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This crappie didn’t need to be measured, but slabs at Jordan Lake have to be at least 10 inches long to be creeled, and there’s a 20-fish daily limit.

Just the Right Time

Rhonda Reid glanced over her shoulder at her boyfriend, Jay Garrard, and giggled. […]

Rubber-band release helps anglers troll lighter tackle for Spanish mackerel

Spanish mackerel are a favorite fish of many anglers, and rightfully so. They arrive in late April and stick around through October — sometimes into November — and they usually will bite well. […]

An angler fishes the upper section of Little Cataloochee Creek, which holds great rewards for persistent sportsmen.

Tired, soaked and happy; marks of a great day on a wonderful mountain stream

Robert Satterwhite

I’m hunkered under the wide limbs of a giant hemlock, waiting out a hard, pounding, gully-washer kind of rain. […]

To catch a really big largemouth bass like this one in North Carolina takes a very different approach. Think big baits, heavy cover, heavy tackle, long casts and slow retrieves. They didn’t get big by being stupid.

Special tactics are needed for giants

Dustin Wilks

I must confess, I’m addicted to trying to catch the biggest fish in the pond — the “Giant.” […]

Ned Connelly with a big bluefish that struck a Rat-L-Trap at Carolina Beach Inlet.

Cruising for a Bruiser

Mike Marsh

A large charterboat headed out through Carolina Beach Inlet, its wake rocking a 21-foot center console anchored in a slough running alongside the inlet’s northerN sandbar. […]

Backlashes

‘Mr. Orwell, you have a call on line 1984’

Craig Holt

Many children of the ’60s will remember college freshman English and studying George Orwell’s book, “1984.” […]

Heritage Preserve is victim of Horry County fire

Jeff Burleson

Massive wildfire blazed through the coastal region of Horry County last week, destroying much of a wildlife-rich, S.C. Department of Natural Resources Heritage Preserve immediately adjacent to thriving Myrtle Beach. […]

Jeff Coble, a well-known N.C. bass pro, lives near the shore of Kerr Reservoir so he can sample the lake's good spring fishing each year.

Shallow-minded approach works best for Kerr bass

Craig Holt

With consistent spring rains this year, water runoff into the Dan and Staunton Rivers has forced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to keep the flood gates closed at John H. Kerr Dam so downstream Lake Gaston won’t rise too much. […]

Events & Announcements

Key changes in regulations for 2009-2010 are held up by protests

Craig Holt

David Cobb, director of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Division of Wildlife Management, said on April 21 that a story in the May issue of North Carolina Sportsman ascribing errors in the way wildlife proposals were listed was partially incorrect. […]

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