Poor weather threatens DU billfish tourney at Atlantic Beach
Ducks Unlimited Billfish Tag and Release event faces 30 knot winds and small craft warnings, with 39 preregistered boats and a goal of 50 entries. Captains meet at Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City as boats sail from Sea Water Marina to tag blue marlins for stock studies.
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Ducks Unlimited
Atlantic Beach
Lloyd Goode
Crystal Coast Civic Center
Morehead City
Sea Water
Goode
Marina
Cape Lookout Power Squadron
NC 43
Island Harbor Marina
Island Harbor
Emerald Isle
Spectator frenzy meets high stakes at Bass Masters Classic
Sun Journal columnist Tom Dillon reflects on the Bass Masters Classic at Greensboro Coliseum and the Tarpon Tournament in Oriental. He notes the event drew about 20,000 fans, featured a Connecticut amateur winner set for big endorsements, and raised questions about making fishing a spectator sport while praising the observers and the sport’s returning to nature.
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Greensboro News and Record
Greensboro Coliseum
Will Browning
High Rock Lake
Seay
Semueiay
Coliseum
High Rock
Connecticut
Oriental Rotary Club
Pamlico Sound
Bass Anglers Sportsman Society
Society
Ray Scott
New North Carolina Wildlife Habitat Foundation
Greensboro
Oriental
Michael Busick
Bryan Kerchal
Kerchal
Newton
Conn
Planning fall wood duck nesting boxes in the South
Hunters and conservation groups plan nesting box projects to aid breeding wood ducks starting in January. Experts advise on box placement over water with predator shields on poles, plus habitat with weed cover and nearby forage to boost survival and fledging rates.
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Atlanta
Kennamer
Suspended bass lure tactics and a New Bern tournament
A fishing column explains suspended bass relating to deep water near pilings and docks, urges slow topwater to mid depth lures, and notes bass often travel in groups. It mentions the Jacksonville Bass Anglers team tournament at Lawson Creek Park New Bern with proceeds for the Children's Miracle Network and cites Paul Wachter as the columnist.
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Sur
Jacksonville
Lawson Creek Park
New Bern
Children’s Miracle Network
Call
Paul Wachter
Flounder Run At North Carolina Piers Across Coast
The Associated Press notes flounder catches along the North Carolina coast vary by pier. At Carolina Beach Pier Fred Phelps reports 3 to 8 pound flounder passing through, while Carl Heverly notes strong bite on spot and flounder. Center Pier sees 2 1/2 to 3 pound flounder and larger sheephead. Avalon reports mainly small flounder with some keepers and bluefish. Hatteras Island Pier notes no big fish yet but spots, croaker and blues appear.
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Carolins Coast
Carolina Beach
Fred Phelps
Phelps
Carl Heverly
Ee Ee
Center
Center Fishing
Irene Mi
Avalon Fishing
Avalon Pier
Hatteras Island Fishing Pier
Billy Ferrell
Hatteras Island
Eagle Scout builds wetlands habitat in Eldorado project
An Eldorado NL Eagle Scout Spaniel led 36 partners to create a 3.1 acre water retention site. They contributed 4200 in cash and services to attract wildlife. The wetland now hosts redwing blackbirds killdeer toads frogs crawdads dragonflies muskrats and over 100 plant species. Spaniel says the project began last year and has run 2 1/2 years to aid animal habitat and safeguard endangered species.
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America
Bilt
Eldorado
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Civic Center
Pocosin Lakes
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Pocosin Lakes Refuge
Creswell
N.C
Tucker’s Cove
Kinston
Downeast Archers
Charles Eady
Terry Lewis
Atlantic Coast Conservation Association
Glenburnie Road
Tom Hasell
Sun Journal
P.O. Box
Classic
Tom Dillon
The
Associated Press
Great Plains
Robert A. Kennamer
University of Georgia
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Janean
Bass Report
the United Way
North Carolina
Eagle Scout
Craven County Fairgrounds
Scott Pelletier
Buck
Craven, Pamlico & Jones
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