Inshore Fishing

Different limits for different states

The actual boundary between North Carolina and South Carolina is not well-marked in the marshes between Sunset Beach and Little River Inlet, and several creeks that empty into the Intracoastal Waterway in one state have headwaters and large portions of their meandering in the other. […]

Inshore Fishing

Live baits with a purpose

Capt. Mark Stacy likes to use live baits for trout and redfish — and for flounder, too, when they are around. Years of experience have shown him where he can catch mullet minnows, small menhaden and shrimp well into the fall. […]

Inshore Fishing

Fishing by ‘sound’

Roanoke Island is surrounded by the Roanoke, Croatan, Albemarle and Pamlico sounds, and fishing sounds is different than fishing rivers or other coastal bodies of water. […]

Inshore Fishing

Prospecting in the Neuse

George Beckwith had barely closed the bail on his spinning reel when his rod tip bounced, not the solid thump of a redfish or flounder, but the peck of one of many bait thieves in the lower Neuse River. […]

High Tides and Tall Tails

Time to ‘hang a net’

Most fishermen will agree the best time to catch smoker king mackerel along the North Carolina coast is the late fall, and most agree that the best way to catch them is to use live baits. […]