RE: What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?
September 13, 2022 at 10:06 pm
(This post was last modified: September 14, 2022 at 6:36 am by arewethereyet.)
There are a few books and magazine articles that mention my grandfather.
Here's an excerpt from an article in the 'Island Free Press' from 2012
1953 was a pivotal year, for in that spring two brand new charter boats arrived in Hatteras. Until that time the charter fleet consisted of boats built for the dual purposes of both sport and charter fishing. But both of these boats, the Albatross III and the Twins, began service exclusively as charter boats.
The arrival of the Twins is particularly notable for it marked the entrance of Capt. Edgar Styron into the charter fishing business of Hatteras, and he was to have a major impact. Capt. Edgar operated out of the Blue Marlin Restaurant and Docks, the present site of the Hatteras Marlin Club, and in 1954, he added the Twins II to his charter business. In adding the Twins II, he introduced the first diesel-powered charter boat to the Hatteras fleet.
Capt. Edgar was an outspoken man, given a bit to deering-do, and he was a great fisherman. He caught marlin, lots of marlin, and he caught some of them very quickly, maneuvering the boat in what was then considered to be a bit of a reckless manner, but what is now accepted as standard maneuvering technique for fighting big fish. He popularized fishing on “the rocks,” an area which is now known as the “230” rock. He caught bluefin tuna in March. And he developed both a national and international clientele.
Among his captains were Capt. Clam Stowe and Capt. Elmer Balance, and it was during the years that the Twins and Twins II ran charters that the pioneering days of charter fishing in Hatteras reached full bloom. (It is also worth noting that Capt. Edgar was a crew member on the Jersey Devil when she caught the only 1,000-pound marlin ever brought into Hatteras — a 1,028-pound fish that was the 80-pound line class record for a number of years.
****The boats were named for my aunt and uncle who are twins. A rarity on the island. Captain Edgar (or as he was known - Egger) was my grandfather.
Here's an excerpt from an article in the 'Island Free Press' from 2012
1953 was a pivotal year, for in that spring two brand new charter boats arrived in Hatteras. Until that time the charter fleet consisted of boats built for the dual purposes of both sport and charter fishing. But both of these boats, the Albatross III and the Twins, began service exclusively as charter boats.
The arrival of the Twins is particularly notable for it marked the entrance of Capt. Edgar Styron into the charter fishing business of Hatteras, and he was to have a major impact. Capt. Edgar operated out of the Blue Marlin Restaurant and Docks, the present site of the Hatteras Marlin Club, and in 1954, he added the Twins II to his charter business. In adding the Twins II, he introduced the first diesel-powered charter boat to the Hatteras fleet.
Capt. Edgar was an outspoken man, given a bit to deering-do, and he was a great fisherman. He caught marlin, lots of marlin, and he caught some of them very quickly, maneuvering the boat in what was then considered to be a bit of a reckless manner, but what is now accepted as standard maneuvering technique for fighting big fish. He popularized fishing on “the rocks,” an area which is now known as the “230” rock. He caught bluefin tuna in March. And he developed both a national and international clientele.
Among his captains were Capt. Clam Stowe and Capt. Elmer Balance, and it was during the years that the Twins and Twins II ran charters that the pioneering days of charter fishing in Hatteras reached full bloom. (It is also worth noting that Capt. Edgar was a crew member on the Jersey Devil when she caught the only 1,000-pound marlin ever brought into Hatteras — a 1,028-pound fish that was the 80-pound line class record for a number of years.
****The boats were named for my aunt and uncle who are twins. A rarity on the island. Captain Edgar (or as he was known - Egger) was my grandfather.
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