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The Coastal Fisheries Reform Group wants sportsmen to attend meetings of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission and tell the Commission to change the way it manages shrimp-trawling to eliminate destructive gear.

CFRG: Shrimp management plan must be changed

The Coastal Fisheries Reform Group is making a concerted effort to have destructive shrimp-trawling gear taken out of North Carolina’s inshore waters, and the group is encouraging fishermen to attend N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission meetings and ask the agency to amend its Shrimp Fisheries Management Plan. […]

Cut down on your junk

Dustin Wilks

All fishermen have great hopes of finding the next great lure; companies are always searching for the same thing. So what happens? […]

Minn Kota’s i-Pilot can hold a boat at a set distance from the bank or automatically hold the boat in one spot while the angler focuses on catching fish.

What the heck is trolling motor navigation?

Allan Tarvid

A July press release from Johnson Outdoors Marine Electronics begins, “Continuing the evolution of GPS trolling-motor navigation, Minn Kota’s i-Pilot Link utilizes GPS technology and ethernet connectivity to achieve new levels of boat control.” […]

The guns might look dainty, but the North American Arms .22 Magnum revolver can serve as a great backup weapon.

Hideout guns

Gordon Hutchinson

A group of firearms instructors for the sheriff’s office was standing around, waiting for a meeting to begin. […]

Renn Guthrie killed this trophy 8-point buck on Sept. 12 in Calhoun County.

Teen girl gets leg up on boys with trophy 8-pointer

Dan Kibler

Renn Guthrie, a junior at Orangeburg Prep, has got something most of her male classmates can only dream about: a trophy buck.

Guthrie, 16, took a big 8-pointer the afternoon of Sept. 12 in Calhoun County while hunting with her father, Jimmy, who had seen the buck shortly after the season opened.
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Chunky white perch are always hungry at Lake Norman, but fishing has been especially good lately.

White perch going to town at Lake Norman

Craig Holt

If you want to catch white perch, catfish or possibly a spotted bass, Lake Norman is a good bet. […]

Public dove fields, many planted in corn, sunflowers and other grains, are scattered across the state to attract doves.

Doing the Dove Dance

Craig Holt

The best dove hunt floating on top of my memory happened when I was about 12 or 13 years old. My dad and about a dozen of his friends drove to an Alamance County farm. […]

Concentrate on a dove’s head, keep your cheek on the stock, follow through and add him to your limit.

Double Delights

Bennett Kirkpatrick

James Covington and Norman Ledford Jr. are residents of York County who regularly limit out on doves using only one box of shells. […]

Jackson Lowder killed these two 8-point bucks the afternoon of Sept. 11.

Lynchburg youth has ‘double-good’ deer hunt

Brian Cope

Jackson Lowder of Lynchburg was hunting by himself for only the second time on the afternoon of Sept. 11, but the 8-pointer in the crosshairs of his Simmons scope wasn’t alone. […]

Take time to study a section of stream to judge where the moving water is likely to position trout. It can make a tremendous difference in your fishing success.

Take time to study a stream

Robert Satterwhite

Before stepping into a stream and making my first cast, I pause for a minute or two and study the stream, looking for breaks in the stream flow, pockets of slow water next to rushing water, plunge pools, and other places where trout are likely to be. It’s called reading the water, something every good trout fisher does. […]