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Anglers try the spawning flat in Bush Creek for Jordan Lake crappies. Slabs in all three Raleigh-Durham area reservoirs are moving into and out of the shallows.

Crappie spawning in waves on Raleigh-Durham area’s three big lakes

It began as a trickle four weeks ago, but now the crappie spawn is coming in waves each day at the Raleigh-Durham area’s top big reservoirs: Jordan, Falls of the Neuse and Shearon Harris. […]

Bass pro David Fritts said that long casts and a steady retrieve will make a crankbait a more-effective bass-fishing tool.

Take David Fritts’ tips and catch more fish on a crankbait.

Tony Garitta

At a recent open house at Angler’s Choice in Lexington, pro fisherman David Fritts discussed how to retrieve crankbaits to get more strikes from bass. […]

Workers dispose of some of the 150,000 rainbow trout killed in an incident involving vandalism on April 4 at the Armstrong Fish Hatchery. Three McDowell County men were arrested Monday in connection with the event.

Three Marion men arrested in vandalism of fish hatchery

North Carolina Sportsman

Three men from Marion were arrested on Monday and charged in the April 4 vandalism of the Armstrong Fish Hatchery in McDowell County that resulted in the killing of more than 150,000 rainbow trout. […]

A bill in the state senate would allow gun hunting on Sundays, if it's passed through both houses of the legislature.

Bill to allow gun hunting on Sundays is introduced in state senate

Craig Holt

Sen. E.S. “Buck” Newton, a Republican who represents Johnston, Nash and Wilson Counties, has filed a bill in the state senate that would allow gun hunting on Sundays on private property and possibly on public lands. […]

Santee Cooper guide Kevin Davis shows off a 3-pound, 12-ounce Lake Moultrie crappie caught earlier this month that had already spawned out and was heading for deep water. What would the fish have weighed before it scattered its thousands of eggs?

Lake Moultrie crappie spawning in stages, giving anglers plenty of options

Terry Madewell

Not all of Lake Moultrie’s crappie spawn at the same time; some have already spawned and are abandoning the shallows for deeper water. […]

Trout are raised in hatcheries and stocked in hopes that they’ll wind up on an angler’s dinner table.

April is new beginning

Robert Satterwhite

I’m old enough to remember when the trout season on hatchery-supported streams closed in the fall and remained closed until the first Saturday in April. […]

Does adding a motor to a kayak defeat the idea of fishing from a traditional kayak?

How much is too much?

Phillip Gentry

In July at ICAST 2014, the Old Town Predator XL kayak won best in show for new products. Last month, the Old Town Predator XL was on display at the Bassmaster Classic Expo in Greenville for all to see, including the now famous, or infamous, insert that parent company Johnson Outdoors has provided that includes a custom-fitted electric trolling motor. […]

False albacore like this one and Atlantic bonito have both invaded the waters off Cape Lookout this week, according to Capt. Noah Lynk of Harkers Island.

False albacore, Atlantic bonito make spring’s first showing off Cape Lookout

Jerry Dilsaver

The first false albacore and Atlantic bonito of the spring have arrived in the waters off Cape Lookout, and they’re attacking small lures and jigs and making reel-screaming runs on light spinning tackle. […]

David Moore of Kinston poses with two of his 13-year-old triplets, Joel (left) and Will (right), who both killed great Lenoir County gobblers on April 4, opening day of North Carolina's youth-only turkey season. Joel's bird had four beards and rare "smoke phase" plumage.

Two Lenoir County triplets double up on huge gobblers as youth season opens

Dan Kibler

Two out of three ain’t bad, especially if one of them is really special. That’s got to be the way that David Moore of Kinston is feeling after two of his three 13-year-old triplet sons, Will and Joel, killed monster Lenoir County gobblers on April 4, the opening day of North Carolina’s week-long youth-only turkey season – with Joel’s bird being a rare, “smoke phase” gobbler. […]