Statewide NC Archives - Page 308 of 633

The Rossi RG410 looks like an old .30-30, but it’s a sweet-shooting .410.

Shotgunning fun

An attorney friend who knows a little more about guns than I do about the dark side of the moon — but not much more — was wandering around a regional gun show, looking for I’m not sure what. […]

Mike and Josh Queen of Lincolton won the season-ending CATT Classic on Kerr Lake, taking home more than $13,000 of tournament director Brett Collins'(right) money.

Lincolnton ‘royalty’ wins CATT Classic on Kerr Lake

Tony Garitta

Mike and Josh Queen of Lincolnton combined an opening-round catch of 15.09 pounds with a closing catch of 12.84 pounds to win at the May 18-19 CATT Classic on Kerr Lake. […]

Brendan Bonds shows off the 5.47-pound bass he caught in the Take A Child Fishing tournament on Lake Wateree.

Sumter duo win kids’ fishing tournament on Wateree

Brian Cope

Twelve-year old Brendan Bonds teamed up with Van Smith to win the 30th annual Take a Child Fishing Bass Tournament out of Lake Wateree’s Clearwater Cove on May 18. […]

Monty Robinson's 27-pound king mackerel won the Oak Island Open Pier Tournament last weekend.

Big king mackerel wins Oak Island Pier Tournament

Jerry Dilsaver

Monty Robinson’s 27-pound king mackerel won the May 18 Oak Island Open Pier Tournament on Oak Island and Ocean Crest Piers. […]

The Aqua-Vu Claw Discover is the latest in the company’s line of underwater cameras, and it makes finding lost items much more feasible.

Shortly after handheld GPS units became small enough to fit in a pocket, I remember a fellow outdoor writer lamenting about losing his. He somehow dropped it as he stepped from a boat to a dock over water 30 feet deep. […]

A Senate bill to increase boat-registration fees by up to 750 percent to play for the dredging of shallow, coastal inlets, passed over to the House last week -- but it bears little resemblance to the original version.

Bill to pay for dredging with boat-registration fees passes Senate, but it’s been gutted

Jerry Dilsaver

Senate Bill 58 to increase funding for dredging of coastal inlets, which crossed from the N.C. Senate to the N.C. House last week doesn’t bear a lot of resemblance to the original bill sponsored by Sen. Harry Brown (R-Onslow). […]

Casey Logan and Jim Sims won the CATT Trail's Spring Final on Lake Murray with a 19-pound limit.

Hopkins anglers win CATT on Lake Murray

Brian Cope

Casey Logan and Jim Sims of Hopkins won the CATT Trail’s May 11 Lake Murray Spring Final with a sack of five largemouth bass that weighed an even 21 pounds. […]

The 2013 black sea bass season should last more than twice as long as in recent years thanks to changes in regulations made this week.

Black sea bass called

Jerry Dilsaver

The upcoming black sea bass season will likely be at least twice as long as it’s been in recent years, thanks to a May 13 decision by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council. […]

Fishermen will get a much longer black sea bass season this year thanks to changes in regulations made by the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council earlier this week.

Fishermen in Carolinas will have longer black sea bass season this year.

Jerry Dilsaver

The upcoming black sea bass season will likely be at least twice as long as it’s been in recent years, thanks to a May 13 decision by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council. […]

Jonathan Thompson leaves nothing to chance late in the season, altering his camouflage patterns, calling less frequently and letting gobblers do the work.

Make sure you know your shotgun

Bennett Kirkpatrick

If you don’t know your gun and its limits, you are asking for trouble. Pattern your gun to see where the densest part of the pattern hits. […]