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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. […]
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Santeetlah Creek provides great brook trout fishing
The Friday before Easter 2006 was an incredible day for outdoor activities, especially trout fishing at the creeks draining the high mountains of extreme western North Carolina. […]
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Hatchery-stocked waters open April 2, 2011
Best places to enjoy the April 2, 2011 opening of hatchery-supported trout waters in the Boone area will be at Upper Laurel Fork Creek and Dutch Creek at Valle Crucis. […]
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April is mayfly time on trout streams
April is truly the trout fisher’s month. The weather is perfect for fishing, wildflowers are in bloom and, best of all, mayfly hatches are emerging. […]
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Catfish Lake Catfish
Any map of eastern North Carolina will show a moderate-sized hole in the middle of a vast area of virtual nothingness: the 160,000 acres of Croatan National Forest. […]
