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N.C. House to vote on budget bill that will provide for more marine enforcement

Craig Holt

The N.C. House will likely vote later this week for a state-budget bill that includes, among other things, language that would direct the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries to establish a “joint enforcement agreement” with the National Marine Fisheries Service that will provide the state $600,000 per year and allow officers with the N.C. Marine Patrol to enforce federal fishing regulations outside state waters. […]

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Huge marlin wins Cape Fear tournament, sets record

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Hunter Blount, Jim Holmes and the crew of the “Coverage” out of Morehead City, are on a tear this year having won two of the first three of the tournaments in the N.C. Governor’s Cup Billfishing Conservation Series, taking first place in the Cape Fear Blue Marlin tournament last weekend with an 821.2-pound blue marlin that set a tournament record. […]

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And now, the new leader

Jerry Dilsaver

What makes a good leader? For anglers, the answer is not someone that is wise, fair and charismatic, but simply the most- effective way of connecting a hook or lure to the line coming off a reel. […]