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June 7, 2026

This is what remains of the Sheraton Pier in Atlantic Beach. The pier had lost roughly half its length from a hurricane several years ago, and extended a little past where the lone piling stands when Hurricane Irene hit.

Irene leaves her mark on coastal communities

While Hurricane Irene had weakened to a Category 1 storm by the time it reached the North Carolina shore last Saturday (Aug. 27), it proven to be a very damaging storm. […]

Jordan Lake lost approximately 7,000 striped bass in a hot-water kill over the past month.

Excessive heat causes largest freshwater striped bass kill in North Carolina history

Craig Holt

Excessive, prolonged heat during July and August caused the largest single striped-bass kill in freshwater history in North Carolina at Jordan Lake, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission confirmed. […]

Hurricane Irene is massive, and making a beeline for the North Carolina coast. That's prompting mass evacuations of residents and boats, particularly from Atlantic Beach northward where the Category 3 storm is expected to pound the hardest.

Coastal Tar Heels prepare for Hurricane Irene

Jerry Dilsaver

Concern among Carolina’s coastal residents heightened today (Aug. 25) when the NOAA National Hurricane Center shifted the forecast track of Hurricane Irene to the west during its 11 a.m. update, intensifying the need to be ready for the oversized storm barreling toward the eastern seaboard. […]

The Trail Cam Contest is back, and better than ever!

Trail Cam Photo Contest kicks off

North Carolina Sportsman

It’s time to show off all the photos from your trail cams in the 2011 Trail Cam Photo Contest. […]

The 2011 Trail Cam Photo Contest has begun, so be sure to load up your photos today!

Trail Cam Photo Contest begins

South Carolina Sportsman

It’s time to show off all the photos from your trail cams in the 2011 Trail Cam Photo Contest. […]

Kayak angler Brad Knight's first tarpon was a doozy, weighing an estimated 160 pounds. It might have been a state record if Knight hadn't released it.

Kayak angler lands, releases potential state-record tarpon

Phillip Gentry

Brad Knight will probably not forget June 24 anytime soon. That spot on the calendar will be special forever, because of an encounter he had with a tarpon in Trenchard’s Inlet near Beaufort. […]

Nick Anderson (left), Rick Anderson and Jeremmie Mullis with the Kerr Lake trophy

Kinston H.S. football coach catches potential world-record blue catfish from Kerr Lake

Jerry Dilsaver

Nick Anderson of Greenville knew that John H. Kerr Reservoir has produced some very large blue catfish in recent months, including a Virginia state record fish that weighed 109 pounds and a 95-pounder his father caught several weeks ago. […]

Ross Holmquist holds the state-record scamp grouper with Mike Sackman looking on

Port Royal captain boats state-record scamp grouper

Bryan Bowers

Capt. Ross Holmquist and Capt. Mike Sackman run No Worries Charters out of Port Royal, but they don’t fish together that often. […]

Anglers can keep a speckled trout again beginning June 16

Proclamation delays the opening of speckled trout season by one day

Dan Kibler

A mistake in paperwork by the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will delay the opening of the recreational season for speckled trout by one day to Thursday, June 16. […]

High-level politics is preventing a bill to protect North Carolina red drum (above), spotted seatrout and striped bass from being debated at the General Assembly

Politics may strangle vote on game-fish bill

Craig Holt

How is it that a bill with bipartisan, veto-proof support in the North Carolina General Assembly can’t be heard on the floor of the state House or Senate and become law? […]