RAINCLOUD36

Here in NC it's $15.00 for a resident license good for 1 year from date of purchase.

NC & VA

When I was looking at joining a local club as a non-boater I was met with a less than enthusiastic welcome. It was almost as though a resume and references were required. I fished one tournament with them and was paired with someone who hardly acknowledged I was on the boat ;D. Fortunately I'm in a club now where everyone is treated equal. I have the smallest boat at 16' 4" and the slowest with only a 75hp motor but no one cares as long as I show up for meetings and tournaments.

I'm not going to let the price of gas keep me from fishing but I have backed off on the amount of running around the lakes I fish. It takes about a 1/2 tank of gas to get to the fishing and back and I usually can get 2 trips from a tank of gas for my boat. Gas prices in this area of N.C. are down to $2.65 a gallon so things are getting better.

8-) I recently joined a club and started fishing tournaments. At everyone I've been in, some of the guys are always catching fish on crigs. I've only used them a few times but never really spent much time with them. Being a slow day at work I printed the 7 pages of info on crigs in this forum. It actually turned out to be 16 pages of a WEALTH of information. I'll be trying out my new found knowledge tomorrow morning. Thanks to all of you who contributed.

I just registered into this forum and look forward to everyones advice and offering some of my own(maybe). I live in High Point, NC, have a 640 Nitro w/a 75 hp motor. I fish all the lakes within 2 hrs of here.