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19664
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Dean gives a brief history of bass lures, rods and reels, with an emphasis on the golden age of bass fishing from 1900-1940.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 77 Issue 3, May/June 2013,
p8-13, il
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20038
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Dean continues his brief history of bass lures, rods and reels, with an emphasis on the golden age of bass fishing from 1900-1940.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 77 Issue 4, Jul/Aug 2013,
p16-21, il
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21733
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Shaffner, a fishing guide in northwestern North Carolina, describes fishing for smallmouth bass in a very under-utilized fishery--the tributaries of large smallmouth bass rivers. He considers it the state's greatest freshwater game fish. He provides information on some of the streams listed by their river basins, such as the Yadkin River, New River, and French Broad River basins, as well as tackle and techniques to use.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 78 Issue 2, Mar/Apr 2014,
p16-, il, map
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24156
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Brian Haskins creates bass lures from hand, selling his handiwork to pro bass tournament anglers.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 29 Issue 1, January 2009,
p26-31, il
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Record #:
24863
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Fishing for bass is a way of life for some North Carolinians. A favorite of both the expert and the novice, bass are plentiful and found in all 100 counties of North Carolina. Bass fisherman Wayne Harrell shares his expertise on favorite lines and fishing spots.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. Issue , February-March 2016,
p110, 112-113, il, por
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Record #:
25996
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Florida bass were recently introduced in North Carolina waters, but their growth has been less than native species of large-mouth bass. Researchers are continuing to monitor these differences in hopes the introduced species will thrive.
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26097
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Fishermen and bass clubs across North Carolina have contributed countless hours and data to the NC Wildlife Resources Commission’s Division of Inland Fisheries 1976 Bass Catch Survey. Data so far shows that catch did not vary from season to season as would have been expected, and that ponds provided the best place for a quick catch.
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26345
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Hybrid bass have been stocked at Lake Higgins. These fish, a cross between striped bass and white bass, have a fast growth rate and will reach appropriate size in two years.
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26398
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Lake Hyco has been stocked with over 30,000 striped bass fingerlings as the second phase in a fish stocking project.
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26400
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White bass, one of the most popular fish in North Carolina, is relatively new to the state, being stocked the Yadkin and Catawba River reservoirs in the 1950s.
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26489
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Some legal size bass have been tagged with a special ‘return for reward’ tag in the Piedmont area. The tagging program is designed as part of a project that examines the rate of exploitation of bass in North Carolina’s lakes.
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26841
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According to a largemouth bass-catch survey conducted by the Wildlife Commission’s Division of Inland Fisheries, North Carolina’s overall best bass fishing was found in farm ponds. Fall offered the best fishing on sounds, rivers and ponds while the fishing was best in the spring on lakes and reservoirs.
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26907
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Erwin Bauer has been catching bass for fifty years, and everything about bass fishing has changed in that time. Bauer reflects on the old and new ways of bass fishing, and points out that it has become too commercial and high-tech. While these changes have radically rewritten bass fishing stories, the mission to hook a bass remains the same.
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26934
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This month North Carolina fishermen observed a large bass feeding on minnows, but they noticed the bass did not have eyes. While eyesight plays an important role in feeding, bass can also sense vibrations along their lateral lines. Fishermen can use rattle-type plugs, which are lures designed to attract bass through sound as well as sight.
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37793
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Striped bass are fished both commercially and as game species. Overfishing has become a problem for them, however, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has a hatchery for them in an effort to reestablish their numbers in rivers and streams.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 13 Issue 10, Oct 1949,
p18-21
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