Every year, the spring cobia run along the Grand Strand is memorable with heavy catches — and usually plenty of them. A combination of warm weather and calm seas will determine the level of productivity from year to year. […]
Cape Lookout is in the middle of some of North Carolina’s best waters to dial up a spring cobia. The hook that forms the cape serves almost as a landing net to hold millions of menhaden and cobia along their northern migration. […]
Spinnerbaits and spoons have long been staples in a bass fisherman’s tackle box, and they are leaned on heavily in the Mississippi Delta for bass and redfish. Their flash and vibration make them an unmistakable target in low-visibility water and a great search bait. […]
Spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus — aka speckled trout or specks — are found in the surf from Hilton Head, S.C. to Corolla, N.C., and beyond. They gather in schools and feed on shrimp, minnows, smaller fish and crabs on the bottom and suspended in the water column. […]
The Oak Island Pier, one of two piers on North Carolina’s Oak Island, was closed in mid-March because of damage from Hurricane Matthew in 2016. […]
Many anglers on South Carolina’s Edisto Island give up on speckled trout in the heat of June, and while they find it’s easier to catch redfish and flounder, they are missing out on some good fishing. […]
Flounder numbers increase in June around nearshore artificial reefs, rocks and wrecks south from North Carolina’s Bald Head Island to the state line, and after a mild winter, they are getting a head start this year. […]
As springtime gets ready to give way to summer, loads of flounder move into Murrells Inlet from the open ocean, joining the resident fish on a feeding frenzy. […]
As the Earth slides closer to the sun during spring, the waters warm and kick-starts fishing action. Anglers along the coast of both Carolinas look forward to the first few weeks of May, when nearshore waters fill up with energy rich pods of menhaden, knowing that these oily baitfish will be swarmed by toothy predators every step of the way in their travels. […]
If ever there has been a redfish wonderland, few would disagree that it rests in the big toe of boot-shaped Louisiana, where the mighty Mississippi River channels the remainder of its inertia into a vast delta system that floods the wetlands with freshwater, creating a unique blend of low-salinity marshes next to the salty Gulf of Mexico. […]
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