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Concerns over out-of-state menhaden boats fishing in North Carolina waters have led the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries to clarify rules, but that didn’t satisfy some fishermen.

Pogey wars: Who wins?

Bunker, fatback, shad, pogey or their proper name, menhaden — whatever you call them, they are one of the main forage fish in coastal and nearshore ocean fisheries from Nova Scotia to Mexico. […]

Bass pro Dustin Wilks says his successful tournaments have at least one thing in common: In practice, he puts his trolling motor down and covers a lot of water.

Covering water is key to finding fish

Tony Garitta

I just returned from a marathon trip across the country to California to fish back-to-back Bassmaster Elite Series tournaments. […]

Currents

The land — it’s all about the land

Dan Kibler

Scarlett O’Hara may have been on to something. So what if her daughter died when that pony threw her? […]

Cover: May 2010 (NC)

North Carolina Sportsman

Offshore action at the Diamond Shoals is as good as gold this month. […]

Featured

Santee Cooper blue catfish regulations extended three more years

SCDNR News Release

Gov. Mark Sanford and the S.C. General Assembly have extended the law limiting the harvest of Arkansas blue catfish in the waters of Lake Marion, the Diversion Canal, the Rediversion Canal above St. Stephen Dam, and Lake Moultrie.
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Trey Fitts of Columbia killed these two long-beards with one shot in Kershaw County earlier this month.

Columbia turkey hunter doubles up on gobblers with one shot

Jeff Burleson

The recession continues to plague outdoorsmen, hunters and anglers, among others, to conserve their resources. […]

Guide Heath Rayfield of Buchanan Shoals Sportsman's Preserve south of Wadesboro said catfish like this 45-pound blue are not uncommon on the Pee Dee River.

Pee Dee River catfish are latest example of great cast-and-blast action

Dan Kibler

Until last Thursday, when I heard the phrase “cast-and-blast”, I thought about a morning turkey hunt along the Roanoke River and an afternoon fishing trip on the river for striped bass. […]

Striped bass are fired up in an attempt to spawn at the upper reaches of Lake Norman.

Stripers fired up at Lake Norman

Craig Holt

Striped bass only spawn successfully in a few river systems in North Carolina. But landlocked fish that live in a few of the state’s large river-fed impoundments also try to reproduce each spring. […]

Spadefish will feed on cannonball jellyfish, which can be captured, impaled and tied off to a boat and used to 'chum' spadefishinto casting range.

Cannonball jellyfish top bait for South Carolina spadefish

South Carolina Sportsman

The cannonball jellyfish, stomolophus meleagris, has great value as table fare in Asian countries, but along the South Carolina coast, it’s mainly recognized as being the No. 1 food of certain species of sea turtles and the No. 1 bait for spadefish. […]