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Swansboro red drum sight fishing hot now
Red drum fishing in the marshes and behind the barrier islands near Swansboro is outstanding right now, according to Capt. Robbie Hall of Hall ‘Em In Charters. […]
Articles by Craig Holt
Bass Fishing
Cold weather means try Trent River stripers
With winter holding its icy grip on North Carolina and killing speckled trout right and left along the coast, only a few places remain where anglers can have a reasonable chance of landing a fish. […]
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Oregon Inlet striper massacre occurs during trawler hauls
On Sunday, Jan. 16, commercial trawlers plied the waters off Oregon Inlet, setting nets to land striped bass. […]
Deer Hunting
Buncombe County cattle farmer harvests monster mountain buck
Everett Reemes, a 63-year-old semi-retired cattle farmer, owns about 100 head of cows he tends at his Buncombe County farm north of Asheville. […]
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NCDMF eliminates 50-fish trawl limit for stripers, institutes 2,000-pound limit
It’s been a busy seven days for Louis Daniel, director of the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries. […]
Bass Fishing
Head to Oregon Inlet for fantastic stripers
If anglers don’t mind cold weather and perhaps rolling seas, they can head to Oregon Inlet Fishing Center to try for humongous ocean-run striped bass. […]
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NCDMF closes speckled trout harvest statewide
For the first time, the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries has been forced to close all speckled trout fishing in North Carolina waters. […]
Bass Fishing
Belews Lake good spot for hot water, deep bass
With water temperatures low because of cold weather across most of the state, freshwater anglers are having a tough time finding active bites — except at hot-hole lakes. […]
Deer Hunting
Harnett County yields late-season monster
A motorcyle accident, a big snowstorm and two deer-tracking friends combined to give Dennis McPherson of Harnett County his buck of a lifetime and perhaps the top non-typical whitetail killed in North Carolina during 2010. […]
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Try Hyco, Mayo for winter bass, crappie
Besting the weather right now is a fishing key with most of North Carolina recovering from a blanket of Christmas Day snow. […]