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100-pound catfish caught on Lake Gaston

Most big blue catfish in Lake Gaston come out of deep water, but when guide Zakk Royce of Murfreesboro hit Lake Gaston this past Friday, he had a hunch that warmer weather might shuffle shad and big cats to the backs of creeks. […]

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Major changes for 2016 cobia season in order

Cobia season in South Carolina waters won’t look the same this year, as state officials deal with federal requirements that the recreational harvest of the popular fish be reduced because last year’s tremendous harvest across the South Atlantic exceeded the annual catch limit by almost a million pounds. […]

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Federal closure looms over cobia season

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission voted in late February to reduce the daily creel limit for cobia from two fish to one in state waters, and fisheries officials are hoping to find more ways to delay a federal closure of the season that could come as soon as June 15. […]

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Stick Lake Tillery crappie

Niorwood’s David Diggs fishes year-round for crappie at Lake Tillery, and he knows that March rates as a prime month for catching large slabs at the Yadkin River impoundment. […]

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Stay deep for slabs

While March Madness for basketball fans translates into being glued to the television set during the NCAA tournament, for fishermen, it translates into fishing for crappie at High Rock Lake. […]