Freshwater Fishing
Stay warm and dry on a winter stream
With water temperatures likely to be in the 30- to 40-degree range through February, staying warm and dry are crucial to enjoying mountain trout fishing. […]
Western NC
Freshwater Fishing
Mountain trout are North Carolina’s most sought-after fish
If a contestant on “Jeopardy” buzzed in first after getting the club “The most sought-after fish by North Carolina anglers,” the response would probably be a question involving largemouth bass, catfish, crappie, flounder, red drum or spotted sea-trout. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Don’t miss the other Tuck
On just about any day, fair weather or not, the delayed-harvest section of the Tuckasegee River in Jackson County is crowded with trout fishers, either wading or floating the stream. […]
Content
Cold weather, steaming-hot trout
There’s an explanation why mountain trout fishing is a year-round activity: although some fishermen like it hot, trout like it cold. […]
Deer of the Year
The hunting gods frowned, then smiled on hunter
Will Fussy skipped school on Nov. 25 because he had only one class, and the hunting gods punished him. […]
Events & Announcements
Commission schedules public meeting on management of six public tracts
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is holding a public meeting on Feb. 16 in Morganton to seek input on developing a management plan for six state-owned tracts on the Commission’s Pisgah Game Land in western North Carolina. […]
Featured
Gastonia angler lands unofficial lake record blue catfish from Lake Wylie
What started out as a trip to the lake to test his outboard motor after some routine maintenance ended up being the fishing trip of a lifetime for Gastonia, N.C., angler Jeff Manning when he hauled an 82-pound blue catfish into his boat on Saturday, Jan. 24, that is believed to be the biggest ever taken at Lake Wylie on the North Carolina-South Carolina border. […]
Featured
Father-son duo team up on 700-pound Transylvania County wild hog
Jonathan Florence admitted that it was “pure luck”, but neither he nor his father, Bruce, is about to downplay the hunt last Friday in Transylvania County that ended with Bruce Florence killing a 707 ½-pound wild hog he said could be best described with one word: buffalo. […]
Featured
Commission schedules two fly-tying clinics for February
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has scheduled two fly-tying clinics next month through the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education near Brevard. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Why delayed harvest?
Jacob Rash, a fisheries biologist for the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission in Marion, explained the rationale for delayed harvest. […]