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N.C. Marine Patrol may contract with National Marine Fisheries Service if agreement is reached. The N.C. Dept. of Marine Fisheries is asking for public input on the idea, through a meeting this afternoon, and online by emailing steve.anthony@ncdenr.gov.

Last-minute agenda change allows public comments on tonight’s DMF meeting

The Joint Law Enforcement Agreement Advisory Group has been scheduled to meet June 1 at 5:00 P.M. at the Craven County Agricultural Center in New Bern for several weeks. In a press release e-mailed to media outlets and those on the Division of Marine Fisheries/Marine Fisheries Commission contact list on the afternoon of May 31, the Division of Marine Fisheries announced the agenda had been changed to allow public comment at the meeting. This was a surprise and hopefully those wanting to speak will be able to change their schedules at the late notice.

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Take a dip with catfish

Jerry Dilsaver

The catfish bite is hot all over the Carolinas right now, and this delicious catfish dip makes good use of their meat. […]

Veteran guide Tom Siwarski said to find speckled trout, you need to first find current.

It’s current, current, current for specks

Dan Kibler

Current, current, current. If there’s one factor that stands out to guarantee success catching spring speckled trout, it’s current. No current. No fish. Plenty of current, plenty of fish.

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For Capt. Tom Siwarski, finding current is the key to catching springtime speckled trout.

It’s current, current, current for specks

Dan Kibler

Finding current is the key to catching speckled trout in the springtime, and you can catch them with a variety of lures. […]

Don't bypass an area just because other anglers have already fished it; the bass will still bite a properly-presented lure, said Marty Stone.

Fishing pressure is overrated, veteran bass pro says

Dan Kibler

Marty Stone learned plenty during his 20-year career as a professional bass fishermen, what with four Bassmaster Classic berths and four shots at the FLW Tour Championship under his belt.

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The NCWRC has reopened the much-improved Masons Landing boating access area in Beaufort County, which offers easy access to Tranters Creek and the Pamlico-Tar River.

NCWRC reopens Masons Landing boating access area

NCWRC Release

N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has completed renovations and reopened the Masons Landing boating access area located at 625 Clarks Neck Road in Washington in Beaufort County. […]

Choose your campsite where you’re in no danger of flooding from an unexpected storm.

Plan out kayak fishing trips

Bill Howard

The weather was set up for a perfect weekend float down the creek, the days not too hot and the nights not too cold. The time had come.

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Frog baits can be fished at a variety of retrieve speeds, around different kinds of shallow cover.

A great time to be on top – You can’t beat May for topwater bass action

Davy Hite

May is a great bass-fishing month around South Carolina, and it’s special to me because it’s one of my favorite times to fish a lot of topwater baits. The two months when I catch a lot of fish on topwater are May and September — May because you have a lot of postspawn fish and September because they’re moving up as the water cools.

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Mercury Marine's Skyhook system eliminates the need for anchors, linking the outboard system to satellites that keep the boat in place.

Don’t anchor out again

Brian Cope

Anchoring technology has come a long way since the early days of boating. Power-Poles and Minn Kota Talons are remote-controlled anchoring systems that are great for inshore anglers, and Minn Kota’s iPilot and Motorguide’s xi5 trolling motors lock on to a satellite through GPS and keep a boat’s position steady, leaving anglers free to fish without having to worry about the boat slipping off the fishing hole.

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Yellowfin tuna are a big part of the late-spring offshore catch out of Oregon Inlet, where charter boats run into them at the edge of the Continental shelf in an area called “The Point.”

It’s yellowfin tuna time

Dan Kibler

Yellowfin tuna may be just a memory for bluewater fishermen along much of the south Atlantic coast, but if you’re heading out of Oregon inlet in a big offshore boat, they’re very much a part of the fishing scene, especially in June.

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