BY North Carolina Game and Fish Magazine

When most waterfowl hunters think of the hotspots that have the highest concentrations of diving ducks, they most likely think of the state's largest reservoirs or coastal swamps, rivers and sounds. Certainly, the national wildlife refuges come into play. But hunting them requires permit applications, lottery drawings, and hoping for luck to be drawn for a blind.

Nevertheless, there are some excellent places to hunt divers on some of the state's smaller hydroelectric power generation lakes.

Perhaps one of the most out-of-the-way and fairly undiscovered place for hunting diving ducks, as well as a few puddle ducks during the latter part of the waterfowl-hunting season, is Roanoke Rapids Lake.

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