For the second time in less than a month, commercial trawl boats last week killed and dumped either (a) hundreds or (b) thousands of dead striped bass off the Outer Banks.
Different reports of the kill total are in disagreement. […]
Federal fisheries managers issued a bulletin on Jan. 28 notifying recreational fishermen along the South Atlantic coast that the black sea bass fishery will close Feb. 12 and not reopen until June 1. […]
Sportsmen’s groups are pushing to have a bill re-introduced into the legislature to reclassify red drum and spotted seatrout as gamefish. […]
On Sunday, Jan. 16, commercial trawlers plied the waters off Oregon Inlet, setting nets to land striped bass. […]
It’s been a busy seven days for Louis Daniel, director of the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries. […]
Just two days after a potential state record 63-pound striper was landed in Oregon Inlet, a 64-pound striper came across the transom yesterday (Jan. 7) for Poacher Sportfishing Charters, giving angler Keith Angel the pending state-record striper. […]
Stephen Furlough of Roper and 12-year-old son Case are regular customers of Rigged Up Charters on the Outer Banks. Fishing by the first sea buoy right outside of Oregon Inlet yesterday (Jan. 5), the third fish in the boat was a whopper 63-pound striper that Case reeled in, putting the youngster in position to overtake the current 62-pound record striper if his catch is certified. […]
A group of Sportsman anglers and their friends will be flying to Costa Rica on April 3 for three days of offshore fishing – and there are still a few spots left on this trip of a lifetime.
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The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted unanimously at its Dec. 6-10 meeting in New Bern, N.C., to eliminate the 5,000 or so square miles of ocean that was scheduled to be closed to all bottom-fishing, in part because of a promising report about the status red snapper. […]
The NOAA Fisheries Service has implemented Amendment 17A to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan, extending the indefinite closure of the red snapper fishery off North Carolina and several other South Atlantic states. […]
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