North Carolinas coastal red drum numbers are a monument to nearly a decade of effective management by the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries and, yes, even the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission.
More than 100 years ago, in his classic Book of the Black Bass, Doc Henshall annointed the smallmouth bass as inch for inch and pound for pound, the gamest fish that swims.
Even after sleeping an extra hour and leaving the dock at 8 a.m. rather than 7, the morning air still had a cool nip, one of the first signs of falls arrival.
Good things often happen in threes at many sporting events.
Ice hockey has hat tricks celebrating the player who scores three goals in one game; basketball has its 3-pointer for long-range shots, and baseball designates the Triple Crown for the ballplayer who ranks first in his league in batting average, runs batted in, and home runs — all in the same season.
Good things also happen in threes in the sport of black bass fishing at W. Kerr Scott Reservoir.
Jason Kaufman has some ideas on how to kill bucks with a stick and string. Do they work? The evidence is on his wall.
