Fishing Tournaments
Small boat leads Big Rock with 495.2-pound marlin
The smallest, and only outboard-powered center console boat on the Big Rock leaderboard, PELAGIC HUNTER II leads the field with a 495.2-pound blue marlin. […]
Statewide NC
Fishing Tournaments
Day Four of Big Rock was a quiet one
Day Four of the 62nd Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament had only 11 boats fishing, so it was the slowest day yet of the 2020 event. […]
Inshore Fishing
Circle hooks mandatory for N.C. shark fishing
Beginning June 22, 2020, North Carolina anglers fishing for sharks will be required to use inline circle hooks. […]
Newsletters
Record high turkey harvest for North Carolina
North Carolina’s 2020 turkey harvest was the highest ever recorded, according to surveys conducted by the NCWRC. […]
Events & Announcements
NCWRC announces new executive director
Maj. Cam Ingram of Climax, N.C. has been named the new executive director of the NCWRC, effective Aug. 1, 2020. […]
Events & Announcements
NCWRC conducting sobriety checkpoints this weekend
The NCWRC and other law enforcement agencies will be conducting sobriety checkpoints throughout the state during Memorial Day weekend. […]
Fishing
Fisheries conservation group suing over shrimp-trawling effects
The N.C. Coastal Fisheries Reform Group has noted its intent to sue the NCDMF and NCDEQ over by-catch pollution from shrimp trawlers. […]
Cobia
N.C. coastal fishing report for mid-May
North Carolina’s saltwater fishing report for mid-May is even hotter than it was last week, and it’s expected to get even better. […]
Newsletters
Carolina coastal fishing report: spadefish are hot!
Anglers have been anticipating the spadefish bite for several weeks, and last week, reports finally started coming in. And the reports are that the spadefish have arrived along many of the nearshore reefs and wrecks off the Carolina coastlines. […]
Bass Fishing
For post-spawn Carolina bass, look for fry-guarders
Catching post-spawn bass is as easy as finding ‘fry guarders’ […]