’t consistent with the city’s comprehensive development plan for that area.

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now, GLOW will add a new sixthgrade class each year, giving Ladson the opportunity to build relationships with both students and their families that will be valuable when considering options for college. She’s teaching a baking class at the school to help improve her bond with students. “When you’re talking about costs with families, those can be very sensitive discussions, and it’s helpful if you already have a relationship there,” she said. Ladson said she understands how a school like GLOW can create and nurture the vision of college attendance because of her experiences at the Young Women’s Leadership School of East Harlem. The New York school is the flagship institute for the Young Women’s Leadership Network, with Wilmington’s GLOW being the newest of the 18 schools. “We had a college counselor and he helped us figure out where to apply, how much it will cost over time, what it means to take out a

loan. It helped us develop a full picture of what we were doing,” Ladson said. “The ultimate goal is to place students in a position to find a college that is in line with their academic interests and that they can afford.” After graduating from the New York school, Ladson worked to develop the curriculum of other schools in the network, eventually giving her the opportunity to visit Wilmington to help GLOW develop its curriculum in preparation for its fall opening. The experience prompted her to move from New York to Wilmington, allowing her to connect with parts of her family in Bolton, while also getting a change of pace from the big-city lifestyle. “Living in Wilmington has been amazing,” Ladson said. “I am a New Yorker, nobody can take that from me, but I don’t have to live there. It’s really lovely here and the nice thing about living in the South is you never meet a stranger.”

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Wrightsville Beach reached 70 degrees on Tuesday only to have snow flurries possible by Friday night. How do you adjust to the wintertime temperature and weather fluctuations in Wrightsville Beach?

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“We’re here at the park today to get outside before we have to do indoor activities this weekend.”

“You have to make hay when the sun shines and get out while you can. If it snows, I look forward to seeing it, but don’t want to spend much time in it.”

“I look forward to the next warm spell. The cold spells here are short lived.”

“I cope worse now than when I lived in Asheville. After moving to the beach, I thought cold weather would be fine, but it’s not.”

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Citations • Olivia Lane Hawley was cited with running a stop sign. • Robert Cutting was cited with expired registration. • Dillon Lee was cited with expired registration and revoked license plate. • William Carpenter III was cited with possession of marijuana and driving after consuming. • Nurry Leigh Dodge was cited with driving while license revoked and failure to surrender license. • Austin Adriano Armstrong and Victoria Chase Dufort were cited with speeding.

SATURDAY, DEC. 24 Arrests • Bradley James was charged with failure to appear in court. • Benjamin Matthew Merritt was charged with DWI. • Federico Galvis was charged with intoxicated and disruptive behavior and resisting arrest.

Warning tickets • John Herbert Deyton was warned for speeding.

Arrests • Julian Weathers Shearin Jr. was charged with DWI. • Fisher James Hardee was charged with simple assault.

Citations • Susan Carter, Rebecca Columbus, Zachary Pomeroy, Christina Turner, Kymberly Purvis, Sarah Harris and Julian Weathers Shearin Jr. were cited with speeding. • Walter M. Knight Jr. was cited with aircraft violation. • Brian King and Allison Emerson were cited with open container in vehicle. • Jean Marie Hall was cited with speeding and failure to stop at a red light. • Marie Smith was cited with under 21 possession of alcoholic beverage.

Warning tickets • Catha O’Reilly, Allen Foster, Patrick Wickham, Macey Austin, Shelby Herzong, Chad Fortun, Charles Webb and Katie Norris were warned for speeding.

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• Gregory Carlton Venditti II was cited with driving while license suspended or revoked.

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• Harrison Evon Bass was cited with expired license and improper passing on the right.

Warning tickets • Campbell Baratta was warned for improper left turn. • Sam Crittender and Erin Smith were warned for expired registration. • Kenneth Leimer was warned for improper passing on the right.

SUNDAY, DEC. 25 Citations • Thomas Gilley and Melanie Ann Dueck Rosen were cited with expired registration. • Tu Thanh Le was cited with careless and reckless driving and failure to register vehicle.

FRIDAY, DEC. 30 Citations • Onesimo Rodriguez Mata was cited with driving without a license. • Peter Owens Cox was cited with failure to move over for emergency vehicle. • Jeffery Lynn Deans, Sally Farrington McLohon and William Edward Jacobs were cited with speeding.

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WB planning board approves shop hours and menu extension By Terry Lane Staff Writer

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A Wrightsville Beach coffee shop won early approval from the town’s planning board on Tuesday night to expand its offerings and its service time, sending the shop’s conditional use permit request to the board of aldermen. Located at 86 Waynick Blvd., The Workshop, which sells bagels and other sandwiches in addition to coffee and handmade jewelry, told the board it was planning to add a toaster and potentially other smaller food preparation equipment, which requires a conditional use permit. The change would classify the business as a carryout restaurant, town staff told the board, and wouldn’t change

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parking requirements for the location, which doesn’t have tables for patrons. As it now stands, the coffee shop can serve customers bagels, but they must use the self-service toaster in the shop. “We just want to move it behind the counter,” owner Audrey Longtin said. To do this, Longtin will also need approval from the county’s health department. Longtin said the shop will also consider adding other food preparation devices, like a panini press. Longtin said the coffee shop wants to expand its offerings in light of increased foot traffic in the area, which includes South Beach Grill and Kohl’s Frozen Custard. “We plan to be there a long, long time, so we would like to step up,” Longtin said. The board’s conditions also will allow the coffee shop to stay open to serve food until 6 p.m., potentially extending the

shop’s current 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. operating hours. Longtin said she was considering extending the shop’s hours even until later to sell its sharks’ tooth jewelry, which town planners said was allowed under current zoning. The Wrightsville Beach Planning Board also voted to change the town’s definitions of floor, floor area and measured area, following up on concerns from the town’s planning staff that the original definitions in the 2012 Universal Development Ordinance could be misinterpreted. The definitions were rewritten to include subsections designed to make them more clear, town planner Zach Steffey said. Planning board member David Culp noted the definitions treat elevators and staircases differently, potentially creating scenarios where elevators count more toward a structure’s square footage than a staircase. Email terrylane@luminanews.com

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Editorial/Opinion Our thoughts By Simon Gonzalez

Every morning on the way into work I approach the intersection of Oleander Drive and Airlie Road and have a choice to make. Take a right at the light and head down the narrow two-lane road with the 35-mph speed limit that drops to 25, or keep going a few more yards and head down Wrightsville Avenue, with its wider lanes and 45-mph speed limit. The Airlie Road route is about half a mile longer and a little slower. It makes more sense to take the faster route, especially on mornings when I’m running late — most mornings. Yet the slow road is the best road. About a mile past the light, the road curves and parallels the Intracoastal Waterway. When I moved here a year and a half ago, I figured since I was living at the coast I should see some kind of water every day. Since then it’s become a ritual of sorts; a reminder to slow down, relax, focus and appreciate the beauty. So that’s the route I take. Most days. The other day I came to the daily decision and almost opted for the fast way but at the last second took the first right. When the road curved, I glanced over at the water and saw a dorsal fin breaking the surface. I quickly pulled over and was treated to the amazing sight of a pair of dolphins slowly making their way up the ICWW, breaking the water every so often. Our planet has successfully completed another orbit around the sun, so naturally a little introspection is in order. This is the time of year when we look back on events of the previous 365 days, and look forward to what lies ahead. The deep thoughts and reflections on the year just past trended toward the negative on the national level. It was “full of unimaginable strife and horror and loss,” a writer for one website stated. “You were a real jerk,” said another. The headline in the Washington Post over George Will’s retrospective column sums up the sentiments quite well: “Good riddance, 2016.” Although the Post headline encapsulated the

consensus about 2016, Will’s column on government intrusions and excesses during the past 12 months was an outlier. Most of the negative commentary followed a common theme. A Vanity Fair writer called it “a crappy year” because “several beloved celebrities have died, the planet is still getting hotter, and well. You know the rest.” The rest in the writer’s lament being Donald Trump’s election. All those things have varying degrees of importance. But there’s a much better barometer for viewing the old year than reading a handful of pundits’ thoughts about politics and entertainers — Christmas letters. The ones that made it to our mailbox this year included tales of joy and sadness, births and deaths, new babies and new jobs, promotions and moves, graduations and trips taken. None of them mentioned celebrities, offered an opinion on whether the election was the best thing/worst thing to ever happen to the nation, or said how much better the year was because the Cubs won the World Series. In the real world, there’s a way of summing it up: life happened. It’s all too easy to get caught up with what’s happening on a macro level, obsessing over politics and celebrities and sports. Yet we live on a micro level. It’s the interactions with family, friends, coworkers and strangers at the grocery store or gas pump that truly make up living, along with the dozens of small, seemingly insignificant daily decisions. That includes choosing the scenic route to work, which occasionally pays off with a dolphin sighting. The old year/new year cycle involves not just looking back but looking forward. Often, of course, this includes making resolutions. Mine this year is to try to do a better job of focusing on the micro level. Be nice. Don’t be too quick to judge. Give grace. Show mercy. And continue to take the scenic route.

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that truly make up living, along with the dozens of small, seemingly insignificant daily decisions.

To the residents, visitors, and whole community of Wrightsville Beach and New Hanover County, and most especially to the Sheriff’s deputies and all law enforcement officers who protect and serve in this community and all communities nationwide: I am writing this letter to express my regret and issue a sincere apology for being drunk and disorderly on the night of May 7th, 2016. I am embarrassed to have acted in a foolish and spiteful manner and am incredibly sorry to you and the New Hanover Police Department. I can assure you that my language and aggression this night was an aberration and is in no way a reflection of my views and feelings towards the NHC Sheriff ’s department. I have the utmost respect for police officers and appreciate their significant contributions to this nation, especially during the USA’s recent social and political situation. This truly was a one-time lapse in judgment in which my actions were completely due to my unnecessary level of drunkenness while on vacation with my graduating class. In no way do I want this to be seen as an excuse. I take full responsibility for my actions and thank you for the way in which Sergeant Gowin of the department handled himself. He acted calmly and represented himself with a great degree of class and self-control. Please know I am incredibly sorry for my actions and cannot express how embarrassed I am to have conducted myself in an embarrassing manner. My actions on May 7th in no way represent the type of person I am. During my tenure at graduate school, I was a non-profit fellow, serving as a non-voting member on the board of a local pet shelter. I assisted in the development of a program to help inner-city residents care for their pets, including free spaying and neutering. I also mentored over a dozen students through employment coaching and conducting practice interviews. I strive to treat others with the utmost respect and help anyone in need. My gross disrespect and language on this night was in complete opposition to the person I have tried to be in the past and will continue to be in the future. This experience has exposed how I need to improve as a person, motivating me to never again act in such a way. The court is not being unfair in requesting a stiff punishment, and I implore you to grant me the opportunity to pay my debt to society. I am willing to do whatever the court deems necessary in order to dismiss this charge and pay my debt, including but not limited to - 100 hours of community service, an in-person apology to Sergeant Gowin, the DA, and judge, and a public letter of apology in the newspaper. Please accept my sincere apology. I take full responsibility for my actions and respectfully ask for the opportunity to redeem myself in the eyes of you, the department, and the court. I am incredibly sorry and embarrassed for everything I said to the Sergeant Gowin and the department this night. I hope that you can forgive me for my actions. Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. I wish you the best in the future and would like to again express deep remorse for the despicable manner in which I conducted myself. Best, William Wright

As we enter the first week of 2017, a lot of anglers have elected to hang up the fishing gear and wait for water temperatures to creep back up into the 60s. Those anglers who refuse to give up have been successful — depending on the species. Although we’re in the winter season, the water temperatures are still hovering in the mid-to-lower 50s, but that may change once this week’s cold front comes through. Conditions this week won’t be all that suitable to get out in the boat off the beach, but the inshore fishing has remained fairly strong considering the time of year. The speckled trout is the top pick among anglers still fishing and areas around the jetties and inlets have been producing the larger fish while the inshore creeks and channels have been holding most of the smaller fish. As water temperatures cool, the fish become sluggish, which means a slower retrieve is necessary if fishing artificial baits. Some anglers suggest putting on a lighter jig head to make the lure sink a little slower as well. Live shrimp fished under a float is a good bait to use during the cooler conditions, as it requires little action on the part of the angler other than hooking the fish that bites it. Red drum are being encountered in the same

TIDES Masonboro Inlet

Latitude 34° 11’ N, Longitude 77° 49’ W

locations as well as around the area docks. Cut bait fished on a Carolina Rig will also draw some interest from other species such as flounder and black drum, which are still around in good numbers. The lower Cape Fear River is holding good quantities of the mentioned species with some stripers being found further up the river starting around the Wilmington waterfront. Bucktails and swimming artificial baits are good lures to use when targeting stripers. Around the dock pilings and assorted debris along the banks are good locations to fish, as are the mouths of the creeks emptying into the river. Bring plenty of tackle as you risk losing some on the submerged structure. The surf is still producing some decent catches of Virginia mullet on fresh shrimp during the falling tide, although rough ocean conditions have hampered that fishing a little. Black drum and a few red drum have been reported, as have plenty of blowfish. The surf fishing should continue to be productive until water temperatures drop to around 50 degrees. As long as there are a few warm, sunny days without any significant cold spells, there should be several opportunities to wet a line and bring home dinner for those willing to put in the effort, at least for the next couple of weeks.

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