Freshwater Fishing
Bless the brookie; he needs some help
Brook trout have survived large-scale logging operations, loss of quality habitat, introduction of non-native species, ravages of nature, and overfishing since 1900. […]
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Freshwater Fishing
Thrift bags win at Beaver Lake
Bryan Thrift of Shelby won the FLW Tour event on Arkansas’ Beaver Lake in early March with a 4-day catch of 54 pounds, eight ounces, to take the first-place prize of $100,000 plus a Ranger Cup bonus of $25,000. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Santee’s May action is on fire
If the term “wide-open fishing” is ever correctly used, it would be appropriate at Santee Cooper during the month of May. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Set sail on the Saluda’s ‘Kayak Corridor’
On May 8, 2009, the 13.55-mile Greenville Hospital System Swamp Rabbit Tram Trail was opened for business. […]
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Pushin’, Pullin’ & Rockin’
Trolling has become one of the most-effective tactics to catch numbers of crappie and big slabs, but even among trollers, two schools of thought exist as to which presentation is best. […]
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Night Shift
During the early 1970s, while actors Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight and Ned Beatty were paddling around the Jocassee and Tallulah gorges filming Deliverance, a 13-year-old outdoorsman by the name of James Couch was busily fishing the nearby Whitewater, Horsepasture, and Thompson Rivers. […]
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Davidson’s Dilemma: Cracking the Davidson River for big trout
Ask any dedicated North Carolina fly fisherman about the Davidson River, and you’re likely to get a strongly opinionated reply. […]
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Buggs Island has deep, slab crappie
April is crappie-fishing time at many large North Carolina reservoirs and 49,500-acre John H. Kerr Reservoir on the N.C.-Virginia border produces some of the biggest slabs in the state. […]
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Water authority, Commission tangle over lake rules
The Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority, which controls access to Randleman Dam Reservoir in Randolph and Guilford counties, wants to set creel and size limits for gamefish on the 3,007-acre lake, but a bill introduced in the state legislature has met with chilly reception from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. […]
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Renovations Complete on Red Hill Boat Ramp
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has completed renovations on the Red Hill Boating Access Area on the Pee Dee River. […]