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The National Park Service sign near the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse bans ORVs, dogs and beach walking by pedestrians.

Keep Out

The National Park Service closed Oregon Inlet beach, the Point at Buxton, and the south beach at Ocracoke to ORVs May 5 to protect nests of sea turtles, shorebirds and waterfowl. […]

A topwater mouse lure (above) or the old reliable Jitterbug are two prime surface lures to use at night.

Through a Bass Darkly

Tim Mead

My son’s buzzbait, unseen but heard, came toward the boat with a gurgling sound one July night at Lake Norman. […]

Caroline Boyd displays her first king mackerel.

Oak Island Fish-Finder

Craig Holt

Capt. John Quattlebaum’s sportfisherman QB’s Sea Witch sliced through a calm sea off Southport last July. […]

Cover: July 2008 (NC)

North Carolina Sportsman

July’s a great month for catching doormat flounder at Kure Beach and other places. […]

Cover: July 2008 (NC) – Freshwater

North Carolina Sportsman

If you’re not fishing for bass at night, you don’t know what your missing. […]

A skilled flounder angler can entice strikes from flatfish with artificial strip lures and doesn’t necessarily restrict himself to using live minnows.

Alone, lean fisherman walked the planks of Kure Beach Fishing Pier, nodding his head and speaking as he approached others who had taken up stationary positions with their rods leaning against the rails. […]

The N.C. Scholastic Clay Target Program held their North Carolina State Trap Championship in Bostic on June 14 and qualified representatives for the National Championship in Sparta, Ill. at the end of July.

North Carolina Crowns Youth Trap State Champions

From News Reports

BOSTIC, N.C.—Young trap shooters from across North Carolina earned state titles—with many qualifying to represent North Carolina at upcoming national championships—at last weekend’s Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) North Carolina Trap State Championship.
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