October is usually peak tourism season in the High Country of North Carolina; mountain towns like Asheville are typically crowded with visitors who come to see the fall foliage (locals call them ...

North Carolina native, Joshua Pendleton, set his own fishing record by catching a 5-pound, 3.2-ounce and 20.38-inch white grunt. "I reeled it in and my partner, who has fished these waters for 30 ...