Stripers break out at Rudee Inlet, Va.
January 26 at 4:50 pm Striped bass fishing at the upper N.C. coast is suffering right now because of warm water, but just a few miles to the north at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, anglers are loading up on big rockfish — from time to time.
Stripers, red drum still hitting at Wilmington
January 23 at 8:26 am Even with freezing and alternately spring-like weather waves washing across North Carolina every couple of days, fishing remains steady at the coast for a couple of species.
Night fishing on the rocks method for giant specks
January 11 at 4:01 pm Charles Brown, a fifth-generation Core Sound native, remembered a fishing technique from his childhood, tweaked it a little and discovered a way to allow several anglers at once to enjoy catching huge spotted seatrout during winter.
Washington guide applies Alabama rig to stripers
December 22, 2011 at 8:29 am WASHINGTON, N.C. — When the Alabama rig exploded on the bass fishing scene in mid October after veteran BASS angler Paul Elias of Mississippi used it to win a pro tournament at Lake Guntersville, Ala., many anglers immediately saw it had other applications.
Hitting for saltwater cycle possible now
December 14, 2011 at 2:35 pm It may be winter, but inshore anglers still can hit for the saltwater cycle at Swansboro, north to Bogue Inlet and south to Brown's Inlet.
Person County gives up another trophy whitetail
December 12, 2011 at 4:08 pm Mike Davis has been a deer hunter for more than 30 years, but 2011 was only his third season to try his luck in Person County.
The warden for the City of Burlington’s second water-supply impoundment (Lake MacIntosh) had never killed a trophy deer, and he wasn’t expecting to see one based on past experience.
Then again, Davis hadn’t hunted that much in Person, which is about in the middle of the northern tier of counties along the North Carolina-Virginia line that’s called “The Trophy Belt” of the Tar Heel state.
Burlington woman drops giant Person County 8-pointer
December 08, 2011 at 9:42 am Teena Koury of Burlington is building a reputation as one of the top outdoors women in North Carolina, especially when it comes to bagging large white-tailed deer.
On Jan. 1, 2011, the final day of the 2010-11 deer season, she nailed a Person County buck with a rack that scored 142 4/8 inches that was the largest buck taken by an adult female Tar Heel hunter during that season, finishing second at the 2011 Dixie Deer Classic to a 146 2/8-inch buck killed by a 7-year-old Alamance County girl.
Koury may have topped that feat when she took a giant 8-pointer with a 22-inch frame just before dark on Nov. 19.
Amazing non-typical buck falls in Surry County
December 07, 2011 at 4:31 pm As in most endeavors, sometimes the most important aspect of hunting is just “being there” to take advantage of presented opportunities. That’s just a fancy way of saying you can’t get lucky if you ain’t in the ball game.
Josh Simpson of Pilot Mountain in Surry County isn’t about to argue that point. He knows the importance of being in the woods — even better, almost getting to the woods — in bagging a trophy white-tailed buck like the 25-pointer he bagged Nov. 10.
Stripers plentiful at New Bern
December 07, 2011 at 3:02 pm Striped-bass fishing is red hot as the weather changes and the waters of the Neuse River near New Bern become cooler.
Halifax hunter downs nearly perfect 10-pointer
December 02, 2011 at 8:35 am Halifax County historically has been one of the spots in North Carolina that produces not only lots of white-tailed deer but its fair share of trophy animals.
Red drum, trout fishing speck-tacular at SE coast
December 01, 2011 at 3:05 pm With freezing temperatures finally spreading across North Carolina (and deer season in full rut), many sportsmen have hung up their rods and reels and hit the woods in hopes of bagging a trophy buck. But at the southeastern corner of the state, fall fishing continues apace with mild weather and good catches.
Farmville girl downs Hertford County trophy
November 30, 2011 at 6:27 pm Hannah Justice is only 13 years old, but she already has what thousands of grown men would love: a huge trophy buck to hang on the wall.
Justice, an eighth grader at Farmville Middle School, killed an enormous Hertford County 10-point buck on Nov. 11, that’s been green scored at 153 2/8 inches.
