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Keeper season for striped bass in the Roanoke River opens on Sunday, March 1, running through April 30.

Commission will open Roanoke River keeper striped bass season March 1

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open the entire Roanoke River Management Area to striped bass harvest on Sunday, March 1. […]

Crappie are a great target for winter trips on days when the weather cooperates.

Paddle up a winter slab

Bill Howard

The day was projected, according to weather forecasters, to be as beautiful as a winter day could be. Slight winds with a mid-day high in the lower 50s did not seem unbearable. […]

It’s time to mop up a big jig fish now

Davy Hite

In late February and on into March, it’s tough to beat a Mop jig with a soft plastic trailer for catching big bass in the Carolinas. […]

A few cold-stun and kill events were reported over the past 10 days, but they weren't widespread, and NCDMF doesn't plan on closing the speckled trout fishery.

Speckled trout escape effects of recent frigid weather

Jerry Dilsaver

The second round of cold weather over the past two weeks included a few cold-stuns and kills for coastal fish, but they weren’t as severe as a 2014 fish kill, and the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries said there is no reason to close the fishery. […]

Nice crappie have already moved toward the backs of Kerr Lake's major creeks, and all it will take is a little warm weather to get their appetites cranked up.

Kerr Lake slabs already moving back into big creeks, waiting for warm weather

Dusty Wilson

The arctic blast that swallowed up much of North Carolina may have frozen crappie in their tracks, but rest assured the clock is ticking on a big move to shallower water before the spawn. […]

Kayla Heafner (right) downed her first wild hog, a 327-pounder, with the first shot of her first hunt with boyfriend Sean Casey in Union County.

Locust woman’s first wild hog is a big one: 327 pounds

Craig Holt

Kayla Heafner, a 25-year-old Locust resident, got her big-game hunting career off to a rousing start on Jan. 31, killing a 327-pound Union County hog with one shot at 165 yards – at night […]

Supports of deer-farming in North Carolina got a shock earlier this month when a leading spokesman for the movement was arrested on charges of obtaining property under false pretenses.

Vocal supporter of deer-farming has been arrested

Craig Holt

A man arrested in Wake County earlier this month for obtaining property by false pretenses in Stanly County is a long-time supporter of the North Carolina Deer Farmers Association’s legislative attempts to relax import-export rules for captive cervids and allow more cervid farms in the state. […]

Andrew Helms (left) and Josh Whittaker of UNC-Charlotte won the Bassmaster College Classic title on Sunday on South Carolina's Lake Keowee.

UNC-Charlotte pair wins Bassmaster College Classic

From News Reports

Andrew Helms and Jake Whitaker, students at the UNC-Charlotte, made college bass-fishing history Sunday by adding the 2015 Bassmaster College Classic title to add to their National Championship title. […]

South Carolina pro Casey Ashley lands a Lake Hartwell bass on the way to winning the Bassmaster Classic on Sunday.

SC pro Casey Ashley wins Bassmaster Classic on Lake Hartwell, his home lake

Dan Kibler

This time, Mighty Casey didn’t strike out. Casey Ashley, a 31-year-old bass pro from Donalds, S.C., hit a homerun on Sunday, fishing on his home water, to the cheers of an adoring, hometown crowd, winning the Bassmaster Classic with a great final-day catch of better than 20 pounds. […]