Statewide NC Archives - Page 526 of 633

This polished carbon-steel pipe was sprayed with heavy salt-content water for 60 hours. The left side, which was left “in the white,” had serious corrosion that will result in pitting of the surface. The right side was coated once with revolutionary new Smith & Wesson Protectant and Lubricant before beginning the test.

New protectant perfect for duck marsh

With teal season beginning this month, and the full-fledged duck season only a little while behind it, the annual trek to the salt marshes of our coastline will begin. […]

Anglers should always wet their hands before they come in contact with a trout because dry hands can remove a trout’s protective slime coating.

Techniques for catch-and-release

Robert Satterwhite

Delayed-harvest streams revert to catch-and-release rules October 1 with two streams joining the popular fishing program, bringing the total of delayed-harvest streams to 20 in 14 western counties. […]

Long points, road beds, creek-channel breaks and brush are good places to seek largemouths during September.

September is a moving month

David Fritts

There’s one good thing about September. Only the first part of it is as bad as August. That’s the way a lot of bass fisherman feel, and I’m one of them. […]

Denton’s James Nance took the big-fish award at the June 21 Wal-Mart BFL North Carolina Division tournament at High Rock Lake with this 7-pound, 2-ounce bass.

Lexington angler has Wright stuff

Tony Garitta

Lexington’s David Wright won the June 21 Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League North Carolina Division tournament with a five-fish tournament limit weighing 23-12 to outdistance his closest competitor by more than 5 pounds. […]

The author caught a lunker shallow-water bass after it hit a Culprit Water Beetle at the Tar River.

Go super shallow in September for North Carolina bass

Dustin Wilks

How many times have you got a bite as soon as you pulled a lure off the bank or as soon as it touched down? […]

Understanding the differences between the three most popular types of marine batteries can save you money and ensure better battery performance.

Not all batteries are created equal

Allan Tarvid

Many fishermen and boaters call any sealed, maintenance-free marine battery a gel battery, and that isn’t correct. […]

Bowing to Pressure

Terry Madewell

Early season bow hunting can be one of the more challenging ways to hunt white-tail deer. But it can be perhaps the most rewarding of all to a serous bow hunter. […]

2008 Game Lands Preview

Craig Holt

With more people moving to North Carolina and conversions of former farms and wood lands into housing tracts and shopping centers, finding places to hunt can be a frustrating experience. […]

Backlashes

Circle-hook fight and D.C. gun vote

Craig Holt

We published a story during August about red drum fishing at Ocracoke. […]

S.C. is a leader in dove research and reporting banded doves is a primary source for the information.

Banded Doves Provide Vital Information to Biologists

SCDNR News Release

Since 2003, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Section and other partners have taken part in a long-term, multi-state banding study of mourning doves to improve information on dove life history. […]