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NCWRC reopens Masons Landing boating access area
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has completed renovations and reopened the Masons Landing boating access area located at 625 Clarks Neck Road in Washington in Beaufort County. […]
Southeast NC
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Hail to the Spanish!
Spanish mackerel are favorites of many North Carolina fishermen, especially along the southern coast. Their popularity is based on four undeniable traits:
Bass Fishing
Key on shad, bream beds
The bluegill and shad spawns add up to a big bonanza for bass fishermen on Lake Wateree this month, according to tournament angler Dearal Rodgers of Camden.
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Catch Carolina Beach speckled trout with these lures and tips
By the time day broke over Buzzard’s Bay on Tuesday morning, Lewis Emery of Tails Up Charters in Carolina Beach and his buddy, Larry Essick, already had a handful of speckled trout in the boat — and neither was surprised.
Inshore Fishing
Big 2015 cobia catch hurts 2016 season
Because 2015 was such a fruitful year for North Carolina cobia fishermen, they’ll have a big payback to make in 2016.
Freshwater Fishing
Catch fish, then cut bait when targeting redfin pickerel
The traditional baits for catching redfin pickerel are the pelvic fin and the top or bottom half of its forked tail.
Freshwater Fishing
Catch redfin pickerel by the bucketful
The best way to keep and carry redfin pickerel is in a plastic pail with a tight-fitting lid.
Freshwater Fishing
Don’t carp about redfin size
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Angler Recognition Program awards outstanding catches with a suitable-for-framing certificate featuring the artwork of Duane River.
Offshore Fishing
Catch-and-release dolphin? Really?
Catching a dolphin and releasing it may sound like sheer lunacy to some bluewater anglers, but there is a sound reason to let a few go each year.
Offshore Fishing
Dolphin grow fast, die young and taste good
Few organisms in the ocean can match the fast life cycle of the dolphin fish, coryphaena hippurus. Dolphin reach sexual maturity at four to five months, where it takes a king mackerel three years to spawn. The world-record dolphin, 87 pounds was believed to be slightly less than five years old. By comparison, the world-record king mackerel, a 93-pound fish, was thought to be closer to 25 years old.