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A strict quality deer management plan resulted in this Laurens County Pope & Young trophy buck for Ben Lecroy.

Laurens County produces Pope & Young buck

SouthCarolinaSportsman.com user Ben Lecroy joined the trophy deer parade currently under way across the state when he bagged a Pope & Young buck last Saturday (Nov. 5). […]

The ASFMC voted in early November to begin the process of reducing menhaden harvest to protect the important baitfish species.

ASMFC votes to reduce menhaden harvest

Jerry Dilsaver

Atlantic Coast recreational fishermen have been asking for a reduction in the menhaden harvest for a decade or more, and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission finally agreed at its annual meeting in early November. […]

Jason Shive holds a big red drum taken at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

Hatteras surf fishing good when wind lays

Craig Holt

Fishing should be excellent at the Outer Banks now — except for a consistent north-northeast-northwest wind that has been blowing for days. […]

A proposed wind farm in Beaufort County might cause major problems for local wildlife, and the company that wants to build windmills is yet to offer an environmental assessment.

Beaufort County wind-farm proposal draws criticism

Craig Holt

The nation’s largest maker of windmill turbines applied to North Carolina’s Utility Commission during September for a permit to built 49 turbines to heights of 492 feet each on 11,000 acres of land in northern Beaufort County. […]

Recreational anglers will be limited to four spotted seatrout of at least 14 inches per trip, starting Nov. 15, 2011.

NCMFC reduces spotted seatrout recreational limit to four, allows weekend commercial catches on most waters

Craig Holt

The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission voted 4-3 Friday (Nov. 4) to set in place more stringent recreational fishing regulations governing the harvest of spotted seatrout – effective Nov. 14. […]