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Trio wins Cape Fear Riverwatch striper tournament with 11 releases
Capt. Jim Sabella led Dean Lamont and Ben Bowditch to the grand prize in the Cape Fear Riverwatch Invitational Striper Tournament on Jan. 19 in Wilmington. […]
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Trio wins Cape Fear Riverwatch striper tournament with 11 releases
Capt. Jim Sabella led Dean Lamont and Ben Bowditch to the grand prize in the Cape Fear Riverwatch Invitational Striper Tournament on Jan. 19 in Wilmington. […]
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Redfish, specks picking up along SE coast as weather warms
The warm weather of the past week-and-a-half has turned on the bite in the salt water marshes of lower Brunswick County. […]
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The Striper Watch — Learn how this striper fishery is being rebuilt
Jot Owens put his bay boat on plane for a couple of minutes after leaving the Dram Tree Park Ramp in Wilmington. He crossed under the Thomas Rhodes Bridge, pulled the throttle back to just above idle and announced it was time to fish. […]
Freshwater Fishing
CFRW and its striper tournament
The first Cape Fear Riverwatch Striper Tournament was held in December 2008, but the annual events are now held in mid-January, with this year’s set for Saturday, Jan. 19, as part of Striperfest 2013. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Cape Fear locks, dams and stripers
Striped bass were once so plentiful in the Cape Fear region that they were classified as one of the nine major striper populations on the Atlantic Seaboard, but this was prior to locks and dams being built along the river to help with commerce between Wilmington and Fayetteville. […]
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Inshore fishing continued to be excellent around Wilmington
The varied action that has made this fall such a great time to fish along the Cape Fear coast continues even as cooler weather moves in. […]
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Inshore action going strong on lower Brunswick County coast
Redfish and speckled trout are biting well in the creeks along the Intracoastal Waterway from Ocean Isle Beach across the state line to Dunn Sound. […]
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Crossing over
Jerry Simmons of Castle Hayne made his rounds, checking out the ground blinds and elevated stands he and his son Jerry Simmons Jr. were planning to hunt later that afternoon. […]
Deer Hunting
Crossbow broadhead issues
Arrows fired from crossbows are shorter and more touchy about broadhead flight than the shafts typically launched from traditional or compound bows. […]