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Lose that last chartreuse lipless crankbait? Make a note of it when you head to a boat or tackle show this month and replace it.

Month-long Black Friday?

For fishermen and hunters, the best way to describe January is that it’s kind of like Black Friday — but spread out over a month or two. […]

What do you need to buy this winter that a bass will eat? Plenty!

Survey your tackle needs

Dustin Wilks

Now that we’re almost done watching football, it’s time to tackle something more important: your tackle. […]

A QDMA report says hunters are passing up more yearling bucks than ever before.

QDMA: Hunters passing on more 1.5-year-old bucks than ever before

South Carolina Sportsman

More yearling bucks are getting a pass from deer hunters than at any time in modern history, according to data gathered by QDMA for its 2014 Whitetail Report, now available online. […]

Jim Kelley was promoted to colonel yesterday and will head the N.C. Marine Patrol.

N.C. Marine Patrol gets new leader

North Carolina Sportsman

Jim Kelley, a veteran of almost 25 years in the N.C. Marine Patrol, was promoted to colonel on Monday and will head the patrol beginning on Feb. 1, replacing Rex Lanier, who retired last Nov. 1. […]

David Williams of Maiden took third place at the Bassmaster Southern Open last weekend on Florida's Lake Toho.

North Carolina pro cashes big check in Bassmaster event on Lake Toho

North Carolina Sportsman

Pro bass fisherman David Williams of Maiden came home from Florida on Sunday richer by more than $15,000 after a third-place finish in the Bassmaster Southern Open on Lake Tohopekaliga last week. […]

The Lunkerhunt Lunker Frog and Pocket Frog are designed to look and act like real frogs.

There is a soft-plastic frog so lifelike in detail that the legs possess a kicking motion no self-respecting bass can resist, a soft-plastic frog that captures the confidence of bass anglers everywhere and also reigns supreme as the ICAST Best Soft Lure of 2013. […]

Coastal fisheries group criticizes marine fisheries’ shrimp plan

Craig Holt

The Coastal Fisheries Reform Group calls a proposal by the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission to change the way commercial fishermen trawl for shrimp in North Carolina waters “weak” and said it opposes the proposal, which will be reviewed in mid-February. […]