Deer Hunting
2011 Dixie Deer Classic Users Choice Award
The 2011 Dixie Deer Classic photo gallery shows many of the deer that were brought in to be scored. […]
Newsletter
Breaking News
Recreational sea bass fishery to close through June 30, NCDMF announces
The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries will close the recreational season for black sea bass on March 5, and the fishery will not reopen until July 1, the agency reported. […]
Backlashes
Backlashes
In January, Mother Nature closed one Tarheel State fishery and caused a major change in a long-standing N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission regulation. […]
Featured Story
The Nantahala River provides great trout fishing opportunities
As the river’s swift water roars through the rugged topography of western North Carolina, it cuts an impressive gorge through the Earth’s crust. […]
Bass Fishing
Bass-Sized Baits, Slab-Sized Crappie
Forget those jigs and minnows this month. You can catch crappie with the stuff in your bass tackle box in the last few weeks of winter almost as well as with traditional baits and lures. […]
Bass Fishing
Mountain lakes offer excellent walleye, bass
In late winter and early spring, when nothing else is biting, you can always count on catching walleye and smallmouth bass. […]
Deer Hunting
Chicory should be food-plot staple
The major planting season in the Carolinas for warm-season food plots generally is April through early May. […]
Fishing
Be ready to fish just about any bait
March is a month when you take your whole tackle box with you to the lake, because you might catch a bass on just about anything in there: a crankbait, a jerkbait, a jig, a spinnerbait, a Chatterbait. […]
Fishing
Anchors come in many shapes, sizes, and styles
Anchors are essential components of an angler’s arsenal with one goal — to hold the boat in place. And anglers have never had so many options. […]
Fishing
A battery’s power is anything but consistent
Two common misconceptions can have you wondering where your trolling motor’s battery power went. […]