Statewide NC Archives - Page 479 of 633

On-Line Boat Show puts buyers in the driver’s seat

North Carolina Sportsman

Sure, the economy’s slow, and some are cutting back on discretionary spending on their hobbies. […]

A jig and soft-plastic trailer is a dynamite bass bait during the late winter and early spring — if you know the basics of fishing one.

February a great month to ‘dance a jig’ for bass

Davy Hite

I think most everyone who knows me or knows much about how I fish understands that I love to fish a jig. […]

Guide Danny Rourk and Dan Kibler, managing editor of South Carolina Sportsman, admire a wintertime speckled trout caught from the Beaufort River on a soft-plastic imitation shrimp floated under a cork.

Target a trout and get a cork chase

Jeff Dennis

Cold, clear water makes for great trout fishing, even though fishermen will have to bundle up to stay warm. […]

Keep the ‘Change’

Terry Madewell

When Sam Johnson of Sumter launches his boat at Lake Wateree before dawn on a cold February morning, he knows he has a number of options when it comes to catching bass. […]

Currents

Will the longleaf make a comeback?

Dan Kibler

Fifty years ago last summer, my father planted a handful of longleaf pines in the front yard of our home in Athens, Ga. […]

Salisbury's Andy Eifird won North Carolina Sportsman's final Bag-A-Buck contest winner of the 2009-10 season.

Eifird takes season’s final Bag-A-Bucks contest

Dan Kibler

Andy Efird waited until almost the last minute to make his 2009-10 hunting season a successful one. […]

High schooler Evin Coombes of Columbia won December's South Carolina Sportsman Bag-A-Buck contest after killing the 15-pointer he father had been chasing for two years.

Coombes’ birthday present earns final Bag-A-Buck win

Dan Kibler

Evin Coombes’ 17th birthday was Dec. 30, between Christmas and New Year’s Day. […]

A proposed closure of much of the state's coastal waters to large-mesh gill nets is a temporary fix to the problem of threatened sea turtles becoming entangled. However, the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries proposal would be lifted if the feds grant a statewide Section 10 permit.

DMF director proposes temporary removal of gill nets

Jerry Dilsaver

The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries director has proposed closing a large section of the state’s estuarine waters to large-mesh gill nets between May 15 and Dec. 15, according to the Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina. […]

Manubu Kurita's 22-pound, 4-ounce largemouth bass now officially shares the all-tackle world record.

IGFA rules: Japanese bass will share world record with George Perry fish

From News Reports

DANIA BEACH, Fla. — After nearly six months of waiting, Japan’s Manabu Kurita is taking his place along side George Perry in the International Game Fish Association’s (IGFA) World Record Games Fishes book as dual holders of the All-Tackle record for largemouth bass, each weighing 22 lb 4 oz and caught 77 years apart. […]