The top-three finishers in today’s opening round of the 2011 Bassmaster Classic are all fishing the Lake Cataouatche Tank Pond, an area where warming temperatures are inspiring big female bass to move shallow to spawn. […]
With air temperatures rising into the 60s and low 70s across coastal North Carolina and forcing water temps higher, the hickory and American (white) shad spring migration runs are heating up at the upper Neuse River and tributary creeks such as Pitchkettle and Contentnea. […]
Until 2010, South Carolina’s brook trout record had gone unchallenged for more than 30 years. Then, it was broken five times last March; the third record in the string — a 2-pound, 14.56-ounce fish — by Wes Coker of Gray Court. […]
In the wake of two large striped bass kills caused by trawl boats in January and early February, the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission nonetheless voted 6-2 on Feb. 11 to allow trawl fishing for stripers. […]
Five bass fishermen from the Carolinas will be fishing for a half-million dollars and the unofficial title of “world’s champion” this week on the Louisiana Delta when the Bassmasters Classic returns to the “Sportsman’s Paradise” for the fourth time. […]
With cold weather settled across most of North Carolina, the southeastern corner of the state remains a hot place for red drum fishing. […]
CCA North Carolina is requesting the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission to completely eliminate trawling as permissible fishing gear for striped bass, the organization has announced. […]
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. […]
Even with cold weather continuing to plague North Carolina, anglers can find hot places to fish — as in “hot water” holes. […]
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. […]
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