Statewide NC Archives - Page 567 of 633

A Culprit Water Beetle, used with a fairly heavy jighead, penetrates shallow cover and can be effective when temperatues are warm, even during July and August.

Don’t fish too deep this summer

When fishing during the heart of summer, anglers must understand the thermocline and how it affects fish locations. […]

Randy Rierson of Walnut Cove (left) and Neil Mahaffey of Winston-Salem won the April 28 Carolina Crappie Team Tournament at Tuckertown Lake.

Moser wins High Rock BFL tourney

Eric Moser of Salisbury cranked his way to victory at the June 16 Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League N.C. Division tournament at High Rock Lake.

His five-fish catch of 15 pounds, 12 ounces was taken with a green crankbait and paid $4,177. […]

Rusty Moore of Gibsonville (left) checks and tunes up Bob Brewer’s compound bow before deer season begins.

It’s tune-up time for archers

Ramon Bell

Avid bow hunters use archery equipment throughout the entire deer season that begins in September in North Carolina and usually ends Jan. 1 (during years when New Year’s Day is Sunday the season ends Jan. 2). […]

Billfish Primer

Bob Goldstein

Six billfishes swim in North Carolina waters — Atlantic sailfish, white marlin, Atlantic blue marlin, shortbill spearfish, longbill spearfish, and swordfish. […]

Jason Todd displays a blacknose shark. Blacknose sharks less than 54 inches in length must be released.

Putting the Bite on Jaws

Jerry Dilsaver

“I already ran over and took a quick look to be sure there were still some shrimpers out — and there were,” Capt Matt Wirt said aboard his Sea Chaser bay boat a sunny August morning last year. […]

Black drum can grow to almost 100 pounds, but those specimens aren’t the sizes found at the shell beds of the Cape Fear estuary.

Paint ‘em Black

Craig Holt

During August at the southeastern N.C. coast, the heat’s usually so intense people don’t bother stopping at cafes for breakfast; they just scoop up fried eggs off the sidewalks. […]