Top of Page Entered on Thu Jul 15, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Wes Lewis, NC Sportsman Field Reporter
Fishing Freshwater in Central North Carolina
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Mountain Island Lake boating regulations The Mountain Island Marine Commission completed the last of the three public hearings to discuss the proposed boating regulations on Mountain Island Lake.
During the meeting on July 7th, many people spoke out against the regulations and the proposed access permits. Among those against the proposed regulations was the NC Wildlife Resources Commission.
In a release that was read at the meeting, the NCWRC announced they were against any regulations that would restrict boating on public waterways.
After the public was heard and the statement by the NWRC, the Mountain Island Lake Marine Commission president, Pam Beck, stated that the commission would need to re-evaluate the regulations. She also suggested a panel of 'stakeholders' selected from the public that will assist the Commission in the future planning on MIL.
Top of Page Entered on Sat Jul 31, 2010 at 12:06 am
TAWatkins
Fishing Freshwater in Northern North Carolina
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Lunkers at Lake Hunt Caught these three lunkers within 40 minutes at Lake Hunt in Rockingham county, NC. The largest one weighed 6 lbs 15 oz. Fish were caught on 7/10/10
Top of Page Entered on Fri Jul 30, 2010 at 9:35 am
heavy chevy
Hunting Other in Northern North Carolina
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2 More down!!!!! Me & my buddy Brian doubled up last Sat. nite. His boar was 2 big 4 my 200lb deer scale. (def gotta get hog scale) But I'm sure it was in the 265-275 range, I know what a 300lb hog looks like when you see em layin there on the ground. My sow was bout 215-220. Another happy first timer buddy.
Top of Page Entered on Thu Jul 29, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Big Griff 61
Fishing Saltwater in Southeast North Carolina
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Live Bait Fishing Griffin(me) on the left my Dad on the right, we are holding a Tarpon we caught trolling for King Mackerel during the East Coast Got-Em-On Classic King Tournament. We were trolling with live menhaden with different color skirts and some naked riggs.
Top of Page Entered on Mon Jul 19, 2010 at 11:32 pm
twowrong
Hunting Deer in Central North Carolina
pigs we're looking to lease about 300 acre in anson county for deer hunting. just wondering if anybody know...is there wild pigs in anson county?, especially in the polkton area.
Top of Page Entered on Wed Jul 28, 2010 at 10:13 am
riderschoicecyc
Hunting Deer in Northeastern North Carolina
CAMERA BATTRES IM NOT VERY HAPPY WITH MY RECHARGABLE BATTRIES OR CHARGER.
I BOUGHT A ENERGIZER RECHARGER UNIT AND BETTRIES FOR MY CAMERAS .I WAS TIRED OF BUYING NEW BATTRIES.I HAVE 2 CAMERAS THAT THEY WORK FINE IN AND 2 CAMERAS THEY DONT WORK AT ALL IN.OVER ALL THEY COST TO MUCH AND DONT HOLD A CHARGE . ANY ONE ELSE HAVE ANY IDEAS?????
Top of Page Entered on Thu Jul 29, 2010 at 7:40 pm
Capt Jerry Dilsaver
Fishing Saltwater in Southeast North Carolina
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Fishing the SE Coast The nearshore and inshore waters are full of life right now and some of it is sharks. Sharks can be fun to catch and some are excellent to eat. There are strict regulations for sharks, so be sure to know the species and the regulations.
Most fishermen would call the shark Capt. Chad Casteen is holding in the attached picture a hammerhead. While a member of the hammerhead family, this is actually a bonnethead shark. These are very common in S.C., but are not as prevalent in N.C.
This one, along with several others, was caught by Capt. Casteen and friends while tarpon fishing. They were inside the Cape Fear River, near Shellbed Island. On this night the tarpon never showed, but several healthy bonnetheads and some blacktips kept the fishermen on their toes and happy.
Blacktip sharks are one of the strongest and most acrobatic sharks. In some places they are called 'poor man's mako,' because they jump and fight so hard. Many blacktips are mistaken for tarpon when onl READ MORE ....
Top of Page Entered on Thu Jul 29, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Walt Bowen - NC Sportsman field reporter
Fishing Freshwater in Northeastern North Carolina
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Kerr and Gaston reports Well I had a great time catching bass on Lake Gaston last Friday, but in hind sight I would probably have been better off practicing for Saturday’s tournament on Kerr Lake. Based on my wife Susan’s recommendation that I not practice (since she thinks I do better when I don’t) I went into Saturdays event blind so to speak, having not fished on Kerr at all since early July. As it turned out the Kerr bite was somewhat shallower than I anticipated, and had I practiced I may have figured that out in time for Saturdays Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament. The bass seemed to be lying in ambush around cover in 5 – 10 foot of water, waiting for small schools of young butterbean sized shad to pass by, offering an easy meal. I didn’t realize this until Sunday when I went out fishing for fun with Susan and Fred.
I did have two nice fish Saturday weighing 6.31 pounds total, including one that weighed nearly 4.5 pounds. One came on a jig around rocks, and the other on a plastic worm on a READ MORE ....
Top of Page Entered on Thu Jul 29, 2010 at 8:17 am
Dan Kibler
Fishing Saltwater in Eastern North Carolina
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Swansboro Flounder I fished on Tuesday with Dale Collins of Bait Runner Charters in Swansboro.
The ocean was a little rough early on, so we ducked back inside and fished for flounder around docks in the Swansboro/Emerald Isle area.
Dale is used to using live bait on his charters -- mud minnows, small menhaden and finger mullet -- but when he's out fishing for fun, he likes to fish artificials, and his favorite artificial is a white, half-ounce Spro bucktail tipped with a 5-inch white Gulp! jerkshad.
Can you catch flounder on bucktails? The answer was a definite YES!
The key is fishing around structure that holds bait, whether it's a boat dock, submerged rip-rap, an oyster bar or a shell-encrusted seawall. If it's shallow and it holds bait, flounder will be around.
Flounder, Dale said, will congregate in relatively small areas -- if they're the right area. On Tuesday, Dale and Jerry Dilsaver, a writer for NC Sportsman, caught four keeper flounder and a short on an area of sandy bottom READ MORE ....
Top of Page Entered on Tue Jul 27, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Capt Lewis Emery
Fishing Saltwater in Southeast North Carolina
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Spanking The Spanish!! Spanish mackerel bite has been on since yesterday. I heard guys catching macs in the triple digits today. Lots of nice 2 to 5lb fish too. Clarkspoons on planers or birds are working great. Yozuri Deep Divers also have been doing well. Gotcha plugs and diamond jigs were working great from the piers Monday.
King mackerel are also on the beach. The CB Pier has had sightings and catches 4 or 5 days in a row. Live menhaden or bluefish have been the best baits.
Tarpon have been caught and spotted hanging around the Kure Pier. Live bluefish or menhaden have been the best baits.
Speckled trout bite picked up Monday afternoon. The dredge pond had some nice fish and up the river around the powerlines and rock islands are loaded with shrimp and 12 to 18' trout. D.O.A. Shrimp and Halo Shrimp have been consistent baits all summer.
Flounder bite has been steady this week. There has been a few fish on the wall down south on rising tide. There has also been some fish u READ MORE ....
Top of Page Entered on Wed Jul 28, 2010 at 5:20 pm
riderschoicecyc
Hunting Deer in Northern North Carolina
company to big for small buisnesses we reacently where trying to get a dealer ship with purina.
i found out if you dont have a million dollars and a big store. purina dont have the time of day for you.
i guess all the mom and pop stores dont have a chance.
ill never ever buy any of ther products again .this is what is wrong with america.all about the money.ill just go back to the local farmer and give him all of my buisness.if you care about america dont buy purina.
Top of Page Entered on Tue Jul 27, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Wes Lewis, NC Sportsman Field Reporter
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Lake Rhodhiss Anglers are reporting some catches of bass and striper on Lake Rhodhiss.
Bass anglers are catching fish on the typical summer patterns of topwater baits in the mornings and evenings and with deep crankbaits or worms with the sun high in the air.
Striper anglers are deep trolling the points with bucktail jigs and cut bait with some success by marking the fish with depthfinders and dropping the baits to the schools.
Occasionally, some other fish find their way on the baits as crappie and bream still give chase.
Fall is on the way, but for now, there are still fish to be caught!
Top of Page Entered on Tue Jul 27, 2010 at 8:54 pm
riderschoicecyc
Hunting Deer in Northeastern North Carolina
fields what do all the fields look like down their? are thy burnt up like all are field up here.we just got are first good rain in weeks. have the deer been out eating in fields much?
Top of Page Entered on Fri Jul 16, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Rick Bennett
Fishing Saltwater in Southeast North Carolina
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It's Still Hot and the Fish are Still Biting! Hi Folks,
It seems like a rerun or groundhog day the movie. It's hot and the fish keep biting. Now it's the when and the where that is important. Redfish are biting in the ICW and the inlets as well as the river. I am having my best catches on fresh menhaden, alive or dead. Flounder are biting early, and I mean early. They are hitting live bait, menhaden or finger mullet. Spanish are biting well in the ocean.
Now here's my report:
Inshore: Water temps are in the mid to upper eighties. But, just like us, fish gotta eat. Reds are biting best on the falling tide and flounder on the incoming tide. If you can catch the right tide in the early morning so much the better. We even had a tarpon rolling and balling bait right behind the boat today in the ICW.
Near Shore: To carry on, a few tarpon sightings and catches have been reported. Spanish macks have been biting along the beaches out to 40 feet. Sharks fishing is on.
Offshore: Kings are in deeper water 18 miles out. Some ma READ MORE ....
Top of Page Entered on Mon Jul 26, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Shelly
Fishing Saltwater in Eastern North Carolina
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Flounder are biting! Jordan Simpson and her sister Hunter Simpson caught these flounder while fishing with their father Shawn Simpson in the Shallotte Inlet. The flounder were biting live minnows.
Top of Page Entered on Tue Jul 20, 2010 at 7:58 am
crash_56
Hunting Deer in Central North Carolina
camcorder I looking into buying a camcorder to record some hunts any body know any good camcorder that are not that expensive and what kind of spec should i be looking for
Top of Page Entered on Thu Jul 15, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Gobblintom
Hunting Deer in Central North Carolina
North American Whitetail...What the H*@L??? Was wondering if anyone took NAW Mag???This month there's a article on page 96 titled 'Tarnished Dreams' about two young hunters who take trophy Whitetails (one is a 178' monster 10)out of the same tree in less than a hour with thier MATHEWS Bows and caught it all on film...as a matter of fact the footage is what saved them from hunting illegal on the neighbors property and saved the day for them when the footage was showed to the local conservation officer...It's a very informative article and I was impressed UNTIL...I read the conclusion on page 102 and seen the young hunters with thier Trophy Deer on the ground but WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE MATHEWS bows???The Bows laying on the deer ARE NOT Mathews with Both being Split limbs???The 1 Bow does favor a Mathews but Black plastic limb pockets and Split limbs???Dont think so...I shoot a Bowtech now but who dont know what a Mathews looks like when 10 mins of a 30 min. show and within the first 5 pages of any Hunting Mag. 1 is shoved in READ MORE ....
Top of Page Entered on Fri Jul 23, 2010 at 7:34 am
Wes Lewis, NC Sportsman Field Reporter
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Lake James summer fishing Anglers wanting to beat the heat on Lake James are going out a little earlier or later in the days now.
Some anglers are reporting bass hitting top water in the early mornings, with some nice fish being caught in the Catawba River arm of the lake. By working the main lake points, anglers are catching largemouth and smallmouth bass.
Walleye anglers are fishing very deep, as deep as 45 ft with nightcrawler rigs or shad imitations to get a few in the boat.
Bream are still near shallows, especially near any docks or trees in the water. Small spinners and curly tail jigs are taking some of these.
Even thought it’s hot outside, fishing is still a happening thing on Lake James.
Lake James is located out I-40 off of Exit 90, near Nebo.
Top of Page Entered on Thu Jul 22, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Walt Bowen - NC Sportsman field reporter
Fishing Freshwater in Northern North Carolina
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Way up North Report From last week’s trip to the great North –
On the first night in my campsite at the Plattsburg NY RV Park I met two nice couples from Quebec City who I found out travel 3.5 hours each way weekly to camp and boat on Lake Champlain. I was grilling a steak and getting ready to go in my camper to eat when they asked if I would care to bring my plate over and join them for dinner. Being the outgoing people person that I am I said sure and we had a great meal and discussion. Most of our talk centered around politics, mainly on how they feel about Canada’s government provided healthcare system.
They weren’t very pleased with the state of healthcare in their country, and reported that if you get a major illness you have two choices. Either wait in line for services until you die, or travel to the US and pay for your own healthcare. They also reported that while education including college is basically free in Canada, most doctors move to the US when they graduate in order to make READ MORE ....
Top of Page Entered on Thu Jul 22, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Walt Bowen - NC Sportsman field reporter
Fishing Freshwater in Northeastern North Carolina
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Kerr Lake Striper and Catfish report Randy Owen from Henderson sends this report from Kerr Lake -
I went out on Kerr Lake Friday at 2:00 p.m. to do some live baiting for Stripers. We put the boat in at County Line park and made our way through the Islands, eventually coming upon a nice size school of Stripers in 40 foot of water.
Joel Bartholomew (AKA Houndog) and I dropped 6 lines in the water. Houndog caught a 6 lb striper and then I had a take down. I grabbed the rod and I knew right then it was something big. It took a good 10 min to get him up just
to see that it was a Blue Catfish. As soon as he saw the boat he went straight back down to the bottom. On the 3rd time when he came up, Houndog was able to get the net under his head just before he bolted out of the net and went back to the bottom.
On the 4th time when he came up Houndog was able to net his head and I threw the rod down and grabbed his tail and the other side of the net. It took a total of 30 minutes from the time I hooked him to the READ MORE ....
Top of Page Entered on Mon Jul 19, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Stillhunter
Hunting Deer in Northern North Carolina
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Bucks After seeing that other buck get hit by a car, it was kinda depressing. Now some more bucks have moved into the mineral site, hopefully they wont play in the road!!
Top of Page Entered on Sat Jul 17, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Stillhunter
Hunting Deer in Northern North Carolina
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Buck The deer I've been posting pics of from my cuddeback!! I was going to the farm to pull the cards from my camera and was hoping he was back on there, and i saw him in the ditch, Done got hit by a car over night!! What a shame and a waste. He was going to be a 12 pointer, double split G2's. Sure wish i could have got him with a bow
Fishing the SE Coast The weather got a little windy for Friday and the weekend and those folks who ventured out were in for a rough ride, with some dangerous inlet passages. Aoat capsized in Bogue Inlet, but word is that everyone was rescued. Most folks decided to stay inside and wait it out and it may be a few more days before it gets real nice again, especially on the south-facing beaches.
Those who went into the ocean found some Spanish along the beaches, a few kings and a few dolphin. The big boat that went farther caught dolphin well. Pier fishermen saw a mixture in the sloppy conditions.
A father and son had 'one of those days' before the winds blew up. Gerald and Mark Turner, headed to the Blackjack Hole in their 27 Contender after some mahi and got a big surprise.
They had caught a few mahi when they noticed a sailfish free jumping. They turned toward it and hooked a sailfish. Before theylanded it more sails were free jumping and they kept fishing. They managed to land (and r READ MORE ....
Top of Page Entered on Sun Jul 18, 2010 at 10:39 pm
hunter4
Hunting Deer in Northern North Carolina
muzzleloader Can anyone tell me anything about the new cva optima? Its time for a new ML. I like my old cva but its time for the new brakedown.How is the new breach plug that you can take out without any tools.
Top of Page Entered on Sat Jul 17, 2010 at 10:13 pm
My bait is bigger than UR bass
Fishing Saltwater in Eastern North Carolina
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Fishing the Bogue Sound Beaufort Channel Fishing the Bogue Sound and Beaufort channel
Caught every shark in the ocean that was one ft long!!! Got 2 nicer ones. Here is the pic of one. Caught 40 some pin fish, 1 sting ray,1 flounder, 5 blues, wife got her 1st Spanish Mack, 1 lizard fish,1 puffer fish, and 1 norther robin fish.On shrimp,cut bait, spoons and gotcha plugs. Fun trip but was disappointed in the small number of blues and the 1 mack. Going back at the end of Aug. Hope we'll have better luck on the blues.Mite have to catch some menhaden or finger mullet.
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The Super Flukes are my favorite baits, too! Congrats!
I was using a zoom super salt plus fluke, white pearl with a green tail. I caugh....
Nothing like fighting a nice fish as the sky gets darker!
It looks really healthy. What were you throwing?