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The 6.95-pound Lake Norman bass that angler Terry Trivette caught on Feb. 11 wound up being a hybrid between a largemouth and spot, so it was not certified as the state-record spotted bass.

Lake Norman fish won’t be state-record spotted bass

It was a big fish and a nice catch for Surry County angler Terry Trivette. It was not, however, the new spotted bass state record. […]

South Carolina man wins fishing school grand prize

North Carolina Sportsman

Brent Dilendik travelled a long way from Aiken, S.C., to attend North Carolina Sportsman’s Saltwater Fishing School last month at the Cape Fear Wildlife Expo in Wilmington, N.C.

Now, he’s got to make an even longer trip.
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The FLW College Fishing National Championships opens on Lake Murray on Friday.

Does Clemson team have home-field advantage in FLW College Fishing National Championships?

South Carolina Sportsman

How much advantage will local fishermen Andy Wicker of Pomaria and Harold Turner have when the FLW College Fishing National Championship opens Friday on Lake Murray? […]

Marshall Collette of Greensboro said hunters will kill more turkeys if they tone down the volume and frequency of their calls.

North Carolina turkey pro says to call less often, less loud

Dan Kibler

If Marshall Collette of Greensboro strung together all the beards from the turkeys he’s killed or called in for other hunters on a piece of rawhide, you could probably use it to measure for first downs in a football game. […]

Tracy Adams won the BASS Southern Open on Lake Norman, taking most cash and merchandise valued at better than $59,000, plus a spot in 2013 Bassmasters Classic.

Adams closes out wire-to-wire BASS win on Lake Norman

From News Reports

Tracy Adams had the field covered in the Bassmaster Southern Open this past week on Lake Norman, and he sewed up the $52,360 first prize by 9 a.m. on Saturday’s final round. […]

Tracy Adams of Wilkesboro leads the BASS Southern Open by almost nine pounds entering Friday's final round.

Adams widens lead on Lake Norman to almost nine pounds

From News Reports

Lake Norman covers 32,500 acres, so it’s not difficult for a fisherman to slip off into some cove and get away from the crowd. […]

Tracy Adams of Wilkesboro leads the BASS Southern Open on Lake Norman after Thursday's first round.

Wilkesboro’s Tracy Adams leads BASS Southern Open on Lake Norman

North Carolina Sportsman

Veteran pro Tracy Adams of Wilkesboro showed the field in the BASS Southern Open how it was done on Thursday’s first of three competition days, sacking a limit that weighed more than 20 pounds and giving himself a lead of better than five pounds. […]

Hunters who travel across North Carolina often need a change of tactics to bag a smart gobbler.

All Terrain, All Turkeys

Bruce Ingram

By 8:45, only two toms had sounded off a total of four times on Arthur Dick’s 1,800-acre Willow Oaks Plantation in Rockingham County outside of Eden. […]

Members of the legislature's Committee on Marine Resources voted for further study of a possible merger of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries -- both of which manage striped bass.

Legislative committee puts merger talks on hold

Craig Holt

The state legislature’s Committee on Marine Resources met for a fourth and final time April 5 to study legislative proposals to present to the General Assembly when it meets again for its short session in May. […]

Joshua David Norwood, aka Duplin County Bowhunter, is the latest addition to the NorthCarolinaSportsman.com moderation team.

‘Duplin County Hunter’ joins moderation team

Andy Crawford

Joshua Norwood, known better as Duplin County Bowhunter, has been a fixture on the NorthCarolinaSportsman.com forum for the past couple of years.

Now he’s been tapped as the latest addition to the site’s moderation team. […]