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A North Carolina boat won last weekend's Jolly Mon King Classic with this 41.65-pound king.

Padgett is King of Murrells Inlet

Tommy Padgett topped a field of 84 fishermen to win the June 14-15 King of Murrells Inlet Fishing Challenge with a 5.01-pound flounder that was worth $1,000. […]

The evolution of LCD technology makes keeping screens more important than ever.

Keeping it clean

Allan Tarvid

LCD screen brightness, contrast and resolution improve with every new generation of marine electronics. […]

Schools of cobia are shadowing tiger sharks around nearshore reefs out of Little River, and fishermen are sight-casting and picking off the cobia.

Little River reefs: Chum up Mr. Sharky and catch Mr. Cobia

Jeff Burleson

Who would ever think that seeing tiger sharks patrolling nearshore reefs would be a good thing for any angler with cobia on the brain? […]

North Carolina hunters can obtain a license before passing a Hunter Education course thanks to legislation recently passed by the state legislature.

North Carolina’s hunter apprentice program will go into effect July 1

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will begin issuing Hunting Heritage Apprentice Permits on July 1, allowing new hunters to go afield under the guidance of licensed adult mentors before taking a required hunter education course. […]

Mark Long, Regina Reep and Elijah Sorenson with the 41.65 pound king that earned the Jolly Mon Win and Top Lady Angler Honors for Reep.

“Downtime” wins Jolly Mon with 41.65-pound king mackerel

Jerry Dilsaver

The Jolly Mon King Classic has a history of producing big kings, and last weekend’s tournament out of Ocean Isle Beach didn’t break the trend. Mark Long, Regina Reep and Elijah Sorensen of Harrells, fishing on the Downtime, won the tournament with a 41.65-pound king that also earned Top Lady Angler honors for Reep. […]

Steve Singleton of Seagroves shows off part of the catch that won the High Rock FOM tournament last weekend.

Seagrove anglers make High Rock rain money

Tony Garitta

Steve Singleton and A.L. Needham, both of Seagrove, beat High Rock Lake’s rain-swollen waters with jigs and Texas rigs to win the June 15 Fishers of Men Piedmont Division tournament with five bass weighing 15.08 pounds. […]

Danny Dillard of Easley put these three trophy bucks in the top 10 among bucks scored this past March by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.

Easley hunter dominates SCDNR antler-scoring sessions

Scott Keepfer

An Easley hunter placed three bucks in the top 10 of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ antler scoring sessions this past March, including the biggest buck measured across the state. […]

Anna Lee Davis and Sarah Felker show off some nice bass caught shallow at Lake Moultrie.

Bass fishing remains excellent on Lake Moultrie

Terry Madewell

Largemouth bass are in post-spawn mode and are still being caught in shallow water at Lake Moultrie. Both quality and quantity of fish are being caught in the shallow water areas of the lake.
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Illegal bear-hunting activities accounted for many of the convictions announced last week as part of an undercover wildlife sting.

Ten sentenced in four-year, bear-hunting sting

North Carolina Sportsman

Ten defendants were sentenced on Monday, June 10, in U.S. District Court in Bryson City for illegal hunting activities involving black bears and other wildlife and related offenses uncovered by “Operation Something Bruin,” an initiative involving agencies of the federal government and wildlife agencies in North Carolina and Georgia. […]

Wild brook trout live in small, hard-to-reach streams high in the mountains, like Moses Creek.

Bless the wild brook trout

Robert Satterwhite

Brook trout are easy to locate and easy to catch; getting to them is the hard part. Native brooks inhabit the headwaters of mountain streams, the wild, hard-to-reach sections of creeks accessible only by foot where the water is pure and cold, places choked with rhododendron and mountain laurel. […]