House bills name new state raptor and saltwater reptile, expand fishing season

House bills name new state raptor and saltwater reptile, expand fishing season

Last week, the House passed several bills, adopting new state animals and expanding recreational fishing of flounder and red snapper in North Carolina.  HB 442 passed the House 77-35 last week. Sponsored by Reps. Frank Iler, R-Brunswick; Edward Goodwin, R-Chowan; and Ted Davis Jr., R-New Hanover, this bill would create a pilot program that would expand the recreational fishing of red snapper and flounder in North Carolina over a four-year period…

All Time Inshore Flounder Bite - Ocean City MD Fishing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOy0l1xRpZU The breeze and clouds moved in this afternoon, and we even had a sprinkle here and there as a front pushes closer to the area ready to shut things down for tomorrow.  The good news is that the epic flounder fishing that we saw from yesterday continued again this morning for a lot of us. Kristen and I had a chance to head outside the jetty to try for some of the flounder that have been caught there in t…

Commission to consider flounder management plan options

A southern flounder is released. Photo: NCDEQ There are two Southern Flounder Management Plan draft amendments scheduled to go before the Marine Fisheries Commission at its meeting later this month in Beaufort. The meeting is to begin at 6 p.m. May 21 and resume at 9 a.m. on both May 22 and May 23 in the Beaufort Hotel at 2440 Lennoxville Road in Beaufort. The meeting will be livestreamed on YouTube. The link for the YouTube channel, as well as …