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Baitwells are either total-exchange (left and right), or recirculating (three middle).

‘Live’ is best part of bait

Many fishermen have a fascination with using live minnows or smaller fish for bait. […]

Fish terrestrial patterns close to stream banks where bugs are most likely to be blown into the water to waiting browns, rainbows and brookies.

’Spray’ for summer bugs

Summer is the season for bugs: grasshoppers, ants, crickets, inchworms and beetles. Just about any insect that crawls, flies or hops is prime fare for trout. […]

Removing trees or other tall vegetation from the perimeter of food plots will allow for better sun penetration.

Eliminate the ‘sun hogs’

Jeff Burleson

If deer, ducks and turkeys could talk, they would quickly thank diligent land managers for preparing tasty buffets — until the hunting season, anyway. […]

Tyler Bineham, 11, of Fayetteville, accepts his unified lifetime sportsman license certificate from N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Chairman David Hoyle (left) and Russell Rhodes, CEO of Neuse Sport Shop in Kinston.

Fayetteville youngster wins lifetime sportsman’s license in drawing

From News Reports

While many people may describe themselves as lifelong anglers, Tyler Bineham of Fayetteville really means it when he says he’s been fishing his whole life. […]

Scaup numbers are up more than 20 percent over 2011, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's survey of breeding waterfowl.

Duck numbers on the increase, according to waterfowl survey

From News Reports

Waterfowl hunters should expect plenty of ducks over their decoys this season – weather permitting – if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s annual report on breeding numbers holds true. […]

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