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Angelo DePaola and The Jolly Roger Pier to be honored
I hope to see all of you there on Saturday
The North Carolina Fishing Pier Society will honor Angelo DePaola for a Lifetime Acheivement Award and also the Jolly Roger Pier for Community Service
Fort Mill, SC (PRWEB) May 29, 2007 -- A dedication to both fishing and the community has led the North Carolina Fishing Pier Society (NCFPS) to the bestow two awards for achievement and community service to a legendary fisherman and a distinguished fishing pier, NCFPS founder and fishing advocate Al Baird said today.
The award ceremony is slated for June 16 at 1 p.m. at the Jolly Roger Pier, Topsail Beach.
At the ceremony, the NCFPS will recognize Angelo DePaola for lifetime achievement in pier fishing. This is the first Lifetime Achievement Award given by the organization.
"To fishing enthusiasts, Angelo DePaola is a living legend," Baird said today from NCFPS headquarters in Fort Mill, South Carolina. "DePaola's king mackerel total is equivalent to baseball's Cy Young record for total wins (511 wins). It will likely never come close to being broken by any fisherman at any pier in the near or distant future."
Since 1958 DePaola has dedicated himself to hauling the "big ones" and his 490 king mackerel's are counted in that record. DePaola once caught five of the trophies in one day. He also managed to bring in other species from the pier including red drum, amberjacks, tarpon, bluefish and cobia. DePaola also has a 400 pound lemon shark to his credit and in 1978 he made the rarest of catch--a 7-foot sailfish.
A second honor, this one the 2007 Community Service Award, is slated to be presented to the Jolly Roger Pier for its years of serving as a community fishing bulwark stretching out into the turbulent waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
"The Jolly Roger Pier is a landmark in the community and rightly deserves the 2007 Community Service Award," Baird said. "This fisherman's bastion has stood proud and strong--serving North Carolina and the eastern seaboard fishing community for over fifty years."
The Jolly Roger is renowned for rebuilding quickly after hurricanes and is an extremely popular with local fisherman and others from all over the eastern United States. Lewis Orr built the pier in 1954 and it is still operated by the Orr family today.
Pier of the Year Voting is Now Underway
This year we will award a pier of the year award to the pier that is voted the favorite by members of the NCFPS. The criteria is entirely up to you. You decide why it is the best and vote. If you would like to give a short description on why it is your favorite please include it and we will run it on the website when the pier is announced. The voting will go until Labor Day. The pier of the year award will be given out during the 2007 World Tour in October. To vote please email your pier at Roadkillal@aol.com
YOU COULD BE FAMOUS
New Feature on the North Carolina Fishing Pier Society Website www.ncfps – On the News and Facts Page – Recent catches – Send in pictures of your recent catches and we will run them on the website. Send them to Roadkillal@aol.com
Richard Gere Filming in Rodathe on the Pier
Lights! Camera! Action! – Wednesday, May 16th the Rodanthe pier was awash in flood lights while they were shooting a scene with Richard Gere for the movie version of “Nights in Rodanthe”. Does anyone know - Is that a fishing movie?
Email me with any news or comments as well as pier events. Email me at Roadkillal@aol.com
Till next time....
Tight lines!
Johnny "FishinTopsail"
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