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White Crappie State Record is Ready to be Broken
RALEIGH, N.C. – Catching a state-record freshwater fish has never been easier. […]
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New Fisheries Rules in Effect This Summer
MOREHEAD CITY – Recreational fishermen heading to North Carolina beaches this Memorial Day weekend need to make sure they pick up or download an updated copy of the N.C. Recreational Coastal Waters Guide for Sports Fishermen. […]
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Clayton Fisherman Sets Channel Catfish State Record
RALEIGH, N.C. – After dropping the minimum weight requirement on the channel catfish state record category earlier this year, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced May 15 that John Davinson has reeled in the new state record with his catch of a 16-pound channel catfish from the Roanoke River. […]
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WRC Schedules Free Kids’ Fishing Events
RALEIGH, N.C. (May 14) – Kids! Fish for free at one of more than 40 statewide fishing events from June 1-10, and you might win a lifetime saltwater/freshwater fishing license. […]
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House Bars Navy’s OLF from Washington/Beaufort Counties
Washington, D.C. — Congressmen G. K. Butterfield and David Price applauded May 9 legislative language included in the national defense authorization bill that bars the Navy from building an outlying landing field at a site in North Carolina’s Washington and Beaufort counties. […]
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Navy Secretary: We’ ll Consider Alternate OLF Sites; Navy: Site C Still No. 1
RALEIGH (AP) — Navy Secretary Donald Winter has decided to seriously reconsider alternative sites for a proposed practice jet landing field in eastern North Carolina, a congressman said April 2. […]
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2007 Roanoke River striper season extended
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced April 25 the season for harvesting striped bass by hook and line in the Roanoke River Striped Bass Management Area will be extended until 11:59 p.m. May 6. […]
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Four N.C. Anglers to Compete in IGFA Offshore World Championship
DANIA BEACH, Fla., USA – Four North Carolina men on two teams will compete in the eighth annual IGFA Offshore World Championship, May 20 – 25, off the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja peninsula at Cabo San Lucas. […]
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HB 1017: Brunswick Menhaden Restrictions, Passes House Committee
RALEIGH (April 17) – The House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources met yesterday to hear HB 1017: BRUNSWICK MENHADEN RESTRICTIONS, an act to make it unlawful to take Menhaden or Atlantic Thread Herring with a purse seine net within three nautical miles of the shoreline of Brunswick County from May 1 through October 31 of each year.
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Jarden Corporation Acquires Pure Fishing, Inc.
It was announced April 10 that Jarden Corporation (NYSE: JAH) had aquired Pure Fishing, Inc and its brands of Berkley, Fenwick, Abu Garcia, Gulp, Mitchell, Stren, Trilene, Spiderwire and Sevenstrand. […]