Gamefish Bill
Push for gamefish status continues
Sportsmen’s groups are pushing to have a bill re-introduced into the legislature to reclassify red drum and spotted seatrout as gamefish. […]
Offshore Fishing
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Oregon Inlet striper massacre occurs during trawler hauls
On Sunday, Jan. 16, commercial trawlers plied the waters off Oregon Inlet, setting nets to land striped bass. […]
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NCDMF eliminates 50-fish trawl limit for stripers, institutes 2,000-pound limit
It’s been a busy seven days for Louis Daniel, director of the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries. […]
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Pending state-record striper caught two days after 63-pounder
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. […]
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Roper youth catches potential 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. […]
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Join Sportsman for billfishing frenzy
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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Feds won’t go through with bottom-fishing closure
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. […]
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Feds extend closure of red snapper fishing in South Atlantic
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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Feds extend closure of red snapper fishing in South Atlantic
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. […]
Offshore Fishing
Sailfish slip into SC waters for late-fall run
With last winter’s near-record cold a distant memory that was replaced by the long, hot summer, it’s interesting how the natural world has stayed consistently about two weeks behind all year. […]