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A section of the Tuckasegee River in Jackson County shows effects of the summer’s drought. During normal weather conditions, these rocks would be covered by the stream’s flowing water.

Low water presents challenges

Trout streams flowing through North Carolina’s mountains are at the lowest levels they’ve been in years, the result of a persistent drought that has affected this region and the entire state during 2007. […]

Capt. Chris Bellamy wades at a low-tide channel that fish have to move through to enter and leave a southeastern coastal creek. The water level at high tide at this creek is about 4 feet deeper than shown by this photo.

Tides and fish wait for no angler

Jerry Dilsaver

Most coastal fishermen understand that tides rise and fall each day and times change, but they rarely take the time to learn enough to really understand the tides. […]

This largemouth bass was tricked into biting a tube cast at a fallen tree near the shoreline.

Go tubular during November

Dustin Wilks

Remember in 1998 when Denny Brauer won the Bassmasters Classic at High Rock Lake?

The long-time Missouri pro set off the “flipping-tube craze” for largemouth bass fishing with that win. […]

Bass will be concentrated at main parts of creeks instead of shallow areas during November.

Low water levels have high side

David Fritts

I love to go deer hunting in November, and the way our lakes are drying up across North Carolina, that may be my only option. […]

Mark Inman of Haw River captured the Sept. 8-9 Wal-Mart BFL tournament at Kerr Lake with 10 bass totaling 23 pounds, 14 ounces.

Haw River’s Inman takes Buggs BFL

Tony Garitta

Mark Inman of Haw River won the Sept. 8-9 Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League North Carolina Division Super Tournament after two difficult days of fishing at Kerr Lake. […]

As human populations have expanded in North Carolina, hunters have seen big deer leases disappear. Smart hunters adapt by finding smaller but productive areas to hunt.

November Surprise

Craig Holt

When Charlie Green of Greensboro ended his competitive bass fishing career, he renewed his interest in white-tailed deer hunting. […]

On October 20, 2007, President George W. Bush (seated) signed an Executive Order to protect and conserve the striped bass and red drum fish populations in Federal waters.

President Signs Order to Protect Striped Bass and Red Drum

From News Reports

Alexandria, VA – With the vast expanse of the Chesapeake Bay as his backdrop, on October 20, 2007, President Bush signed an Executive Order establishing gamefish status for striped bass and red drum in federal waters, moving another step forward in conserving two of the most popular game fish in the United States.
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Backlashes

North Carolina loses a sportsman

Craig Holt

The first time I met Joe Don Sawyer, I didn’t see him. I only heard his laughing voice, stretching familiar words into odd-sounding shapes as he spoke in his lilting Down East brogue to his best friend, Tonnie Davis of Roxboro. […]

About 150 rounds left this lead “core,” or cylinder, in the base of the bore of a .22 handgun. It had to be knocked out with a bronze cleaning tip.

Are your guns ready for deer season?

Gordon Hutchinson

We were sighting in several rifles for a friend last year — each year it seems he has another boy old enough to start deer hunting, and another rifle gets added to the batch I have to tune in on my range. […]

If you are going to look at fish symbols, it doesn’t hurt to make them entertaining. This is a Navman 4500 screen shot.

Is that on-screen fish really a fish?

Allan Tarvid

Fish I.D. features that display cartoon-like fish symbols have been around since fish finders became computerized and incorporated LCD screens, and the controversy about whether the feature helps or hurts your fishing has been around just as long. […]