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Channel catfish are supplying action at Lake Hickory, even for young anglers.

Lake Hickory channel catfish are in feeding mode

If your fishing persuasion during July leans to night excursions for channel catfish, the place to be is Lake Hickory. […]

Capt. Tuck Scott has been finding plenty of speckled trout whenever he finds clear water in the Beaufort area.

Find clear water, find speckled trout in Beaufort area

Brian Cope

The waters around Beaufort have been dirtied by recent rains, but guide Tuck Scott said that when you find clear water, you’ll find and catch huge numbers of speckled trout.
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Too many interactions with endangered sea turtles will shut down large-mesh gill nets in inshore waters south of the US 58 bridge through at least Sept. 1.

Large-mesh gill nets shut down south of US 58 bridge until Sept. 1

Jerry Dilsaver

Large-mesh gill nets will leave North Carolina waters from the NC 58 bridge between Cape Carteret and Emerald Isle to the South Carolina state line beginning Sunday at sunset, because of interactions between endangered sea turtles and nets over the past two months. […]

Sturm Ruger will open a new plant in the town of Mayodan and could hire as many as 500 people.

Sturm Ruger will bring new plant to Mayodan

Craig Holt

Sturm Ruger, a prominent firearms manufacturer, announced July 8 that it will move some of its manufacturing operations to the town of Mayodan in Rockingham County. […]

The Double J won the Beaufort Water Festival KMT with this 34.8-pound king mackerel.

Double J’s big king wins tournament in Beaufort

Jerry Dilsaver

Jerry Gregory and the crew of the Double J certainly didn’t mind how the postponement of the Beaufort Water Festival King Mackerel Tournament worked out.
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A New Bern man's petition to reclassify coastal waters as secondary nursery areas could end trawling in North Carolina's sounds and coastal rivers.

Marine Fisheries to look at petition that could end inside trawling

Jerry Dilsaver

Four advisory committees of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) will meet jointly on July 30 at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center to accept public comment and discuss appropriate actions on a petition to classify most internal coastal waters as secondary nursery areas – a move that would likely end shrimp and crab trawling in those waters. […]

Cooler water temperatures have made for a great July bass bite on Lake Murray.

Lake Murray bass have the feed bag on

Terry Madewell

Because of the wet weather and cooler water temperatures, fishing for largemouth bass on Lake Murray is on fire, according to guide Chris Heinning. […]

Ken Wall of Asheboro and Ben Cannon of Apex finished second in the Piedmont Bass Classic on Falls of Neuse Lake with a 20.8-pound stringer.

Falls of Neuse spits out big limit for PBC winners

Tony Garitta

Dennis Reedy of Siler City and Tommy Morrow of Oxford won the July 6 season opener on the Piedmont Bass Classics End-of-the-Year Trail at Falls Lake. […]

Ed Singleton's 12.04-pound limit won last weekend's Carolina Hookers bass tournament on Lake Keowee.

North Augusta angler wins with only limit on Savannah River

Brian Cope

Dale Hart of North Augusta was the only fishermen to bring a limit to the scales, winning a tough Savannah River’s American Fishing Tour Division 94 tournament last weekend.

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