Hatteras Fever II's 465-pound blue marlin hangs on to win Big Rock

Hatteras Fever II, a charterboat based in Hatteras, won the 55th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin tournament Saturday when it survived a wild final day that featured 30 blue marlin releases.

A 1,000-pound blue marlin has been released out of Oregon Inlet

A big catch on Sunday just a little north of the tournament boundary has competitors in the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament salivating. Capt. Tom Krauss of the Hooker, an Oregon Inlet-based charterboat released a blue marlin estimated at 1,000 pounds or more.

Hatteras-based boat leads at midway point in Big Rock

Hatteras Fever II, captained by Buddy Hooper of Buxton, took the lead at the midway point of the 55th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament when it showed up at the scales Wednesday with a 465.3-pound blue marlin reeled in by Taylor Miller of Raleigh.

Big limit of Shearon Harris bass loads anglers' pockets

Jesse Wise of Erwin and Terry Hobbs of McGee’s Crossroads beat 22 others teams that qualified for the June 8 CBS Quality Cards NC Triangle Area Team Bass spring mini-championship with an impressive 5-fish Shearon Harris limit that weighed 27.55 pounds.

Post-spawn Gaston bass hitting topwaters, Wacky Worms

Largemouth bass currently are in a post-spawn period at Lake Gaston, and according to Lynn Harvell of Topwater Guide service, two distinct fishing patterns have emerged on the 20,000-acre impoundment.

Turkey harvest is record for sixth straight year

North Carolina hunters broke the state’s wild-turkey harvest record during the 2013 spring gobbler season for the sixth-straight year, according to statistics released by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.