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Preserve that special fish with gyotaku — Japanese fish rubbing
Gyotaku is Japanese for ‘fish rubbing’. It is a simple and inexpensive yet beautiful project that can be used in place of taxidermy. […]
Statewide NC
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Sunday hunting bill on life support but will not likely survive
A bill that would allow North Carolinians to hunt with firearms on Sundays on private property did not pass out of committee in either chamber of the state legislature and needs some special kind of resuscitation to have any life remaining. […]
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Suit against Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament over DQ’d fish settled out of court
Almost three years after the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament disqualified the largest fish ever brought to its scales, a suit brought by the boat that caught that huge fish has been settled out of court.
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Latest ‘gamefish bill’ is effectively killed in N.C. House
Republicans in the N.C. House of Representatives on Wednesday agreed to effectively kill the latest attempt to pass a “gamefish bill” that would have ended commercial fishing for speckled trout and redfish in all North Carolina waters, and striped bass in North Carolina’s inland coastal waters. […]
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Rabon, Almond cash in at Wateree with 25-pound limit
Chad Rabon of Camden and Walt Almond of McBee got a big payday on May 25, winning the Carolina Anglers Tournament Trail event on Lake Wateree with a great 5-fish limit that weighed 25.07 pounds. Rabon and Almond pocketed $1,071.
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Barger, Miller win NCCATs on High Rock by more than 25 pounds
About 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Justin Barger of Hickory and Brandon Miller of Salisbury brightened the night sky by dragging a 46.9-pound yellow-hued flathead catfish into their boat from High Rock Lake. […]
Fishing
Cell phone holster will cut down on losing, dropping, dunking
The S.M.A.R.T. System Holster from Real Gear is just what the doctor ordered for outdoorsmen who have issues with losing, dropping and dunking cell phones and other small equipment. […]
Fishing
Cell-phone holster will cut down on losing, dunking, dropping
The S.M.A.R.T. System Holster from Real Gear is just what the doctor ordered for outdoorsmen who have issues with losing, dropping and dunking cell phones and other small equipment. […]
Bass Fishing
Stanley Top Toad
A leading artificial lure manufacturer’s newest pride and joy jumped like a real frog to the forefront of bass fishing circles very quickly in early 2013. […]
Events & Announcements
Senate bill hits Commission with $9 million cut
The Republican-controlled N.C. Senate approved along party lines a $20.6 billion budget on May 23, and as advertised, it approved cuts in state expenditures, $9 million of which will affect the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. […]