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Cover: September 2007 (NC)

If you hunt public land, you’ll like what the state’s experts have to say about the coming season. […]

A young camper inspects the day’s catch before the evening campfire meal.

Camp fishing best of both worlds

You climb out of your sleeping bag, fix a hearty breakfast on a camp stove, grab your fishing tackle, and minutes later, you’re in the water, doing what you like best — trout fishing.

No packing, no driving, just fishing. […]

David Godbold (left) and Ronald Sutton are two Carolina Beach anglers who learned how to slow-troll live bait for king mackerel from several of the originators of the technique. They used the information to catch this big king and collect a check for almost $40,000 for winning the 2005 U.S. Open King Mackerel Tournament.

Honoring king fishing’s pioneers

Jerry Dilsaver

Internet chat boards have been buzzing recently with conversations about several of the pioneers of king mackerel tournament fishing. […]

Water conditions change so much during September that anglers will have to alter their fishing strategies from deep to shallow approaches by the last days of the month.

September a Jekyll-Hyde month

David Fritts

The page on my calendar for September has only 30 days, but I’d swear sometimes it feels like there should be two months there. […]

Anglers who put on their thinking caps to save money during fishing trips, just as they figure out the best places to fish and lures to use, can create more water time, which means more chances to haul in a lunker.

Savings add up to more fishing

Dustin Wilks

Boat gas $120, truck fuel $60, hotel $85 per night, dinner $15, food on the lake $10, tackle $100. As you are well aware, fishing can be expensive, especially for tournament anglers.

I’m always looking for ways to save money — on and off the road. What I’ve found is small savings really add up. […]

Gary Cline of Lexington (left) and Todd Shoaf of Linwood won the July 7 NBC Super Summer Sport Series tournament at High Rock with 23.01 pounds of bass. They also won the July 14 High Rock Team Tournament.

Wright cranks up another victory

Tony Garitta

Lexington’s David Wright cranked his way to victory at the July 8 Bassmaster Weekend Series N.C. Division tournament at High Rock Lake. […]

These Quik-Spin vanes (or fletchings) have a kicker tab, a small strip of material that acts as a mini-fin that reacts with air contact to help the arrow rotate quicker and faster.

Being vane about arrows

Ramon Bell

One of the vital components of a good bow and arrow setup is the vanes (or “fletchings”) one chooses to use.

Some bowhunters prefer vinyl vanes; some like feathers. […]

Bernhardt picked a spot for his tree stand 100 yads in the woods from a pasture that led to a corn field so he’d get a bowshot before dark.

Rack Train

Craig Holt

A Floridian who literally found greener pastures in North Carolina as a football player and deer hunter bagged the state’s No. 1 non-typical archery-killed whitetailed last September. […]

Deer hunters will have a lot of choices for public-lands hunting, from the swamps and hardwood bottoms of Roanoke River Wetlands and National Wildlife Refuge to Croatan National Forest and Holly Shelter’s dog hunts.

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission continues to serve sportsmen by adding new game lands to its 2-million acre total, with most of the new properties coming on line in 2007 and next year in the Central section, which is administered by supervising biologist Harlan Hall of Burlington. […]

Backlashes

Does greed trump all concerns here?

Craig Holt

Theoretical scenario: You and your friends love to fish for (take your pick) largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, striper, trout, catfish, walleye, bream or crappie. […]