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August 16, 2026

Flounder will be among the most-targeted species around the Yaupon Reef this month.

Give Yaupon reef a try this month

Yaupon Reef (AR 425) is arguably the most popular of North Carolina’s artificial reefs, in part because it’s only 1 ½ miles off of Oak Island and 5 miles from the mouth of the Cape Fear River. […]

Learn about North Carolina's deer herd and what the upcoming season holds for hunters in August's North Carolina Sportsman.

Deer preview in August issue of North Carolina Sportsman is a must read

Dan Kibler

North Carolina Sportsman’s August issue will be on newsstands within a day or two; deer hunters across the state should pick up a copy and learn what the upcoming season has to offer. […]

Bull redfish invade Little River this month; learn how to find them on the jetties.

August issue of South Carolina Sportsman highlights upcoming deer season

Dan Kibler

The August issue of South Carolina Sportsman should be on newsstands in the next day or two, and it should be a must read for deer hunters interested in knowing how the state’s herd is doing and what area you might choose to target this year. […]

Bobby Mack of Gaston caught this fish of a lifetime, a 127 pound tarpon, while fishing with his father-in-law near St. Helena Sound.

Huge tarpon caught by anglers in small johnboat

Phillip Gentry

The 15th of July found Bobby Mack of Gaston and Jody Hutto of St. Matthews doing what they love to do on vacation: fishing. […]

Ben Peterson with his 10-pound, 11-ounce queen triggerfish that was just approved as the new state record. The fish was weighed at East Coast Sports in Surf City.

State record queen triggerfish approved by NCDMF

Jerry Dilsaver

When he headed out New River Inlet before daylight on July 3, Ben Peterson was just looking forward to a good day of fishing. A state-record fish wasn’t on his mind. […]

Rick King's documentary on striped bass, "Landlocked" debuts on DirectTV and the Dish Network this weekend.

Greenville filmmaker’s documentary about Santee Cooper stripers, “Landlocked,” debuts on TV this weekend

Glenn Corley

Rick King of Greenville has produced a documentary film called, “Landlocked,” which is the history of the accidental entrapment of striped bass during the construction of the Santee-Cooper reservoirs in 1941. […]

Joe Shute made quick work of this 35-pound amberjack that struck on the second drift of the day over the Hutton wreck out of Beaufort Inlet.

Amberjacks are big hit with summer anglers off Beaufort Inlet

Dan Kibler

Guides Joe Shute and Chris Kimrey of Atlantic Beach have a little secret to share. […]

Guide Inky Davis has been finding limits of largemouth bass in the upper end of Santee Cooper's Lake Marion in recent days.

Upper end of Lake Marion producing regular limits of largemouth bass

Terry Madewell

The bass-fishing action in upper Lake Marion may not be as red-hot as it was early in the spring, but it’s very consistent, and guide Inky Davis is regularly catching limits of quality largemouths in the area above the I-95 bridge. […]

Belews Lake is spitting out a lot of quality bass like this one, according to guide Joel Richardson, despite the summer heat and surface temperatures in the high-90s caused in part by the lake's warm-water discharge.

Hot or not, Belews Lake producing good shallow-water bass bite

Craig Holt

Maybe the warm, early spring weather forced bass to become more acclimated to heat, but even now in the middle of a torrid summer, with surface temperatures at most North Carolina piedmont lakes hot enough to boil shrimp, largemouth bass are active in shallow water. […]