Erick is O'Neal of the Week!
Erick was having a mid-day break with Russel Williams. In addition to fishing commercially, Erick maintains a fleet of jet skis to rent, and owns Ocracoke Parasail with his brother, Farris.
Ocracoke Current: Is that your first beer of the day?
Erick: No. I mean, yeah. It's my lunch beer.
Ocracoke Current: What are some of your nicknames?
Erick: Egg. That and the name Dan [Garrish] calls me.
Ocracoke Current: How long have you fished commercially?
Erick: If I say this, it's gonna seem like I'm real old. For 17 years, since I was 15.
Ocracoke Current: You don't look your age.
Erick: I still get carded.
Russel: It's 'cause he's a small guy.
Erick: You can't put the sh*t Russel says in there.
Ocracoke Current: What's the longest you've lived away from the island?
Erick: When I went to school in Greenville.
Ocracoke Current: Where would you live if you didn't live here?
Erick: I just don't know. I've been surrounded by water my whole life. Somewhere with water.
Ocracoke Current: What do you want your last meal on earth to be?
Russel: Fried mullet roe.
Erick: Not fried mullet roe. That is nasty.
Ocracoke Current: What's your favorite ethnic food?
Erick: Eduardo's!
Ocracoke Current: What's the largest fish you've ever killed?
Erick: Killed? Or caught? The largest fish I've ever caught was a marlin, in Costa Rica. A striped marlin.
Ocracoke Current: Who's your favorite cousin?
Russel: Say Lewis. Loooouuuie!
Erick: I can't single one cousin out. I got too many of them.
