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On North Carolina lakes, June is a fantastic month to catch largemouth bass because they’re hungry and they’re not particular about the baits they’ll bite.

June can be best month

June has always been one of my favorite months to fish for bass in North Carolina, and not just because there’s usually a great crankbait bite. […]

Guide Mike McSwain said that soft-plastic baits rigged Texas-style with a weight can be great topwater baits.

Soft-plastic baits don’t have to be weightless to work on top

Brian Cope

Most bass anglers are aware of how effective Texas-rigged soft-plastic lures can be for fishing on the bottom, but a few also know they can be just as effective when used at the surface. Sound like a misprint? It’s not. […]

The black spot on the dorsal fin of the Spanish mackerel is the single factor that most distinguishes it from king mackerel of similar sizes.

Make sure you’re “spot on” with mackerel identification

Jerry Dilsaver

Is that a king mackerel of a Spanish mackerel you’re about to slide into your cooler? It might not quite be the $64,000 question, but it is one that could be expensive for fishermen if they make the wrong guess. […]

The N.C. House version of the 2014 state budget includes a section that would transfer N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission management of captive deer and elk to the N.C. Department of Agriculture.

House bill would take management of captive deer away from NCWRC

Craig Holt

A section of the proposed 2014 House budget would transfer management authority over deer farming from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission to the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. […]

Hunting camps incidents can grow to legends, and the story about how a city slicker came to be known as “Bobcat” is a classic example.

Tales from the camp

Gordon Hutchinson

Fervent Rainwater shifted his cud as I walked up to the camp porch, and spit a long stream of Skoal between the paws of Ol’ Blue, the redbone hound lying at his feet. […]

Use the right bait and the right hook to land big stripers during the summer.

Live bait is the way to go for summer stripers on North Carolina lakes

Taylor Pardue

It’s hard to beat live bait when it comes to striper fishing, and Colt Bass, who guides on Lake Hickory and Lake Rhodhiss, said anglers need to bring the real deal when chasing stripers, especially as the summer action heats up. […]

Fishermen can donate red snapper carcasses to the SCDNR at a handful of sites during the upcoming recreational season.

SCDNR announces sites for red snapper carcass donation

South Carolina Sportsman

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources has announced locations where anglers can drop off red snapper carcasses during the upcoming July season to help with research into the species. […]

Side- and down-scanning units are amazing scouting tools for anglers.

Get the picture?

Allan Tarvid

Strangely enough, the reservoirs on our nation’s river systems were not originally constructed to give us places to fish; they were built to control traditional spring floods that destroyed crops and homes. […]

UNC Sea Grant and the NCDMF are offering a graduate fellowship for a fisheries researcher to study bycatch.

Sea Grant, NCDMF offering graduate fellowship to study bycatch

North Carolina Sportsman

North Carolina Sea Grant and the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries are accepting applications for a fellowship opportunity for students nearing completion of an advanced degree program in natural resources or marine sciences. […]

A bill to change season dates and bag limits for the spring wild turkey season didn't make it through the state legislature.

Bill to change turkey season dates, bag limit fails to get through legislature

Pat Robertson

A bill to expand the spring turkey season while shrinking the statewide gobbler limit did not pass during the regular session of the South Carolina Legislature and, since 2014 was the second year of a two-year session, it must be reintroduced next year. […]