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June 5, 2026

Delayed-harvest trout streams in Northwestern North Carolina have been giving up some nice brown trout.

Avoid the rivers, head for the trout streams

Heavy rains in recent weeks in the mountains have made fishing difficult in bigger rivers, but small-stream trout fishing, especially in delayed-harvest streams, has been good. […]

Brendan Bonds shows off the 5.47-pound bass he caught in the Take A Child Fishing tournament on Lake Wateree.

Sumter duo win kids’ fishing tournament on Wateree

Brian Cope

Twelve-year old Brendan Bonds teamed up with Van Smith to win the 30th annual Take a Child Fishing Bass Tournament out of Lake Wateree’s Clearwater Cove on May 18. […]

Monty Robinson's 27-pound king mackerel won the Oak Island Open Pier Tournament last weekend.

Big king mackerel wins Oak Island Pier Tournament

Jerry Dilsaver

Monty Robinson’s 27-pound king mackerel won the May 18 Oak Island Open Pier Tournament on Oak Island and Ocean Crest Piers. […]

Guide Chris Heinning caught this nice Lake Murray striper on a topwater plug -- a bite that's been great over the past few days.

Early morning Lake Murray monsters mauling topwater baits

Terry Madewell

Topwater striper action has kicked into high gear on the lower end of Lake Murray, and it’s prime time for anglers to take advantage of action very early and late in the day. […]

Flounder have finally showed up in the tiny Cherry Grove estuary.

Better late than never — Cherry Grove flounder have arrived

Jeff Burleson

Typically, March and April find anglers stacked in the tiny Cherry Grove estuary for the spring flounder run, but few fish have made it to the dock until now. […]

A Senate bill to increase boat-registration fees by up to 750 percent to play for the dredging of shallow, coastal inlets, passed over to the House last week -- but it bears little resemblance to the original version.

Bill to pay for dredging with boat-registration fees passes Senate, but it’s been gutted

Jerry Dilsaver

Senate Bill 58 to increase funding for dredging of coastal inlets, which crossed from the N.C. Senate to the N.C. House last week doesn’t bear a lot of resemblance to the original bill sponsored by Sen. Harry Brown (R-Onslow). […]

Guide Sam Jones said the recent rains and rising waters have set the brown and rainbow trout bite on fire at Lake Jocassee.

Spring trout bite at Jocassee finally on as lake approaches normal level

Phillip Gentry

Trout fishemen at Lake Jocassee who have been waiting on the spring trout bite to turn on need to wait no longer. […]

Casey Logan and Jim Sims won the CATT Trail's Spring Final on Lake Murray with a 19-pound limit.

Hopkins anglers win CATT on Lake Murray

Brian Cope

Casey Logan and Jim Sims of Hopkins won the CATT Trail’s May 11 Lake Murray Spring Final with a sack of five largemouth bass that weighed an even 21 pounds. […]

Two of three possible wind farm sites are between Cape Fear and the South Carolina border.

Are wind farms on the horizon for North Carolina coastline?

Jerry Dilsaver

Would it bother you to see windmills on the ocean horizon? Would it help if they were supplying your electricity needs and eliminating the need for coal-fired, natural gas or nuclear power plants? […]

The 2013 black sea bass season should last more than twice as long as in recent years thanks to changes in regulations made this week.

Black sea bass called

Jerry Dilsaver

The upcoming black sea bass season will likely be at least twice as long as it’s been in recent years, thanks to a May 13 decision by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council. […]