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Tuna-fishing trip produces state-record amberjack
A tuna-fishing trip that didn’t work out wound up producing a state-record 126½-pound amberjack for a Wilmington fisherman on March 31. […]
Articles by Mike Marsh
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River of Many Returns
The Tar River originates in North Carolina’s piedmont near Roxboro and flows southeast for 140 miles. […]
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Smokin’ Winter Smorgasbord
Capt. Mike Taylor launched his boat at a nondescript boat ramp at a tiny creek that is one of many Neuse River tributaries. […]
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Game, Set, Match
Basil Watts heard a turkey gobbler calling in the distance. It was early in the morning in a location where he had seen a gobbler the afternoon before. […]
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Bump in the Night
It’s easy to tell when the speckled trout are biting at Masonboro Inlet. All you have to do is take a look at the boats lined up along the jetties, their anchor ropes pointing out the average direction of friction against the boat hull battled to a stalemate by the wind and the tide. […]
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Blue Lips for Bluefish
By December many anglers have given up fishing inlets, bars and artificial reefs. They think cold weather means schooling fish have gone south or to the Gulf Stream to find warmer havens. […]
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Bear Market
The direction of the rifle shot’s muffled report was difficult to gauge. In the mountains, it’s a common expression to say a shot “rang” out, but gunfire echoes are absent because of the thick vegetation in North Carolina’s flatlands. […]
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Holiday Kings
While Anthony Ng has made his fishing reputation by catching a variety of bottomfish species, he also enjoys fishing for many other types of fish. […]
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The Price of Tides
It was late on a balmy October morning when Steve Laughinghouse returned to his community marina along the ICW near Carolina Beach. […]
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Baa, Baa Dock Sheep
The day was clear and bright, with the sun high overhead. Boats buzzed along the ICW and navigation channels in and around Wrightsville Beach on their way to far off destinations. […]