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Conan O’Brien blows duck call after Duck Commander lessons
Late-night TV show host Conan O’Brien got duck-calling lessons from one of the best Tuesday night — Duck Commander’s Phil Robertson. […]
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TV angler Wejebe dies in plane crash
Television personality Jose Wejebe, famous for his nationally-aired TV show Spanish Fly, died Friday when a plane he was piloting crashed in the Florida Everglades. […]
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Hiwassee Lake produces another state-record striped bass
When Larry Verne caught a 54-pound, 2-ounce striper out of Hiwassee Lake back in June of 1991, striper fishermen around North Carolina wondered not just how a fish had gotten that big, but how it had gotten into a lake where stripers had never been stocked. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Cherokee waters on mend
About midnight on July 15, 2011, a flash-flood sent a 10-foot wall of water through the Cherokee Indian Tribal Hatchery, washing away or killing 435,000 trout and leaving raceways buried in silt. […]
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Mountain Slam
When I was a boy growing up in the heart of the Smokies, my Grandpa Joe used to say, in his pithy way, “There ain’t nothing like April.” […]
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Monroe’s lead cut to 10 ounces on third day of Okeechobee Elite Series tournament
Nothing short of a heroic effort Saturday could have knocked Ish Monroe of Hughson, Calif., off his lead of 13 pounds, 11 ounces in the Bassmaster Elite Series Power-Pole Slam on Lake Okeechobee. […]
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Top Gun connects on first shot with cobia season
When the Top Gun crew left Port Royal Marina for the South Ledge and Triple Ledge at 4 a.m. last Sunday (March 18), the plan was trolling for wahoo and tuna. […]
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Monroe keeps Elite Series lead after two days of Lake Okeechobee tournament
Smashing a six-year-old Bassmaster Elite Series record and threatening others, Ish Monroe increased his lead Friday to 13 pounds, 11 ounces, in the Power-Pole Slam over his nearest challenger, 2012 Bassmaster Classic champion Chris Lane. […]
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April 7 is 2012’s favorite date for mountain trout anglers
The spring date Tar Heel State (and other states) mountain anglers mark on their calendars each year is the first Saturday in April. That’s when hatchery-supported waters trout season opens. […]
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Jones clinches Elite Series win on Florida’s St. Johns River
Alton Jones’ Sunday victory on the St. Johns River was all the sweeter for the redemption sprinkled on top. […]