About this episode

Ben Ricks discusses bass fishing in North Carolina, focusing on the Pasquotank River and Albemarle Sound.

On this exciting episode of Fishing the DMV, I am joined by Ben Ricks, Assistant Chief of Fisheries Management and Coastal Region Supervisor with the Inland Fisheries Division of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Ben is also one of the hosts of Better Fishing with 2 Bald Biologists, and he brings a fisheries biologist’s perspective to one of the most talked-about bass fishing destinations in the country. We start the episode with a broad overview of North Carolina bass fishing...

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