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Big dolphin filling up charters at Crystal Coast

Big dolphin are giving anglers a lot of thrills on charter boats at the Crystal Coast.

With temperatures soaring and typical summer weather patterns descending upon North Carolina, many anglers plan trips to Tar Heel beaches and charter offshore boats.
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Bald Head bays crackle with topwater reds

Larry Essick and Lewis Emery had several

The marshes between Bald Head Island and the Federal Point Wildlife Ramp (Fort Fisher) provide a hot location for topwater red drum fishing this summer.
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Lower Neuse, Pamlico offer variety of fish

Anglers can have fun with three main species of sportfish in the Pamlico Sound now that summer has arrived in the Carolinas.
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Inshore cobia thick at Crystal Coast

Big cobia are swimming near the shoreline during June at most N.C. coastal venues.

It’s cobia time at the N.C. coast, from Southport to Ocracoke Inlet.
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Dolphin bite pops at Crystal Coast

These anglers display some of the dolphins they caught during a May trip aboard the Mattie G II out of Morehead City.

If dolphin — big mahis — trip your saltwater fishing trigger, head now to Morehead City.
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Jordan stripers active now

Guide Troy Roberson of Bear Creek has good luck during May and June at Jordan Lake fishing for big stripers.

When Tar Heel anglers think about striped bass fishing during May, they rarely zone in on Jordan Lake near Pittsboro.
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Don’t give up on crappie bite just yet

Post-spawn crappie can be caught in big numbers -- including a few slabs each trip -- at High Rock Lake.

While most people have quit fishing for crappie by late May because the slabs have finished their spawn season (for the most part), Maynard Edwards, a guide at the Yadkin River chain of lakes, said they’re making a mistake.
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Dolphin, wahoo mark offshore charter trips

Big wahoo are common catches during the spring when charter boats troll for dolphin.

May’s spring weather has been unpredictable at the N.C. coast, with offshore charter boats having great days then getting blown off the water two or three days in a row.
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Big nearshore Spanish provide plenty of fun

Big Spanish mackerel are available at nearshore waters off Carolina and Wrightsville beaches now.

Spanish mackerel fishing has been good to great once again during a predictable four-week window — the last half of April and first half of May — off Pleasure Island.
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Shallow-minded approach works best for Kerr bass

Jeff Coble, a well-known N.C. bass pro, lives near the shore of Kerr Reservoir so he can sample the lake's good spring fishing each year.

With consistent spring rains this year, water runoff into the Dan and Staunton Rivers has forced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to keep the flood gates closed at John H. Kerr Dam so downstream Lake Gaston won’t rise too much.
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Striper spawn smokin’ at upper Roanoke River

Anglers are having fun with Roanoke River striped bass near Welson and Roanoke Rapids as the spring spawn peaks the next two weeks..

The dogwood blossoms are the size of a squirrel’s ear, and that means two things for Tar Heel sportsmen — spring wild turkey season has arrived and the striped-bass spawning run up the Roanoke River has reached fever pitch.
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Wildlife officer cleared in April shooting
RALEIGH -- No charges will be filed against a N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission wildlife enforcement officer who was involved in the fatal shooting of a Wilkes County turkey hunter on April 11.
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Commission finishes adding fish attractors to seven lakes
RALEIGH -- The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission was scheduled to have finished installing 700 fish attractors on seven Catawba River reservoirs this week
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Fishing is free on July 4

Licenses aren't required to fish across North Carolina on July 4.

On July 4 from 12:01 a.m. until 11:59 p.m., anyone --esident and non-resident -- can fish in any public water in North Carolina, including coastal waters, without the purchase of a fishing license or trout privilege license.
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Trout Lake in Ashe County still closed
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is reminding fishermen that Trout Lake in Ashe County remains closed to the public.
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N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission says it won't challenge delay in proposals
The counsel for the N.C. Legislative Rules Review Commission and the executive director of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission disagree over whether the Commission could have pushed through controversial regulation changes in time for the 2009-10 seasons.
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Kids' fishing events will kick off National Fishing and Boating Week

RALEIGH -- Fishing for something to do this weekend that’s fun and family-oriented? If so, 40 free kids’ fishing events are being held across the state in celebration of 2009 National Fishing and Boating Week, which starts Friday.
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Recreational fishing worth almost $2 billion annually to NC's economy
Recreational fishing pumps almost $2 billion into North Carolina’s economy on an annual basis, according to reports issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the American Sportfishing Association.
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WRC won’t challenge delay of proposals
The counsel for the N.C. Legislative Rules Review Commission said the disputed game-and-fish law changes for 2009-10 could be submitted as temporary rules and be in place for the upcoming hunting seasons.
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West Montgomery, Park Ridge Christian take state hunter-safety titles
The center of the high-school hunter safety universe in North Carolina shifted decidedly from Yadkin County to the southern Piedmont in late April. After years of domination by teams from Yadkin County, the 2009 State Hunter Education Tournament at Millstone 4-H Camp near Ellerbe was won by a high-school team from Montgomery County and a junior team from Stanly County.
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Deer harvest is record in 2008-2009