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Weldon dubs itself “The Rockfish Capitol of the World” and there’s little dispute about that claim.

Striper fishing still active at Weldon

It may be late in the season for striped bass spawning runs at the Roanoke River near Weldon, but anglers continue to have tremendous catch-and-release days. […]

Charleston charter Capt. John Koonce uses cracked blue crabs when he's fishing for big red drum around docks.

Fish boat docks for big reds

Phillip Gentry

With the summer season rapidly approaching, redfish along the Charleston coast are making the transition from spring patterns to warm. […]

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission has voted to end the practice of purse-seining for menhaden in North Carolina waters, seven years after the last North Carolina-based menhaden reduction operation closed its doors.

Marine Fisheries Commission ends purse-seining of menhaden

Jerry Dilsaver

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission voted at its May 11 meeting in Atlantic Beach to end the controversial practice of purse-seining for menhaden in North Carolina waters. Menhaden may still be harvested by other means. […]

Johnny Evans, CEO of a family-owned construction business in Orangeburg, has been named chairman of the DNR Board.

Haley appoints Evans as chairman of DNR Board

Pat Robertson

John P. “Johnny” Evans, a calming influence in the brouhaha that erupted last year over the way the retirement of S.C. Department of Natural Resources director John Frampton was handled, has been tapped by Gov. Nikki Haley to chair the Natural Resources Board. […]

Interactions between endangered or threatened sea turtles and gill nets has led to further restrictions on commercial netting in two areas of North Carolina's inshore waters.

Feds force state to close, restrict gill-net fishing in two areas

Jerry Dilsaver

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission voted at its May meeting in Atlantic Beach to close the lower Core Sound, Back Sound and the North River to all large-mess gill nets and to restrict the amount of nets that can be fished in an area from Lennoxville Point near Beaufort to the US 58 bridge between Emerald Isle and Cape Carteret. […]

With fuel prices so high, more and more fishermen are choosing to stay closer to port.

The Spanish Armada

Dan Kibler

It’s a long run from Little River Inlet to the bluewater where the tuna, dolphin, wahoo and billfish swim, and with fuel prices moving. […]

Dates for North Carolina’s spring turkey season are set to ensure that the first peak of the breeding (and gobbling) is finished before hunters are in the woods.

The Lull Ain’t Dull

Craig Holt

Being enraptured by the pursuit of wild turkeys is akin to enslavement by alcohol, cocaine, tobacco, gambling, golf or strange women. […]

Guide B.J. Keener holds up the gobbler taken by 8-year-old Cory Holbrooks of Franklin on an April 21 hunt for handicapped kids in Macon County.

Two youths take gobblers on Macon County handicapped hunt

Tony Robinson

For Miguel Villagomez, a visually impaired eighth grader who was guided by Gene Piver of Asheville, a long-time member of the National Wild Turkey Federation, the hunt ended with a bang at first light that left a big gobbler flopping on the ground. […]

Gov Nikki Haley has a bill to extend the S.C. Conservation Bank for five years on her desk, awaiting her signature.

Bill to extend SC Conservation Bank rests on Haley’s desk

Pat Robertson

A bill to reauthorize the S.C. Conservation Bank – which has protected almost 160,000 acres of wildlife habitat and historic places – for another five years, has passed its final Senate hurdle and has been sent to Gov. Nikki Haley for her signature. […]