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North Carolina's dove season will be split in three parts this fall, with hunters allowed to kill 15 birds per day.

N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission sets early migratory bird seasons

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has approved the season dates for dove and other webless migratory game birds, as well as September seasons for Canada geese and teal.

Shooting hours for all species are one-half hour before sunrise until sunset. Dove hunters should make special note that shooting hours for doves this year will begin one-half hour before sunrise for the entire season, including opening day. This is a significant change from previous seasons, when shooting began at noon.

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Two NCDMF reports indicate that millions of juvenile gray trout and croaker are killed in shrimp trawl nets annually.

NCDMF studying how shrimp trawl bycatch may be affecting decline of gray trout, croaker

Craig Holt

North Carolina once had enough gray trout and croaker to support robust recreational and commercial harvests, but over the past decade, those populations have slipped. […]

Stripers like this nice one are being caught in their summer patterns on Lake Thurmond.

Thurmond striper fishermen loading the boat with summer-pattern fish

Matt Coffey

Lake Thurmond, aka Clarks Hill, has always been a place to catch big stripers, and guide William Sasser said it’s been producing both good fish and good numbers in recent days. […]

The hot weatgher hasn't stopped catfish from biting at Kerr Lake.

Catfish action heating up at Kerr Lake

Craig Holt

July usually is too hot and humid for anglers to chase most varieties of freshwater fish except two — mountain trout and catfish. […]

Crappie have been holding on brush piles in at least 8 feet of water lately on the Santee Cooper.

Santee Cooper crappie are biting around deep brushpiles

Matt Coffey

Summertime can sometimes mean that fish aren’t as active as they are in cooler months. The heat also moves fish that would normally hold in coves have a tendency to move to deeper, cooler water. […]

David Abernathy's huge gag grouper was certified by NCDMF as the first-ever state record for that species.

Newport man’s huge gag grouper is first-ever state record for that species

Jerry Dilsaver

David Abernethy of Newport is the holder of the first North Carolina record for gag grouper. […]

Chuck Porter caught this nice Lake Wateree catfish on Doc's Stink Bait in 15 feet of water.

Get out early for Lake Wateree catfish

Terry Madewell

When Chuck Porter goes fishing early, he’s not talking about dawn. During the sweltering heat of late July and August, he’s talking about being anchored up on a hump or ledge on Lake Wateree while it’s still dark. […]

William Maxwell and his friends landed this stringer of vermillion snapper and sea bass while fishing on the Miss Hatteras headboat.

Headboats catching Outer Banks bounty on offshore, inshore bottom-fishing trips

Walter Taylor

On a sizzling July Day, William Maxwell of Wilton, Ct., and his friends toted a heavy stringer of black sea bass and vermillion snapper from the Miss Hatteras headboat back to the dock. […]

Dalton Reames caught this speckled trout in Hunting Island lagoon on a paddletail grub

Want an inshore grand slam? Try the Hunting Island lagoon

Brian Cope

Anglers looking for the “inshore grand slam” need look no further than the Hunting Island lagoon, which holds good populations of many species of fish, including flounder, redfish and sea trout. […]

Guide William Sasser said Lake Thurmond is capable of producing this size crappie all summer long -- if you fish deep enough and find the right structure.

Deep bite producing some nice Thurmond Lake crappie

Matt Coffey

Lake Thurmond – or Clarks Hill, as the locals call it – is one of the premier spots in South Carolina to catch big stripers, but it’s also a great lake for crappie fishing. Dredged in flour and fried to a golden brown, crappie are one of the best-eating fish found in any lake. […]