The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is reminding the public that July 4 is a “free fishing day” in North Carolina when everyone — residents and non-residents — can fish in all public waters, including coastal waters, from 12:01 a.m. until 11:59 p.m., without purchasing a fishing license.
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“Canadas in Pasture,” the 2011 North Carolina Waterfowl Conservation Stamp and Print, will be available through the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s N.C. Wild Store on July 1. […]
Captain Fred Rourk of Sweet Tea Charters in Georgetown (843-241-4767) says that June is when the redfish and flounder are eating good, and what’s left of the trout too. […]
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. […]
Daniel Martin of Summerville had never been offshore fishing until June 15, and it was a memorable trip. […]
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will have much the same look it has had the past two years when 11 commissioners will take oaths of office at the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s July 7 meeting: three appointed by Gov. Beverly Perdue, four by Senate Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and four by House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenberg). […]
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission is hoping to enlist the help of fishermen who catch American eels in the upper Roanoke River drainage for a study being done in partnership with Dominion Power. […]
The Lowcountry Anglers fishing club, one of the largest in the Charleston area, held its 16th-annual tournament on June 16, and flounder master Mark Locklair of Mount Pleasant outfished more than 125 competitors to sweep the flounder division and take home the Outstanding Male Angler award. […]
State wildlife officials and fishermen’s groups are hopeful that legislation to completely rewrite the state’s freshwater fishery laws will pass in the opening days of the South Carolina Legislature next January. […]
The recreational possession limit for black sea bass drops from 15 fish per day to five June 22 as part of the National Marine Fisheries Service’s efforts to prevent progressive shortening of fishing seasons for the black sea bass, gag grouper and vermilion snapper, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced today (June 15). […]
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