Fishing On Light Tackle Prompts Passionate Debate
Miami AP column argues gear should match fish for fun and ethics. It contrasts light spinning setups for sunfish and bass with heavy tackle for tarpon, noting boat handling and fish welfare influence outcomes and stressing balanced gear for sport fishing enjoyment.
Searching For Tasty Sea Squid
Jim Tyler reports on the Dan Moore, an 85 foot exploratory vessel offshore North Carolina this week, hunting for small long finned squid. Biologists note good past catches from May to September, with large hauls in November north of Oregon Inlet. They see potential for a new NC fishery as a Japanese firm exports squid from Norfolk Virginia.
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Jim Tyler
Dan Moore
North Carolina
Oregon Inlet
Frank Holland
Norfolk
Virginia
Holland
All Outdoors Doves Hunt Produces Its Share Of Problems
North Carolina Motor Speedway hosts a post Southern 500 dove hunt at Rockingham field. Benny Phillips recalls misfires from a hunter using wrong shot sizes, license jokes, and lighthearted mishaps as vendors report expired licenses and crowd banter after the hunt.
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North Carolina Motor Speedway
Rockingham
Darlington
Hedingrad
Lowdermilk
Higgins
Herman Hickman
Tom
Johnson and Lowdermilk
Rockingham Way
It Takes Time How To Train Bird Dog Owner
Jim Dean writes about training a young German shorthaired pointer named Pepper and the humorous misfit of a human trainee. The piece frames the dog’s authority, house training quirks, and the owner’s self deprecating lessons in the road to obedience.
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Jim Dean
Pepper
The Sportsmen’s Side Of Hunting Explains The Case
In North Carolina the dove season opens as hunters defend sport against anti hunting groups. The essay argues hunters and wildlife managers have aided species recovery, noting extinct birds and mammals were not caused by sportsmen. It cites license revenue and federal taxes funding conservation, praising hunters as primary rescuers of wildlife.
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Tom Higgins
North Carolina
Tve
Merle Haggard
Game Department
U.S. Department of the Interior
Hawaii
U.S
Hunter
Carolinas
Educating boat operators faces nationwide public safety challenge
Stan Davies surveys boating groups on licensing versus voluntary learning. United States Power Squadrons run 400 local classes nationwide with free, worthwhile instruction. Readers urged to contact local squadrons or write to Montvale New Jersey HQ for the nearest training officer. Q and A cover life jacket duties, seaplane priority, signaling habits, and boat turning differences from cars.
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United States Power Squadrons
Power Squadron
Craig Road
P. O
Montvale
New Jersey
St. A
Florida
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