Flounder
2025 NC flounder season opens Sept. 1
The NCDEQ’s Division of Marine Fisheries has announced the North Carolina 2025 recreational flounder season will open Sept. 1 […]
Fishing
Featured
Summertime is tripletail time
Most inshore anglers beat the shorelines and oyster beds for a limit of speckled trout, reds and flounder through the summer. But very few anglers target the best-eating and hardest-fighting fish roaming inshore waters. And that’s the feisty tripletail. […]
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Put a motor on it
Adding a trolling motor to a kayak is easier now than it’s ever been, and it can open up a whole new world to anglers. […]
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Fishing in the heat of summer
During the heat of summer, anglers can use several strategies for staying on the fish. […]
Coastal Cast
Head to the Jetties
Coastal anglers will find plenty of fish willing to bite, even in the heat of summer, at rock jetties. […]
Catfish
River cats
Tyler Barnes, North Carolina’s flathead catfish record holder, shares his tips on catching hot-weather cats in moving water. […]
Fishing
Pechmann Center holding 13 classes in July 2025
The NCWRC’s John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center will hold 13 workshops in July 2025. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Mixing it up at OBX
Throughout July, anglers catch numerous species of fish at North Carolina’s Outer Banks. […]
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What’s biting at Santee
July is a good month to catch multiple species in a number of different ways on the Santee Cooper lakes and nearby rivers. […]
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90-second fried shrimp
This fried shrimp recipe keeps it simple, and that’s the best way to fry shrimp. […]