Statewide NC Archives - Page 186 of 633

If you have enough time for a 3- to 5-amp charger to top off your batteries between trips, a pulse charger like this Xtreme Charge model can clean and condition their plates while maintaining a full charge.

Smart battery charging 101

Fishermen learn the easy way or the hard way that how long a trolling motor battery lasts depends on how competently they charge it. […]

A team from Bandys High School in Catawba County is the state high-school bass fishing champions.

It’s Bandys again! State bass-fishing title goes to Catawba County high-school team

North Carolina Sportsman

Tyler Black and Logan Anderson of Bandys High School won the 2015 North Carolina State High School Fishing Championships on Sunday at Lake Norman, bringing the championship trophy to Catawba County for the second-straight year. […]

Conservation easements can help landowners protect wild-rich rural habitat.

Easements provide immediate, long-term financial benefits

Jeff Burleson

The value that conservation easements bring to the table for the environment is massive, and landowners can earn financial rewards in more ways than one. […]

Hollow-body frogs normally have either a pointed or a cupped face, which produce different sounds upon retrieve.

Faces, legs give frogs different personalities

Brian Cope

Like most lures, artificial frogs come in a variety of sizes and colors, but they also come in a variety of styles. […]

Most of the time, bass will hit a frog in the last 10 feet of a bed of lily pads or weeds, or in the first 10 feet outside it.

Remember the 10-10 rule for fishing pads, weeds

Brian Cope

Bass love to hide under lily pads and other surface weeds, and fisheries biologist Scott Lamprecht of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources said anglers should be aware of what he calls the “10-10 rule” in these areas. […]

Recovered from the spawn, bass will get their appetites back in June.

It doesn’t get any better

David Fritts

Across North Carolina, I think June is the best month to fish for bass. When you wake up in the morning this month, you need to take all the vacation time you’ve got and go to the lake. […]

Sharks are a great sight-fishing target for inshore anglers along South Carolina's coast.

Try inshore sharks on a fly rod

Justin Kiser

Guide Dillon Blythe of Charleston figures that conditions aren’t always ideal to target redfish on fly-fishing tackle, so he’s found a toothy alternative: inshore sharks. […]

SCDNR has obtained almost 4,500 acres to be added to a pair of Heritage Preserve WMAs for hunting and other outdoors activities.

SCDNR receives three tracts to add to Heritage Preserve WMA system

South Carolina Sportsman

Haile Gold Mine has transferred three land parcels totaling 4,374 acres to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, creating the 3,677-acre Wateree River Heritage Preserve in Richland County and adding 698 acres to Forty-Acre Rock Heritage Preserve in Lancaster County. […]

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission has scheduled a public meeting on June 17 to receive comment on options being discussed to change flounder management in North Carolina.

Marine Fisheries Commission schedules public meeting on flounder options

North Carolina Sportsman

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission has scheduled a public meeting for June 17 to receive public comment on six proposals for changes in the way southern flounder are managed in North Carolina waters. […]

Capt. Brian Komer's Viking 62 caught this 680-pound blue marlin on Monday to take the lead in the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament out of Morehead City.

Viking 62 leads Big Rock with 680-pound blue marlin

North Carolina Sportsman

Fishermen brought four blue marlin to the Morehead City dock’s scales on Monday, the first day of the 57th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, and at the end fishing, a 680-pound billfish was leading the way. […]