What ought to Swansboro anticipate for the 68th Annual Mullet Competition?

The oldest competition within the Crystal Coast will quickly be underway for the 68th time.

The Swansboro Mullet Competition started in 1954, and the occasion facilities across the small, bony fish that seems as having a purplish-blue tint when present in japanese North Carolina waters, in response to the Swansboro Festivals web site.

“Swansboro natives bear in mind days way back when mullets have been hauled to shore in nets hooked to tractors alongside the seaside,” the web site provides. “In 1954, mullet fed the employees constructing the White Oak River Bridge that later grew to become an important hyperlink between Onslow and Carteret counties. Upon its completion, the conception of the Mullet Competition started. It was a approach to have fun the arrival of the fashionable period in bridge type. The occasion began as a potluck-type occasion with the city coming collectively and contributing to the celebration.”