Freshwater Fishing

Albemarle Sound fish get special attention

Striped bass are one of the few fish managed by specific bodies of water in North Carolina The Albemarle Sound Management Area begins at the Virginia border in Currituck Sound and runs along the western side of the Outer Banks to Eagles Nest Bay, just south of Oregon Inlet. […]

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Bill to protect Santee Cooper blue cats draws ire of Upstate politician

A bill introduced in January that would establish a daily creel limit and change the size limit on blue catfish at the Santee Cooper lakes has made it through the S.C. House and has moved to the S.C. Senate in early March, setting up a possible confrontation between commercial and recreational fishermen on Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie and pay-pond owners in the Upstate who rely on the lakes to acquire fish for their ponds.  […]

Freshwater Fishing

Paddle to slab central

From mid-March until the end of April, one of the certainties about freshwater fishing is that shallow stumps, brush piles and flats will be holding scores of black and white crappie in the midst of their spawn. […]