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May 1, 2026

Lure designer Patrick Sebile caught this nice flounder in a coastal creek near Swansboro last week on a Sebile Stick Shad Soft.

Swansboro flounder are April surprise for lure designer Sebile

Dan Kibler

Fishermen are finding many places along North Carolina’s coast that spring is coming a little later than usual. […]

Trey Fitts of Columbia killed these two long-beards with one shot in Kershaw County earlier this month.

Columbia turkey hunter doubles up on gobblers with one shot

Jeff Burleson

The recession continues to plague outdoorsmen, hunters and anglers, among others, to conserve their resources. […]

Guide Heath Rayfield of Buchanan Shoals Sportsman's Preserve south of Wadesboro said catfish like this 45-pound blue are not uncommon on the Pee Dee River.

Pee Dee River catfish are latest example of great cast-and-blast action

Dan Kibler

Until last Thursday, when I heard the phrase “cast-and-blast”, I thought about a morning turkey hunt along the Roanoke River and an afternoon fishing trip on the river for striped bass. […]

Striped bass are fired up in an attempt to spawn at the upper reaches of Lake Norman.

Stripers fired up at Lake Norman

Craig Holt

Striped bass only spawn successfully in a few river systems in North Carolina. But landlocked fish that live in a few of the state’s large river-fed impoundments also try to reproduce each spring. […]

Spadefish will feed on cannonball jellyfish, which can be captured, impaled and tied off to a boat and used to 'chum' spadefishinto casting range.

Cannonball jellyfish top bait for South Carolina spadefish

South Carolina Sportsman

The cannonball jellyfish, stomolophus meleagris, has great value as table fare in Asian countries, but along the South Carolina coast, it’s mainly recognized as being the No. 1 food of certain species of sea turtles and the No. 1 bait for spadefish. […]

The state record for white crappie fell for the second time in less than a month on April 6, when Nashville angler Ray Patterson landed this slab.

Another Nashville angler reels in white crappie state record from Tar River Reservoir

From News Reports

For the second time in less than month, a Nashville angler has reeled a state-record white crappie from the Tar River Reservoir. […]

William Simmons (a.k.a. "simmons1"), right, was lucky enough to have hunters teach him to enjoy hunting, and he has done the same for his son Wil during a hunt where they scored a double.

NorthCarolinaSportsman.com’s ‘simmons1’ shares double with son

From NorthCarolinaSportsman.com forum

Well, counting the youth day last week, my son Wil (age 9) and I had been out hunting six times this season and had been close several times, but just couldn’t close the deal. […]