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Warm spell kick starts Jordan crappie spawn

Jordan Lake’s crappie fishing began to heat up with an early March warm spell.

A warm spell during the first week of March has Tar Heel anglers hoping winter weather finally has ended.
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Day two of Dixie Deer Classic begins with bang

Big deer are pouring into the Dixie Deer Classic as day two begins.

Day two of the 2010 Dixie Deer Classic started with long lines at the deer-scoring booth. After opening with more than 200 deer scored on the first day, the competition promises to be stiff.
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Dixie Deer Classic unofficial results

David Boroughs' 162-inch buck (on left) is unofficially the Dixie Deer Classic's Best North Carolina typical gun winner. Official results will be announced tomorrow during the final day of the event.

Scoring for the 2010 Dixie Deer Classic class awards wrapped up today (March 5), although official results won’t be announced until tomorrow. However, the walls of the scoring booth are filled with amazing animals.
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Dixie Deer Classic on record pace after first day

More than 200 deer were scored during the very first day of the Dixie Deer Classic, making it one of the most-successful Fridays in show history.

More than 200 deer were scored during the first day of the Dixie Deer Classic, making it one of the largest Fridays in the history of the event.
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Good deal helps Mebane man kill big buck, win Bag-A-Buck grand prize

Chad Everett of Mebane killed this fine buck last November after deciding to pass up a morning of hunting and help sweep up his grandmother's leaves. One good turn obviously deserves another, and his accidental buck won the Bag-A-Buck grand prize.

A good deed turned into a really good day for Chad Everett of Mebane. Last Nov. 17, Everett, a fireman for the city of Burlington, decided since it was raining, he would pass up hunting and head to his grandmother’s home near Hillsborough to get her leaves up.
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SE coast sea bass, reds best bets now

Black sea bass are the prime target for offshore anglers as winter weather continues its grip on most of North Carolina.

Tar Heel saltwater anglers with cabin fever who want to escape North Carolina’s frigid winter weather have only a couple of choices, and they continue to be at the southeastern coast.
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Good weather key to red-fishing success

During a recent good-weather day, guide Jeff Wolfe landed several redfish at the bays and creeks near Southport.

With frigid weather continuing to hold a vice-like grip on most of North Carolina, fishing success has come at a premium and then only sporadically.
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Mike Zlotnicki receives fisheries conservation award

Former Raleigh News & Observer outdoor editor Mike Zlotnicki was named the Fred A Harris Fisheries Conservation Award winner for his efforts to promote conservation issues.

Mike Zlotnicki, former News & Observer outdoor editor, recently received the Fred A. Harris Fisheries Conservation Award presented by the North Carolina Chapter of the American Fisheries Society during its annual meeting held in Asheville on Feb. 26-28.
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BASS moves Federation Nation Championship to Louisiana's Red River
Amateur anglers will gather on Louisiana's Red River Oct. 27-29 for the BASS Federation Nation Championship, from which six will earn coveted slots in the 2011 Bassmaster Classic.
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State-record North Carolina archery buck among 2010 Dixie Deer Classic winners

Delaine Babb's 164-inch 8-point was among the winners of the 2010 Dixie Deer Classic. Babb's buck was named best Virginia Typical (gun) deer.

The 2010 Dixie Deer Classic is wrapping up, and the category awards have been finalized. More than 750 deer had been scored with three hours remaining until the close of the show, an increase from 714 deer during all of last year’s show.
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Weldon Boating Access Area renovated
RALEIGH, N.C. (March 2) – The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has opened the newly refurbished Weldon Boating Access Area on the Roanoke River for this year’s striped bass season.
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Dixie Deer Classic features big deer, hunting seminars and NorthCarolinaSportsman.com
The 30th annual Dixie Deer Classic will open its three-day run on Friday, March 5, at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh.
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Fishermen rally to net support in Washington

Between 4,000 and 5,000 fishermen from around the country gathered Wednesday to call for congressional action to reform how marine fisheries are managed.

Many fishing industry spokesmen and more than 20 political leaders who support the fishing industry are calling the “United We Fish” rally that was held near the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday (Feb. 24), accomplished exactly what it was intended to do – draw attention to problems with the current course of marine fisheries management.
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Groups demand immediate marine fisheries management changes
Six groups representing recreational anglers have joined to call on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Jane Lubchenco to change how the nation’s marine fisheries are managed, going so far as to lay out a framework to do so.
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Washington rally highlights need to change federal fisheries management law

Draconian restrictions have become the norm in federal fisheries management because of rigid mandates set forth in the Magnuson-Stevens Act, but a move is afoot to change that law.

WASHINGTON – A rally on the steps of the Capitol today (Feb. 24) is calling attention to the need for changes in the current fisheries management law, which fishermen say is killing jobs and eroding fishing communities.
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Suit filed to force state to end gill net fishing
The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center filed a lawsuit in federal court today to force the state of North Carolina to stop authorizing gill net fishing in violation of the Endangered Species Act.
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Purlear’s Johnston wins nation turkey-calling contest

North Carolina's Mitchell Johnston emerged from a field of 48 callers to be crowned Senior Division Champion at the 2010 Wild Turkey Bourbon/NWTF Grand National Turkey Calling Championships.

North Carolina turkey caller Mitchell Johnston was named the Grand National Calling Champion Saturday (Feb. 20) during the National Wild Turkey Federation's National Convention and Sport Show in Nashville, Tenn.
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