Tight Lines in the Crosshairs

27/10/2025

Your best friend this week could be boots, a raincoat and an umbrella

It’s not going to be the kind of one hopes for. During its Monday webinar, the Wakefield office of the National Weather Service talked about a pair of low pressure systems expected to form and ride along a cold front sinking in from the northwest. One starts tonight and the other during the end of...

25/10/2025

Swordfish action is heating up https://leetolliveroutdoors.com/swordfish-tournament-conclusion-is-near/

16/10/2025

I met Cindy Midkiff decades ago and quickly admired her passion for athletics and taking care of young athletes who had suffered an injury. She recently suffered her own and found herself in a fight she never envisioned. Her Faith in God was the main element in that battle ...

Horses munched sand dune grasses. Rays of sunshine pierced through gaps in the thin clouds. Swells twinkled in the whitecaps. Flocks of birds sang their choruses – none any more entertaining than the other. A lady sat on her deck and took it all in. She sipped a hot cup of coffee. Admiring God’s...

10/10/2025

Keeping your eye on the weather is a forecast for frustration, especially when trying to explain something to an unknowing boss

It’s not going to give you the forecast for what’s coming weather-wise, but it might explain how things go around our region when it comes to storms. It was almost 10 years ago when one of the higher-up bosses a The Pilot asked anyone who was available to head out, get stories and take pictures ...

26/08/2025

What a weekend. Surfing and charity award followed by fishing and a championship
https://leetolliveroutdoors.com/a-weekend-on-top-is-a-good-thing/

24/08/2025

Maybe not the start they wanted, but the VBBT is off to a hot start

Sure, Hurricane Erin’s passing dealt organizers of the Virginia Beach Billfish Tournament more than a few headaches. And some teams opted out of the event because of bad conditions offshore. But the 39 that decided to wait for changes and still play the game were rewarded Saturday during the secon...

20/08/2025

Leave it to a hurricane to make big waves that force a timeout for a surfing contest

(A photograph taken by Tony Pellino shows crews dismantling the judges tower at the East Coast Surfing Championships – Thanks Tony) If you head to the Oceanfront Thursday to watch the East Coast Surfing Championships during some wild surf brought on by Hurricane Erin, try not to be disappointed. C...

17/08/2025

It's a bad storm, but we are only a few days away from the peak of the Atlantic Hurricane Season

So here’s where we were as of the National Hurricane Center’s 5 p.m. update on Saturday. Erin is an extremely dangerous Cat. 5 cyclone with winds of 160 mph. It’s moving west at approximately 15 mph. The good news is that computer generated forecast models are all in agreement that the system ...

16/08/2025

Pirate's Cove Billfish Tournament is a wrap
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15/08/2025

The Pirate's Cove Billfish Tournament is a few hours away from conclusion..
https://leetolliveroutdoors.com/pirates-cove-billfish-tournament-could-have-one-hell-of-a-finish/

13/08/2025

So far it's been a good start for Catch 23 in the PCBT ...

It seems that everything Michael Jordan touches – basketball, baseball, NASCAR and fishing – turns to gold. After the first day of fishing in the 2nd annual Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament, his team on Catch 23 continues to have a good run. The team finished second in last week’s White Mar...

12/08/2025

Everybody loves fireworks, specially when provided by Mother Nature

As this day progressed, it became more and more clear that Mother Nature’s fireworks would perform without an audience. At least that’s the case around these parts. The clouds have thickened and rain in either the form of showers or storms are pending. That means we won’t be able to witness th...