Two new State fishing records have been achieved one broke the old record and the other established the record.
RALEIGH, N.C. (Sept. 28, 2006) – For the second time in less than three months, the longnose gar state record has been broken — this time by U.S. Marine Sebastian Lankiewicz of Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville.
Lankiewicz landed his record-breaker on June 29 while fishing at Rock Quarry Lakes in Maysville. He was using a 7-foot Quantum Boca spinning rod, a Shimano Stradic 2500FH reel and a Rapala crankbait lure. The fish weighed 19 pounds, 10 ½ ounces and measured 49 ¾ in length.
– For the second time in less than three months, the longnose gar state record has been broken — this time by U.S. Marine Sebastian Lankiewicz of Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville. 
Photo courtesy of North Carolina Wildlife
RALEIGH, N.C. (Oct. 3, 2006) – While most people associate salmon with the Northeast and the West Coast, Tony Robinson knows of a honey hole in western North Carolina that produces a salmon that can put up quite a fight despite its relatively small size.
On Sept. 7, the Burke County angler landed a newly established freshwater fish state record for kokanee salmon. Robinson caught the fish, which weighed 9.2 ounces and measured 11 ½ inches in length, from Nantahala Lake in Macon County using an Eagle Claw rod, Penn 309 reel and a fin-tail spoon as a lure.
Kokanee salmon are native to the western United States. Those found in Nantahala Lake are a remnant population from a stocking done in the mid-1960s by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission in an attempt to establish the species as a forage fish for other predator fishes in the lake.
– While most people associate salmon with the Northeast and the West Coast, Tony Robinson knows of a honey hole in western North Carolina that produces a salmon that can put up quite a fight despite its relatively small size. Link to Story
Photo courtesy of North Carolina Wildlife
Take a break from hunting and wet a line or two maybe something to consider but on the eve before the Opening of the duck season I doubt I’ll do it. Congratulations to Sebastian and Tony on getting in the record book.
