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June 4, 2026

Should the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries and N.C. Department of Agriculture merge? That's the topic to be discussed at public meetings this week in New Bern and Manteo.

Meetings tonight, Thursday on possible NCDMF, NCWRC merger

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will hold meetings concerning a possible merger with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission tonight and Thursday. […]

Big blue catfish have been regular catches the past two weeks on Lake Norman and Lake Wylie

Norman, Wylie producing big blue catfish regularly

Craig Holt

Big blue catfish currently are the main objects of anglers’ attention at two lakes near Charlotte. […]

The ultimate goal of any deer hunter is to get that trophy deer in the crosshairs, but typically requires a lot of prior work in preparation. In this video, Will Montgomery of Carolina Farm and Wildlife Supply in Pauline, SC offers tips on how to prepare

A last-minute food-plot video primer for Upstate hunters

Phillip Gentry

Hunting whitetail deer over food plots is one of the best ways to enable a hunter to take a trophy buck. Not only do food plots tip the scales in the hunter’s favor by drawing the deer to the hunter, they are an important nutritional food source and management tool to keep deer herds healthy and keep them on your property year round. […]

Guide Mark Stacy said redfish are really working over finger mullet that are heading out of the marshes.

Reds, flounder, specks acting like it’s fall in Shallotte/Ocean Isle area

Jerry Dilsaver

Inshore fishing is already in fall form in the waters from the Shallotte River to Little River Inlet. Fishermen are catching red drum, black drum, flounder and trout – and that’s about as good as it gets. […]

South Carolina duck hunters will get a short season in November and a much longer season that spans from early December through late January.

Waterfowl seasons set; duck season split in two sections

Pat Robertson

South Carolina waterfowl hunters will get a split duck season with a 6-bird bag limit in regulations approved Aug. 28 by the S.C. Natural Resources Board in a conference call. […]

Nicole Marchant's big Dorchester County buck was taken on Aug. 20.

Husband, wife score on trophy bucks in same week

Dan Kibler

Clinton “Junior” Marchant admits that he and his wife, Nicole, have been “lucky, for sure” when it comes to deer hunting. […]

Waterfowl hunters have had their daily bag limit for scaup, aka bluebills, doubled from two to four for the 2012-13 season.

State announces waterfowl season dates, bag limits

North Carolina Sportsman

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has set dates and bag limits for 2012-13 waterfowl seasons, and there’s little that was not expected. […]

Rodger Taylor caught this nice flathead catfish from Lake Wylie.

Catfish ‘grand slam’ available at Lake Wylie

Terry Madewell

Catching all three of the major catfish species — channels, blues and flatheads – in one evening, is not something that can be done at random, but it can certainly be accomplished at Lake Wylie right now. […]

Catching a mess of crappie on Lake Murray right now is just about as easy as finding the fish and dropping a line.

Oodles of crappie biting at Lake Murray

Matt Coffey

Lake Murray seems to be a hot spot these days, with crappie so numerous that there’s no way to catch just one. In fact, the bite is so good it’s hard not to catch lots of them, according to guide Brad Taylor of Taylor Outdoors. […]

Clayton Crawford caught this big redfish on a spinnerbait.

Spinnerbaits producing nice catches of reds from Bulls Bay to Charleston

Terry Madewell

Live bait is the choice of most redfish guides at this time of year, but it’s not the only good choice. Redfish of all sizes are being caught on artificial lures, with spinnerbaits being productive baits in recent days. […]