Fishing Hotspots Archives - Page 65 of 72

April 29, 2026

Summer heat means hot redfish bite in Swansboro

Craig Holt

Red drum don’t react to August’s steamy heat by swimming through inlets to reach the ocean’s deeper, cooler waters.

[…]

Warmer water temperatures push sailfish north from the tropics and into nearshore waters off the Carolinas during the summer.

Grand Strand sailfish move nearshore as water heats up

Jeff Burleson

While many anglers hate August’s heat, it brings periods of calm seas and good fishing along the beaches of South Carolina’s Grand Strand. For anglers aspiring to wrestle with a billfish — but lacking an offshore vessel — August is the time to target sailfish, often well within sight of land. […]

Wylie flatheads perk up in the heat

Pat Robertson

Fishing at night for flathead catfish on Lake Wylie is a great way to beat the heat and the summer crowds while reeling in some quality cats. […]

Big stringers of catfish are commonplace on Lake Monticello during the summer for anglers who free-line a variety of baits.

Free-line for catfish on Lake Monticello summer days

Pat Robertson

There is one way to just about guarantee putting catfish in the boat during July and August on South Carolina’s Lake Monticello, according to guide William Attaway of Pomaria, S.C. […]

The jetties that line Little River Inlet fill up with sheepshead as the peak of summer arrives.

Sheepshead fill up jetties at Little River

Jeff Burleson

The middle of another Carolina summer is upon us, and while plenty of offshore and inshore options exist, it’s prime time to catch sheepshead around the rock jetties scattered up and down the coast. […]

Reefs, wrecks and hardbottom areas off North Carolina’s southern coast fill up with flounder in the summer.

Flounder are reef, wreck regulars off SENC coast

Jerry Dilsaver

As the temperature rises, so does the number of flounder around nearshore ocean artificial reefs, hardbottom/livebottom areas and shipwrecks off North Carolina’s southern coast. […]

Flounder in the inshore waters around Morehead City, N.C., are a popular target during the summer.

Morehead flounder give summer anglers plenty to look forward to

Craig Holt

Maybe it’s the difficulties in safely navigating inshore waters that push some flounder fanatics to the ocean when summer arrives in the Atlantic Beach, N.C., area. […]

Trolling with bucktails or live-baiting with menhaden will help you fill your Lowcountry fish box with Spanish mackerel this month.

Two tricks for Spanish

Brian Cope

The weather is hot this time of year, and so is fishing or Spanish mackerel in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, especially in the Port Royal Sound and Hilton Head areas. Rick Percy of Reel Chance Charters said he catches them consistently in July using two different tactics that can be equally effective. […]

High Rock Lake is full of channel catfish weighing 3 to 4 pounds, with a few bigger specimens showing up on occasion.

Channel catfish: Take a stroll

Tony Garitta

Maynard Edwards, a retired fishing guide from Lexington, N.C, was known for “strolling” — aka slow-trolling — for channel catfish on High Rock Lake. He said most fishermen can enhance their catches by taking a piscatorial stroll. […]

The water level determines whether guide Joel Munday fishes shallow or deep on Falls of Neuse Lake this month.

Falls of Neuse’s July bass can be deep or shallow

Tony Garitta

Guide Joel Munday said largemouth bass can be caught shallow and deep this month on Falls of the Neuse Lake, a 12,410-acre fishing playground north of Raleigh and Durham, N.C. […]