Outer Banks spring fishing sparks warlike lore
In 1941 42 Outer Banks near Hatteras and Cape Lookout earned the name Torpedo Junction as U boats hunted convoys. An Ocracoke seaman celebrated a Gamefish Junction with king mackerel bluefish dolphin wahoo sailfish and blue marlin. Capt Jack Hoffler Oregon Inlet notes early spring sport fishing and offshore trips. Freshwater bass dominate Buggs Island Yadkin Lake Moultrie Marion and Santee Cooper with crappie bass and stripers, plus a $20 000 Santee World Championship Derby slated April 3 to June 13. An intermediate sailing class begins at Oak Hollow Lake Marina and a Spring Festival Trap Shoot is planned at Tar Heel Gun Club.
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North Carolina
Hatteras
Cape Lookout
Europe
Africa
Ocracoke
Jack Hoffler
Oregon Inlet
Hoffler
Buggs Island
Richard Spencer
Kerr Reservoir
Yadkin River
Santee-Cooper
Lake Marion
Jack’s Creek
Lake Moultrie
P.O
Santee
Oak Hollow Lake Marina
Oak Hollow Yacht Club
Steve Kurtzman
Maring
Bo Morgan
City Parks and Recreation Department
Tar Heel
W. D. Parks, Jr
Route
Advance
Bear-Proof Beehive Developed
NC wildlife officials test a platform to lift beehives 40 feet off the ground to deter bears. Researchers Larry Mechlin Joe Hamilton Claude Hood and Steve Bunn aided by beekeeper H. W. Cannady report the design could protect hives near prime honey grounds while boosting production.
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North Carolina
Baynes
Larry Mechlin
Joe Hamilton
Claude Hood
Steve Bunn
State Forestry
H. W. Cannady
Harrells
Mechilin
Sportsmen Tax Selves To Aid Fish Wildlife Funds
An informal discussion highlights the federal Dingell Johnson funds (78.8 million for 1976) raised by hunting and angling taxes. The piece argues these taxes support wildlife habitat, land purchases, and fishery projects, while countering anti hunting critiques. It cites state allocations for North and South Carolina and urges calm, fact based outreach.
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CBS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Dingell-Johnson
Posh and Wildlife Agency
Cbs-Tv
North Carolina
South Carolina
Boating History From Early American Regimes to Motors
A concise note traces boating in America from 18th century bans on Sunday jaunting to popular bay dances in Newport Rhode Island and the rise of pleasure craft like Col. Lewis Morris’s Fancy and Capt. George Crowningfield’s Cleopatra's Barge. It notes boating as a sport of the rich until outboard motors changed the scene.
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Bburgomasters
New Netherlands
Newport
R. C
Col
Lewis Morris
New York
George Crowningfield
Massachusetts
Boating History and EPA Rulings Mentioned
A digest of boating progress from 1893 to postwar times notes Daimer and Steinway collaboration, Waterman's Porte, and Ole Evinrude engines leading to large fiberglass boats from Glastron. It also covers EPA sanitation device standards and state pullouts on pump-out facility sufficiency, with New Hampshire granted exemption and Michigan Minnesota Missouri Texas denials or partial approvals, highlighting inconsistencies in federal water quality protections.
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Gottfried Daimer
William Steinway
Chicago
Cameron B
Johnsih
Ole
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
New Hampshire
Michigan
Great Lakes
Minnesota
Missouri
O. K
Missippi
Bull Shoals Lake
Missouri-Arkansas
Texas
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Bud Mosert
High Point
Winnie the Pooh
Christopher Robin
A. A. Milne
Sid Baynes
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Division of Game
Oak Hollow
Lake
Auto Hit Bird
Wayne Pike
Jeff
Somav
Tom Higgins
Rend
Julius Cooper
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