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Recreational saltwater anglers far outnumber commercial fishermen in North Carolina, making them a powerful force for achieving gamefish status for redfish, spotted sea trout and stripers.

Numbers tell the tale of North Carolina’s saltwater gamefish decision

Two numbers jump out of the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries’ 2010 report on the state of the Tarheel State’s saltwater fisheries. […]

Senator Don East said he doesn't believe statistics showing recreational fishing provides more economic fuel for the state than commercial fishing.

East revealed as foe of saltwater changes

Craig Holt

The General Assembly’s Committee on Marine Fisheries tasked with recommending changes to the management of saltwater fisheries held its first meeting yesterday (Jan. 4), and listened to North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries Director Louis Daniel III and N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Executive Director Gordon Myers. […]

How to best protect saltwater species like this red drum will be one of the topics of the North Carolina Legislature’s Saltwater Review Committee.

Coastal senator wants fair saltwater review

Craig Holt

Anyone in the recreational or commercial fishing camps who believes the North Carolina General Assembly’s Saltwater Review Committee will be a rubber stamp for their view of saltwater resources management is probably mistaken, a co-chairman of the committee told North Carolina Sportsman. […]

Vilena Hunt's frame is dwarfed by the massive 742-pound black bear she killed Dec. 23 in Beaufort County.

Aiken teacher tags huge North Carolina bruin

Craig Holt

People who track such things are aware women are becoming more involved in the outdoors with each passing year, especially hunting. […]

Bryan Goodwin admires an over-slot redfish caught in the waters around Harkers Island last January.

Code Red Winter!

Craig Holt

It was evident from the start of the cold January morning at the public ramp next to the Harkers Island Bridge that Bryan Goodwin probably was an extraordinary saltwater fishing guide. […]

A dark bottom will draw heat from the sun and warm surrounding areas, attacting redfish for comfort or for the crustacaens that are buried in the bottom.

Warm, mud creatures draw reds shallow

Craig Holt

Besides avoiding porpoises in winter, red drum like shallow water — especially water over a dark muddy bottom — for two other reasons. […]

Porpoises are the major predators that red drum have to worry about during the winter, partially because the cold weather drives most baitfish out of inshore waters and into the ocean, while the porpoises stay in the flat water all winter.

Reds try to avoid ‘baby killer whales’

Craig Holt

To most people, it’s a mystery why red drum, especially slot-size and just above-slot (18 to 27 inches long), mass into huge schools during the winter in inshore waters along the coast. […]

Chris Nichols shows off the kind of blue catfish Lake Wylie is producing.

Lake of the Month: Lake Wylie

Dan Kibler

Rarely do fishermen discuss Lake Wylie in the same revered terms used for other reservoirs in the Carolinas: Kerr (Buggs Island), Jordan, Santee Cooper, Clarks Hill. […]

Washington guide Richard Andrews displays a 7-pound striped bass that hit a three-arm Alabama rig in Blounts Creek.

Washington guide applies Alabama rig to stripers

Craig Holt

WASHINGTON, N.C. — When the Alabama rig exploded on the bass fishing scene in mid October after veteran BASS angler Paul Elias of Mississippi used it to win a pro tournament at Lake Guntersville, Ala., many anglers immediately saw it had other applications. […]

Ninety Six High School holds first fishing tourney

SCDNR News Release

Cooler temperatures were on tap for the Ninety Six High School bass fishing club on Dec. 10, but that didn’t chill the spirits of the anglers on Lake Greenwood. […]