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Just the Right Time
Rhonda Reid glanced over her shoulder at her boyfriend, Jay Garrard, and giggled. […]
Statewide NC
High Tides and Tall Tails
Rubber-band release helps anglers troll lighter tackle for Spanish mackerel
Spanish mackerel are a favorite fish of many anglers, and rightfully so. They arrive in late April and stick around through October — sometimes into November — and they usually will bite well. […]
Fishing
Tired, soaked and happy; marks of a great day on a wonderful mountain stream
I’m hunkered under the wide limbs of a giant hemlock, waiting out a hard, pounding, gully-washer kind of rain. […]
Fish Like a Pro
Special tactics are needed for giants
I must confess, I’m addicted to trying to catch the biggest fish in the pond — the “Giant.” […]
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Cruising for a Bruiser
A large charterboat headed out through Carolina Beach Inlet, its wake rocking a 21-foot center console anchored in a slough running alongside the inlet’s northerN sandbar. […]
Backlashes
‘Mr. Orwell, you have a call on line 1984’
Many children of the ’60s will remember college freshman English and studying George Orwell’s book, “1984.” […]
Events & Announcements
Key changes in regulations for 2009-2010 are held up by protests
David Cobb, director of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Division of Wildlife Management, said on April 21 that a story in the May issue of North Carolina Sportsman ascribing errors in the way wildlife proposals were listed was partially incorrect. […]
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Commission reverses position on closing committee meetings to public
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has reversed its position with regard to closing committee and sub-committee meetings to the public.
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Franklinton fisherman catches state-record white crappie
Ronnie Emory Jr. of Franklinton will long remember March 30, 2009 – the day he and fishing buddy Jeff Williams caught 43 crappie in a private pond in Granville County. […]
Events & Announcements
Game warden shoots and kills hunter after confrontation
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission officials said that a veteran wildlife enforcement officer acted in self-defense when he shot and killed a hunter during a confrontation on Saturday, April 11.
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