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The free kids fishing vent is June 9 at the Neuseway Nature Park's main pond.

Neuseway Nature Park presents kids’ fishing event on June 9

Neuseway Nature Park and Neuse Sport Shop will co-host a free fishing event on June 9 from 9 a.m. to noon for children ages 15 and younger. The event will occur at the park’s main pond, which will be stocked with catfish prior to the event. […]

One of the proposed rules changes seeks to clarify some deer hunting regulations.

NCWRC opens public comment period on proposed rules changes

NCWRC Release

During a telephonic meeting on May 15, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission voted to open the public comment period and hold one public hearing for three temporary amendments to existing rules. The public comment period opens May 25 and closes June 29. Comments can be submitted online or by email. The public hearing will be held on June 6 at 7 p.m. at the Commission’s headquarters in Raleigh. […]

The SCDNR sunk the Gen. Oglethorpe off the coast of Charleston as an addition to Comanche Reef.

106-foot tugboat sunk as addition to Comanche Reef

SCDNR News Release

After months of unforgiving weather, recent calm seas finally allowed the addition of a new structure to an artificial reef 30 miles off the coast of Charleston. […]

Rapala’s Scatter Rap Glass Shad

Don Shoopman

Some anglers refer to the plastic lip recently added to the Rapala Glass Shad crankbait as a “potato chip lip,” which is what it closely resembles. […]

The Pechmann Fishing Education Center is offering nine free fishing and boating workshops in June.

Nine free fishing and boating workshops offered in June

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center is offering nine free fishing and boating workshops for people of all ages and skill levels throughout the month of June. Online registration is required for the workshops, which are open on a first-come, first-served basis. […]

The late Gene Sutherland loved the woods and whitetails in a life that spanned almost 70 years.

A life well lived: Remembering a hunter and friend

Sammy Romano

This month, I am stepping a bit outside of this column’s normal subject matter, but I feel strongly about this message. […]

Delayed Harvest trout water open June 2 in North Carolina.

Delayed Harvest trout waters open June 2 in North Carolina

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open 34 trout streams and two lakes classified as Delayed Harvest to trout harvest on June 2 through Sept. 30. […]

Rainbow trout have a varied diet and will eat anything they can capture. They routinely eat the larval, pupal and adult forms of aquatic insects, plus terrestrials that fall into the water. They will eat fish eggs, shrimp, crawfish and small fish up to one-third of their length.

Four-of-a-kind basic trout flies for fly fishermen

Robert Satterwhite

Fly fishers need to know the four basic types of flies, including how to tie them and present them, before heading out in search of trout. […]

Lindsey Edge, 6-years-old, of Laurel Hill, NC, caught this 71-pound blue catfish on the Pee Dee River at the base of the Blewett Falls Dam.

6-year-old lands 71-pound catfish on Pee Dee River

Jeff Burleson

Six-year-old Lindsey Edge of Laurel Hill, N.C. caught a 71-pound blue catfish on May 10 at the base of the Blewett Falls Dam in the Pee Dee River at Norwood, N.C. Few anglers ever catch or even see a fish this big in person. But, it happened for Edge, who spends many hours with her father, Ira Edge on the water every year. […]