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Cherry Grove is first, best spot for spring flounder
Small inlets and estuaries like Cherry Grove are great places for anglers to shake off the winter blues and catch some flounder. […]
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Cape Fear bays are red spots
Anglers can catch a variety of inshore fish during February in the creeks and bays east of the mouth of the Cape Fear River. […]
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What’s the best way to tempt fall flounder?
Flounder gorge themselves on anything they can get inside their bellies from shrimp, mud minnows and finger mullet to small spots and croakers. But what is the best bait to use? […]
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Best rigging for fall flounder
When anglers visit a tackle shop, they find plenty of rigs labeled “flounder rigs.” […]
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Catch state-line fall flounder
Fall fishing is in full swing along the Carolina coast, and although many anglers think about king mackerel, speckled trout and spots, flounder fishing can be fantastic; it’s the time when many of the biggest specimens make it into the boat. […]
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N.C. angler catches 9-pound flounder in Cape Fear River
Michael Hall of Carolina Beach catches a lot of Cape Fear River flounder, including some nice citation flatfish. However, his idea of a really nice flounder was upgraded with his most recent catch, when his fishing trip ended with Hall’s personal best flounder, a 9-pound, 2-ounce doormat. […]
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Flounder are biting on Edisto nearshore reef
You’ll catch plenty of flounder on the Edisto nearshore reef with these tips. […]
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Southport angler decks 9.6-pound flounder
Jim Barkowski and Bob Paloncy have been enjoying good fishing around Southport, N.C. this summer, and Barkowski added an exclamation point when he boated a 9.6 pound flatfish on Sept. 13 in deeper water than they’d been fishing all summer. […]
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Carolina Beach angler catches 11+ pound flounder
Mike Norris of Carolina Beach weighed in his second double digit flounder of 2017 earlier this month. The fish weighed 11 pounds, 3 ounces, surpassing the 10-pound, 14-ounce flatfish he caught on July 26. Both fish were 28 inches long, and they both had girths of 23 inches. […]
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Legendary Carolina flounder angler passes away
If you attended any of the boat show seminars throughout North Carolina in the past several years, or ever stopped by Wildlife Bait and Tackle, hired him as a guide, or just bumped into him on the water, Capt. Jimmy Price no doubt had an impact on the way you fished, especially for flounder. […]