N.C. Public Access Foundation to Hold Surf Fishing Tournament to Benefit Yaupon Pier August 6, 2008
The North Carolina Public Access Foundation (NCPAF), www.ncpafonline.com, has announced they will be hosting the Dog Days Surf Fishing Tournament as a fund raising event to assist the Town of Oak Island raise funds to purchase Yaupon Pier.
By Jerry Dilsaver
Inshore Flounder Fishing Also Pretty Hot at S.E. Coast August 4, 2008
Even when fishing inshore waters, those days the wind is blowing 20 knots are generally not considered good fishing days, but the inshore flounder bite along the lower Cape Fear River has been so good, you find sheltered water and go anyway.
By Jerry Dilsaver
Offshore Flounder Bite Hot as Weather August 3, 2008
CAROLINA BEACH — The flounder bite at the southeastern N.C. coast was red hot at the close of July, as sizzling as the upper-90s weather.
By Craig Holt
Mara III Captures Haneman Sailfish Event July 27, 2008
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH — Captain Mel Miller and the crew of the Mara III sweated out nearly every hour and minute of the 9th Eddy Haneman Sailfish Tournament.
Individual Rights Score Victory in Supreme Court Second Amendment Case June 26, 2008
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) -- the trade association for the firearms industry – hailed today’s United States Supreme Court 5-4 decision written by Justice Scalia that determined authoritatively that the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms.
Artemis Wins 50th Big Rock June 15, 2008
After five days of waiting, the Artemis crew won the 50th Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament on June 14, earning $708,400 from the event’s $1,854,575 purse.
From News Reports
Edgecombe bird certified as world-record gobbler June 2, 2008
Joe Fuller of Willow Springs (Johnston County) downed an Eastern wild turkey April 19 in Edgecombe County that is the highest-scoring gobbler in National Wild Turkey Federation records.
By Craig Holt
Young angler catches state-record shellcracker June 2, 2008
RALEIGH – A last-minute decision to go fishing with his mother netted a 13-year-old from Rocky Mount a North Carolna freshwater fish state record.