Events & Announcements
NCWRC hosting women-only fly fishing workshop April 23
Many women enjoy fly fishing just as much as their male counterparts do, but they sometimes find it intimidating to attend workshops on fly tying with men. […]
Month: February 2016
Bass Fishing
Falls of the Neuse Lake lunker bass get an early start
Almost since it was impounded in 1981, Falls of the Neuse Lake has been known as much for the big largemouth bass it spit out as when those hawgs showed up. […]
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Stick Lake Tillery crappie
Niorwood’s David Diggs fishes year-round for crappie at Lake Tillery, and he knows that March rates as a prime month for catching large slabs at the Yadkin River impoundment. […]
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Stay deep for slabs
While March Madness for basketball fans translates into being glued to the television set during the NCAA tournament, for fishermen, it translates into fishing for crappie at High Rock Lake. […]
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Shallotte River red drum break out
Winter typically begins to break in late February or early March, and the fish notice and appreciate more sunshine and warmer weather as much as fishermen. […]
Bass Fishing
Lake Hickory heats up
Andy Fox of Claremont isn’t one to look a gift horse in the mouth, especially if it’s got fins, scales and a big mouth. […]
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Go to school on red drum
The calendar flips to March about two months before saltwater fishing heats up for most inshore and nearshore species along North Carolina’s central coast, but guide Jeff Cronk of Swansboro’s FishN4Life Charters stays on top of a red drum bite that never seems to end and never seems to stop changing. […]
Bass Fishing
Shearon Harris Lake bass crank up in March
If you listen closely, you’ll hear a sigh of relief as bass fisherman flip their calendars to find that March and better fishing are right around the corner. […]
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Wateree River is a crappie angler’s delight
The Wateree River is known by most anglers as a catfish river, but this river also has a good crappie population, and this time of year, anglers fishing for crappie have plenty of reasons to spend some time on this river. […]
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Striped bass season opening in Roanoke River Management Area March 1
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open the entire Roanoke River Management Area to striped bass harvest from March 1 through April 30, unless closed or extended through proclamation. […]