Monthly Archives: September 2011

Story From: Bassfan.com
With the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently allowing fuel companies to increase the amount of ethanol found in gasoline from 10% to 15%, the move could mean more damaged boat engines for unsuspecting owners who use the fuel. Ethanol increases the acidity of the fuel, which in older boats and motors can dissolve [...]

(L to R: Hayes, Barnes, Collier, Evans, Joyner. Kneeling: Howard)
Danny Hayes showed yet another dominating performance at event number five for the Five County Bassmasters. Originally scheduled for the Tar/Pamlico rivers, the event was moved to Kerr Lake due to the affects of hurricane Irene on the NC coastal rivers. Hayes and team partner Eugene [...]

Update From NC Wildlife Biologist Chad Tomas:
Oxygen levels continue to remain at 0 milligrams per liter in most of our coastal systems. The fish kills are ending, as most fish within the impacted areas have now died. Decomposition at these water temperatures occurs quickly, and carcasses will be less frequently observed by boaters. Return to [...]

Congress Gives Life to Important Public Lands Bill for Hunters, Fishermen, and Recreational Shooters
Take Action!
The Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, HR 2834, has been introduced into the 112th Congress. This Act would require all federal land managers to include provisions for fishing, hunting, and recreational shooting in all land management plans. Priority [...]

Take a look at one of Mother Nature’s amazing after-storm stories. The video says it all!!!
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The Franklin County Community Foundation Board of Directors invites you to
Take a Kid Fishin’

Saturday, October 1st, RAIN OR SHINE

Harris Farm

Mort Harris Road, Louisburg NC

Games – Prizes – Food!

No fishing license required

1 Adult & 1 or 2 children form a team – $30 per team

(Food not included in ticket price.)

Tickets are available at Raymond James [...]

Commission Biologists Say Fish Kills Are Wide Spread and Significant
Source: North Carolina Wildlife (www.ncwildlife.org)
MEDIA CONTACT: Chad Thomas,Regional Fishery Supervisor 252-335-4961chad.thomas@ncwildlife.org
RALEIGH, N.C. (Sept. 2, 2011) – Fisheries biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission have been assessing fish populations in coastal rivers this week to determine the impacts of low dissolved oxygen following Hurricane Irene.
They have [...]