Travis Kemp of Moyock landed this 19-pound, 34.5-inch cobia while pin-rig fishing with live menhaden from the end of Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head Saturday afternoon. Kemp said he helped free an entangled brown pelican just minutes before he landed the cobia and it gave him "good karma."

Austin Law, age 7, of Kill Devil Hills pulls in a pier cart just before a storm moved in from the west last week. He loves fishing on Jennette’s Pier and he helped his dad land a skate on this outing.

Sign up today for the Third Annual Family Fishing Tournament on Saturday, June 8 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Have fun fishing and perhaps land the big one! There will be awards for the largest fish caught as well as door prizes. The cost is $15 for adults and $ 8 for children ages 12 and under. Lines in the water from 8 a.m. to noon with an awards ceremony immediately following the fishing. For more, call 252-255-1501, ext. 202.

Luke Williford of Edenton successfully proposed to his girlfriend, Morgan “Boot” Peacock of Farmville with some help from a sign submerged in the Red Drum live-fish display in the pier house of Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head Saturday morning. The couple frequents the pier on Saturdays after having breakfast at Sam Omie’s across the street. After Williford got down on one knee and popped the question, they couple sealed the deal with a kiss and a hug

Haley McFadden of Kitty Hawk gets some help from Santa Claus after she hooked up to a huge clearnose skate Saturday morning at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head. More than a dozen people showed up for the first ever Fishing with Santa class. A handful of skates and dogfish were caught and released before everyone headed inside for holiday crafts and cookies.

Wet a line with Santa Claus during Fishing with Santa at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head this Saturday, Dec. 15 starting at 9 a.m. The two-hour class includes basic bottom fishing instruction on the pier, holiday crafts in the classroom, and yes, an appearance by the big guy from the North Pole so bring the cameras. Click the photo to register!

With their stringers loaded up, John Cain of Raleigh (from left), Ted Goscinski of Southern Shores and Brian Yelverton of Centerville, Va. show off their speckled trout (Cynoscion nebulosus) early Saturday morning at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head. Anglers landed plenty of keeper ‘specks’ all weekend up and down the Outer Banks

Kyle Berry of Manteo, left, and Nick Preziotti of Kitty Hawk struggle to hold this pair of huge red drum they caught and released on the end of Jennette’s Pier Monday afternoon. A handful of pier regulars enjoyed catching the big reds all day long until 42 were decked, photographed, measured and released. Most of the fish were in the 42-inch range, which is large enough for a state citation

John Essick of Port Royal, Ky., holds up a beautiful, 21.5 - inch Spanish mackerel he caught while jig fishing with a Got – Cha plug at day break Sunday on the end of Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head. The fish weighed just under 4 pounds