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July 1, 2026

Beginning Oct. 1, anglers can keep two Albemarle Sound stripers at least 18 inches long per day.

Albemarle Sound stripers are on tap

Along with the brisk winds of October comes a special time on North Carolina’s Albemarle Sound: keeper season for striped bass. […]

Guide Jerry Hill works bucktails in 12 to 14 feet of water this month for High Rock Lake’s stripers.

Stripers on the prowl

Tony Garitta

Jerry Hill of Triad Fishing and Guide Service in Lexington, N.C., hopes the striper fishing at High Rock Lake this September resembles last fall’s action. […]

Double up on Roanoke Rapids with largemouth and stripers

Tony Garitta

Roanoke Rapids Lake has plenty of stripers and largemouth bass, and both species are biting on a variety of lures. […]

Jordan Lake’s bass working toward shallows

Dusty Wilson

Anglers itching to fill a bag with big largemouth bass will need to be ready for a shift come September, but with a little searching, willing fish will be ripe for the plucking on North Carolina’s Jordan Lake. […]

Go to topwater for speckled trout

Jeff Burleson

As the temperatures finally drop to comfortable levels, the inshore bite begins to take a turn for the better. […]

Feed Spanish mackerel with a spoon

Craig Holt

September is a transition month at the North Carolina coast, as fish move from summer’s deep offshore haunts to nearshore waters. […]

Shank a harbor sheepshead

Brian Cope

Anglers looking for something a little different will find it along the Charleston Harbor jetties and bridge pilings this month. It’s a great time for sheepshead fishing. […]

Bass pro Dearal Rodgers said he is ready in September to fish topwater baits in shallow water, as well as probing deep water for Lake Wateree bass.

Be ready to move for Lake Wateree bass

Pat Robertson

Some bass fishermen like to work the shallows; some like to fish deep. You have to be willing to do both to be successful on Lake Wateree this month, according to bass pro Dearal Rodgers of Camden, S.C., who grew up fishing the South Carolina reservoir. […]

Shadow state-line bulls

Jeff Burleson

Dove season and college football arrive in early September, and fall fishing follows soon thereafter along the North Carolina-South Carolina border. The big news is, the first run of bull reds usually shows up towards the end of the month. […]

Live-bait rigs with smaller baits are great ways to catch Spanish mackerel on light tackle in the fall outside a handful of inlets along North Carolina’s southeastern coast.

Live-bait Spanish are fall favorites outside SENC inlets

Jerry Dilsaver

It is a bit of an oxymoron along the North Carolina’s southeastern coast, that as fall approaches, the water cools and the fishing heats up. […]