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Two-Front War
It’s a terrible thing to be invaded on two fronts, especially if you’re a soldier.
However, it’s a wonderful thing if you’re a fisherman. […]
Offshore Fishing
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Go Fly a Kite
If a stranger walked up to J. Gary Early Jr. and suggested that he “go fly a kite,” he would probably take it as a compliment – not an insult. […]
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Tuna, wahoo invade bluewater
It’s hard to imagine a better time of year to go offshore for bluewater fish than early May, and Capt. Jeff Fisher of Calabash, N.C., says the action out of Little River has been fantastic this week. […]
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Go Long for Groupers
It was a nearly windless morning and the sun was just turning a black night into the grayness of predawn at Atlantic Beach.
Twin 250 Yamaha four-stroke engines mumbled quietly as they warmed up, and the turbulence of the engines’ vibrations on the otherwise quiet water of the boat harbor foretold which boat was being readied for a day of fishing. […]
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NMFS Adjusts N.C. Recreational BFT Bag Limit
To allow N.C. recreational fishermen to harvest part of the remaining annual bluefin tuna allocation from a spring run of school bluefin tuna off Cape Hatteras, the National Marine Fisheries Service has temporarily adjusted the size and posession limits for bluefin tuna. […]
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Yellow Fever
Yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares) are abundant year round in Gulf Stream waters off North Carolina’s Atlantic coast.
Despite ads and banners hyping billfishing, the main spring charterboat catches off North Carolina are yellowfin tunas —and nobody complains. […]
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2007 Offshore Forecast
The Atlantic Ocean is a really big fishing hole.
Besides the enormity and variety of gamefish populations the Atlantic hosts, the ocean borders several countries, each, no matter how large or small, vying for its fair slice of the pie, plus a few other nations who wet a line in the pond that want to crash the dessert table. […]
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NC Record Cobia Recognized as World Record
On Sunday June 11, Billy Ray Lucas, of Wilson, Capt. Troy Crane and a group of close friends fought their way through a nasty Outer Banks thunderstorm to land a 116.5 pound cobia and earn a N.C. State Record for Lucas. […]
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DNR Marine Resources Director Elected Vice Chair of Atlantic Fisheries Commission
Robert Boyles, S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ deputy director for the Marine Resources Division in Charleston, has been elected as vice chair of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. […]
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CRFLs Not Available Until Jan. 1, 2007
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, during May inland fisheries seminars at the Pisgah Hatchery, said cooperator agents and the Division of Marine Fisheries would be able to sell Coastal Recreational Fishing Licenses starting Dec. 1, 2006. […]