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Anglers use legs and body weight with Braid’s harness to battle tuna.

Stand Up to North Carolina Bluefin Tuna

I once caught a bluefin tuna in the 200- to 300-pound range, so I’m familiar with near-death experiences. […]

Ace, Buckner’s 7-year-old dog, returns to his master to check out things and get ready for another sweep of the woods.

For North Carolina winter-season turkeys, break up that flock

A trained hunting dog is a marvelous animal to observe.

Hunters and dog owners of specialty breeds — pointers, setters, beagles, Plotts, Redbones, blueticks, Walkers, Chesapeakes, Labradors, Boykins — uniformly talk about the enjoyment of “watching the dogs work” more than the actual harvesting of game. […]

Darren Koontz (left) of Salisbury and Ann Koontz of Salisbury each hold a crappie, one of which weighed 1.11 pounds, the second-biggest crappie at the Nov. 12 N.C. Crappie Team Tournament.

Goble, Coble take major tourneys

Tony Garitta

Jerry Goble of Sherrills Ford topped the Co-angler Division at the Nov. 4-5 EverStart Series Championship at Pickwick Lake, Ala., and won $62,500. […]

Now’s a good time to take inventory of the tackle you’ll be using during the spring so you can catalog lures you need to purchase at January and February boat-and-tackle shows.

Find colors of the season now

David Fritts

January is a difficult month for most fishermen in North Carolina. It’s really cold here, so the fishing can be very slow. […]

What’s the reason to fish in a king mackerel tournament? This junior angler at the 2005 Swansboro Rotary Memorial Bluewater Tournament knows — it’s fun.

Dueling king tours — your pick?

Jerry Dilsaver

In past issues, at times I’ve talked about what might be going on with tournaments, especially king mackerel tournaments. […]

Roger Lowe of Waynesville is a master of fly creations used by western N.C. mountain folk. He believes the ancient Yellow Hammer (“yaller hammer”) is one of the most effective for catching mountain trout.

Guide ties traditional flies

Robert Satterwhite

The Cherokee Indians were the first fly fishers in the mountains, fashioning hooks from chipped stone and deer bones and wrapping the shanks of their hooks with deer hair. […]

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