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Capt. Stu Caulder releases a big puppy drum caught in the marshes off the Cape Fear River.

Cape Fear puppy drum really on the prowl

The puppy drum in the Cape Fear region are biting more like bulldogs than puppies. […]

The Target Tarp will protect 3D and block-style archery targets from the elements, allowing you to keep them outdoors and maximize your practice time.

Target Tarp will protect your bow target

For most bowhunters, target maintenance is not a priority. Thanks to a new product called Target Tarp, however, archers can keep their targets looking like new even if they leave them outside year-round. […]

Wintering waterfowl like these tundra swans may not have to worry about flying into 497-foot-tall wind mills, as a Chicago-based energy company has put on hold its plans to build a 11,000-acre wind farm in Beaufort County, just two miles from the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.

Wind farm project put on hold over concerns about bald eagles

Craig Holt

Invenergy LLC of Chicago, operating in North Carolina as Pantego Wind Energy, apparently has thrown in the towel on locating a controversial “wind farm” in Beaufort County, close to a major national wildlife refuge. […]

Solitary reds

Bryan Bowers

On any June weekend, most boat landings near Beaufort are full to capacity, and traffic on popular rivers like the Broad is going full tilt. When the usual spots are just too crowded, the Coosaw River is a great option for anglers looking for a little more room to breathe. […]

Jeff Wolfe catches plenty of tripletail in the lower Cape Fear River, most of them larger than this specimen.

A Tale of Three Tails

Jerry Dilsaver

If not for wearing polarized sunglasses, it would have been impossible to see the dark shape under the crab-pot float in one of the bays off the lower Cape Fear River. […]

Sportsman can now purchase 2012-13 hunting and fishing licenses.

Licenses can now be purchased for 2012-13 hunting, fishing seasons

Matt Coffey

Since 1937, sportsmen across South Carolina have helped maintain and provide funding for the state’s wildlife and fisheries. If you’ve ever bought a license, gun, ammo, bow, arrows, fishing lure, rod, reel or even fueled your boat, you should pat yourself on the back because you’re supporting the S.C. Department of Natural Resources – to the tune of $172 million over the past 756 years. […]

Dolphin were the No. 1 fish for recreational anglers in North Carolina waters in 2011, with 3.5 million pounds hitting the docks.

Commercial fishermen continue to take most of North Carolina’s saltwater bounty

Craig Holt

North Carolina’s commercial and recreational fishermen saw harvests decline slightly in 2011, but for-profit fishing continued to lead all landings by weight and income by a large margin. […]

Flybuoy, a boat out of Charleston, S.C., won the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament with this 499.3-pound blue marlin caught on the first of six competition days.

Flybuoy holds on to win Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament with opening-day marlin

From News Reports

A blue marlin caught the first morning of competition hung on through five days of competition, and the crew of the boat that caught it walked away with the first-prize money in the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament on Saturday in Morehead City. […]

Josh Warren was bass fishing when hauled this huge catfish out of Lake Wylie on Sunday after it hit a jig.

Shallow-water catfish bite great at Lake Wylie thanks to high water levels

Matt Coffey

Josh Warren and his buddy Tyler Watts were out for what they thought would be just another day of bass fishing this past Sunday on Lake Wylie. […]

Maynard Edwards likes fishing Tuckertown Lake during June for shallow-water largemouths.

Tuckertown bass heat up as summer approaches

Craig Holt

Anglers who spend time on the Yadkin River impoundments talk about High Rock Lake as the gold standard of the chain’s bass fisheries, but during June, nothing is finer in Central Carolina than Tuckertown Lake. […]