June 11, 2014 — If you’re a landlubber wondering what it’s like to cast a line from the ocean or North Carolina’s sounds and rivers, head to the North Carolina Maritime Museum.
The museum’s newest exhibit, Recreational Fishing in North Carolina, takes a look at the types of fish anglers are catching and gives visitors an opportunity to make a catch of their own. The exhibit includes a game that lets visitors battle and reel in a fish from the “fighting chair.”
The exhibit also has a display of vintage rods, reels and fishing lures and a model of a Jarrett Bay 43-foot Express Hull crafted by Newport resident Jim Brode, a member of the Carolina Maritime Model Society.
The exhibit was funded, in part, through a grant from the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries through its Coastal Recreational Fishing License fund.
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