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Weighed several hours too late to win the Thirsty Fish Shark Tournament, this 14-foot tiger shark was still the biggest hit at the dock.

Enormous tiger shark caught out of Edisto

This past Saturday, Frampton Ferguson and his crew won the Edisto Shark Tournament out of Edisto Island with a massive, 482-pound tiger shark. […]

Kevin Sneed of Rigged & Ready Charters out of Holden Beach has caught plenty of Spanish over the past two weeks, most of them around inlets between the mouth of the Cape Fear River and the South Carolina state line.

Plenty of Spanish being caught off Brunswick County beaches

Craig Holt

With July on the horizon and mild June days sliding into the background, saltwater fishermen are still enjoying excellent runs of Spanish mackerel from the mouth of the Cape Fear River all the way to the South Carolina border. […]

The annual catch limit for wahoo and dolphin in the South Atlantic will increase on July 9, but fishermen probably won't notice the difference.

Dolphin, wahoo catch limits will increase on July 9

Jerry Dilsaver

NOAA Fisheries has announced new regulations for the Atlantic dolphin and wahoo fishery of the Atlantic, increasing annual catch limits effective on July 9, but most fishermen won’t notice much of a difference. […]

Beginning July 1, South Carolina fishermen will be limited to 50 spot, croaker and whiting, in combination, per day.

SC fishermen get daily creel limit for whiting, spot, croaker

Phillip Gentry

As of July 1, South Carolina fishermen will be limited in the number of spot, whiting and croaker they catch in a day’s time, thanks to legislation passed by the state legislature. […]

The Ava D's 491.4-pound blue marlin, caught Thursday, has taken over third place in the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament. Two days of fishing remain.

Third place changes hands twice Thursday in Big Rock

North Carolina Sportsman

Two blue marlin came to the scales on Thursday on the fourth day of the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament out of Morehead City, and while third place changed hands twice, the $306,000 “Fabulous Fisherman’s” pot is still unclaimed. […]

Tiny silica gel packs will absorb moisture in tackle boxes and keep hooks and other metal surfaces from rusting.

Lexington guide says he uses silica gel packs to keep his tackle rust-free

Craig Holt

One of the problems for anglers, particularly those who fish in saltwater, is keeping their tackle free from rust. One North Carolina fishing guide has a neat solution […]

Sheepshead fishing has been excellent around bridges, docks and the State Port wall in Morehead City.

Great inshore fishing overlooked in the shadow of the Big Rock tournament

Jerry Dilsaver

While the focus of fishermen around Cape Lookout this week is on the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, plenty of fish are being caught much closer to the beach, according to Matt Lamb of Chasin’ Tails Outdoors in Atlantic Beach. […]

How funds from commercial fishing licenses and recreational commercial gear licenses are spent is a huge difference between House and Senate budget bills that must be worked out over the next week.

How will license funds be spent? House and Senate budget bills have big difference

Jerry Dilsaver

The N.C. House and N.C. Senate have big differences in their respective budget bills, and in the realm of saltwater fisheries, a big one is a fund created to help the commercial fishing industry that takes money collected from the public and allows a group of private citizens to determine how it is spent. […]

The N.C. House as inserted a clause into the state budget bill that would bring $600,000 to North Carolina from the federal government to expand marine law enforcement opportunities.

N.C. House to vote on budget bill that will provide for more marine enforcement

Craig Holt

The N.C. House will likely vote later this week for a state-budget bill that includes, among other things, language that would direct the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries to establish a “joint enforcement agreement” with the National Marine Fisheries Service that will provide the state $600,000 per year and allow officers with the N.C. Marine Patrol to enforce federal fishing regulations outside state waters. […]

Morehead City-based Inspiration, captained by Casey Wagner, brought a 753.4-pound blue marlin to the scales Monday to lead the Big Rock Blue Marlin tournament.

Inspiration is Big Rock leader after boating huge marlin

North Carolina Sportsman

Rare has there been a day like Monday’s opening round of the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament out of Morehead City. […]