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King of the Cape Loses Southport Home
The old bromide that money talks and everything else walks is holding true at the N.C. coast. […]
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HB 1017: Brunswick Menhaden Restrictions, Passes House Committee
RALEIGH (April 17) – The House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources met yesterday to hear HB 1017: BRUNSWICK MENHADEN RESTRICTIONS, an act to make it unlawful to take Menhaden or Atlantic Thread Herring with a purse seine net within three nautical miles of the shoreline of Brunswick County from May 1 through October 31 of each year.
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Columbia offers Oct. 14 fly fishing workshop
The Saluda River Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the Federation of Fly Fishers will conduct an Introduction to fly fishing class and workshops at Sesqui State Park outside of Columbia Saturday, Oct. 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. […]
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Removal of Cape Fear River Locks and Dams Could Improve Fish Populations
RALEIGH, N.C. – The removal of three obsolete dams in North Carolina could improve recreational and commercial fisheries for striped bass, American shad, hickory shad, and help tremendously in restoration efforts for river herring, Atlantic sturgeon and shortnose sturgeon. […]
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Hole Lotta Flounder
Carolina Beach has earned a reputation for producing some of the nicest catches of big flounder in the state of North Carolina and perhaps the world. […]
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Sea Escape
Something inside Tar Heels draws us to the sea. […]
Events & Announcements
DNR purchases, protects 8,560 acres in Marion County
The Marsh Furniture Heritage Preserve and Wildlife Management Area (WMA) was dedicated in a special public ceremony on Friday, April 7, 2006, in Marion County. […]
Bass Fishing
Gagliardi Pockets $200,000 in Chevy Open at Lake Murray
Columbia, S.C. – Emerging from the Lake Murray parade of bass after bass weighing 7 and 8 pounds was South Carolina’s own Anthony Gagliardi, who tallied a final-round record weight of 47 pounds, 4 ounces to win $200,000 at the 2006 Chevy Open. […]
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Sutton Lake Flounder Snared by NCSU Student Fisherman
On January 28, Jarrett Thorne, a student at NC State University, was shocked when he pulled a large flounder from the fresh waters of Sutton Lake, near Wilmington. […]
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Cheat the Chill for Cape Fear River crappie
When February rolls around, many anglers are antsy for action. A few warm days make them long for April when rising water temperatures bring out the best in panfishing at the state’s coastal rivers. […]