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Periodic lowering of the water level at Tar River Reservoir may contribute to its healthy crappie population.

Low water levels may promote crappie growth

The Tar River Reservoir is one of the very few lakes in the coastal plain that have no size or creel limit for crappie. […]

Double down

Mike Marsh

When fishing a slip-float rig near a dock, a pair of anglers should begin by fishing their minnows at two different depths. […]

May brings out the best that Lake Murray has to offer.

Lake of the Month: Lake Murray

Jeff Samsel

Folks who fully embrace a mindset of “You can’t have you cake and eat it, too” haven’t spent time fishing at Lake Murray. […]

Mark Crawford finds numbers of fish on the lower end of Clarks Hill Lake, but he looks up the lake, toward the Lake Russell tailrace, when he’s after a big fish.

Trophy fishing

Phillip Gentry

The choice between numbers and size is an easy one for Mark Crawford when he’s targeting big fish in a striped bass tournament. […]

Dakota Brown with his Rockingham County gobbler that is the likely No. 29 all-time typical wild turkey killed in North Carolina.

High-school freshman kills huge Rockingham County bird

Craig Holt

Apparently, Opening Day of the 2012 spring gobbler season came at just the right time for a teen-aged hunter, amid rampant reports of gobblers charging hunters and decoys. […]

Bass fishing in North Carolina doesn’t get any finer than here in April.

Lake of the Month: Jordan Lake

Craig Holt

The glory days of largemouth bass fishing at Jordan Lake are long gone. […]

Guide Jeff Thomas said Jordan Lake and other Triangle-area impoundments are on the cusp of the largemouth bass spawn.

Largemouth prespawn just a few days away

Craig Holt

“Booyah” time is almost here — meaning an expression that shows excitement and doesn’t necessarily refer to spinnerbaits or buzzbaits — although it could, if that’s your favorite brand of spring bass lures. […]

NorthCarolinaSportsman.com to be at Dixie Deer Classic

North Carolina Sportsman

The Dixie Deer Classic begins today (March 2), and that means big bucks will be streaming through the doors to be scored and displayed for the scoring event. […]

Gamefish protection of speckled trout, along with redfish and stripers, is not going to be addressed by the North Carolina Committee on Marine Fisheries, according to one of the committee members.

Gamefish bill apparently headed to House; no discussion at latest committee meeting

Dan Kibler

No news was apparently good news at the latest meeting today (March 1) of the Legislative Research Commission Committee on Marine Fisheries. […]

Kenny Allen trolled up these two slab crappie at Jordan Lake.

Unlimited Slab Success

Dan Kibler

A lot of anglers might think that Kenny Allen of Brown Summit missed out on the heyday of crappie fishing at B. Everett Jordan Lake in the 1990s, a decade after the reservoir opened and was quickly labeled one of the Southeast’s best fisheries for both crappie and largemouth bass. […]