Volume 15 Number 7 - July 2008

FEATURES:

	Cool Running Two N.C. mountain streams offer some of the best smallmouth bass fishing in the South. Smallmouth bass caught with a fly rod at a mountain stream. Doesn’t get any better than that. ... Tim Mead

	Keep Out What really happened to cause the Cape Hatteras National Seashore to close beaches to ORVusers? North Carolina Sportsman takes a look. The National Park Service closed Oregon Inlet beach, the Point at Buxton, and the south beach at Ocracoke to ORVs May 5 to protect nests of sea turtles, shorebirds and waterfowl. ... Bob Goldstein

	Kings of the Boardwalk Anglers enjoy fishing at N.C. piers because fish and friends are plentiful, and it beats the costs of operating a boat. “Dean. Somebody get Dean. He’s got one on.” ... Jerry Dilsaver

	Oak Island Fish-Finder N.C. coastal charter captains make adjustments to find fish, even as fuel prices climb. Capt. John Quattlebaum’s sportfisherman QB’s Sea Witch sliced through a calm sea off Southport last July. ... Craig Holt

	Ocean Duels Taking on a swordfish isn’t a task for the faint-hearted, but Carolina anglers are experiencing success for the first time in that arena. Everyone with a powerboat worries about the cost of fuel. But a dedicated angler going without a fishing fix is like a fish out of water that can’t breathe. ... Mike Marsh

	Through a Bass Darkly Night fishing for largemouth bass is the way to beat July’s heat and have lunker fun My son’s buzzbait, unseen but heard, came toward the boat with a gurgling sound one July night at Lake Norman. ... Tim Mead

	Walking the Plank The tactics of a Kure Beach Pier angler are legendary when it comes to consistently catching big flounder. Alone, lean fisherman walked the planks of Kure Beach Fishing Pier, nodding his head and speaking as he approached others who had taken up stationary positions with their rods leaning against the rails. ... Mike Marsh