Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 107 of 287

May 7, 2026

A day’s limit of slot redfish for three fishermen goes a long way toward a full frying pan and tasty meal.

A guide’s best recipes for red drum

Guide Dale Collins likes to prepare fish for meals, especially redfish, and the one fish he can keep daily (between 18 and 27 inches) will do fine for his two favorite ways to cook them: blackened or grilled. […]

A number of species, like striped bass, are active during cold weather and should be on paddling anglers’ to-do lists.

Prep for winter paddling

Phillip Gentry

Winter is one of the best times to fish anywhere in the Carolinas. The weather is more stable than spring and fall, and angling pressure and boat traffic are lower. Likewise, a number of fish species readily bite all winter. […]

Take a winter surfing safari for Swansboro, N.C., redfish.

Ride the surf for winter reds

Craig Holt

Guide Dale Collins and anglers Rocky Carter of Swansboro, N.C., and John Moon of Graham, N.C., were casting 3-inch mullet chunks on Carolina rigs toward the churning surf. Within seconds, each angler was hooked up with an over-slot red drum that made rods bend and drags squeal. […]

Gerald Grenier, aka Jiggin’ Jerry, shows off a 9-pound, 1-ounce sheepshead caught from the Mount Pleasant pier on ultralight tackle.

Shepherd the pier flock – Winter doesn’t shut down sheepshead action, especially on Mount Pleasant’s unique pier

Glenn Corley

South Carolina fishermen can find plenty of cold-weather sheepshead action off the Mount Pleasant Pier, including good numbers and hefty sizes — if you know how to catch them and don’t mind cold weather. […]

Capt. Charlie Beadon loves chasing redfish this time of year, for good reason.

Lowcountry reds are there for the picking in early winter

Brian Cope

South Carolina anglers will have no trouble finding redfish in the Lowcountry this month. Getting them to bite, however, will take a little more patience and finesse than at other times of the year. […]

Winter reds will move into shallow water to avoid encounters with bottlenose dolphin, and they’ll actively feed.

G’town reds are on

Jeff Burleson

January can bring blustery conditions even to the south. But that doesn’t mean the redfish won’t be biting, and the backwaters around Georgetown are ground zero for winter reds. […]

Noah Lynk targets big speckled trout around the Cape Lookout rock jetty during winter.

Rock jetty is the ticket

Craig Holt

North Carolina winters often are unpredictable, but one spot doesn’t seem to be affected much by roller-coaster mercury readings: the Cape Lookout rock jetty. […]

Guide Mark Stacy looks for trout around Little River in deeper holes where the water temperature is stable and food is available.

State-line trout are hungry

Jeff Burleson

Falling closely behind redfish, speckled trout are one of the most sought-after inshore gamefish. While most anglers look to score a limit during the fall flurry, few visit the coast during the winter because the weather is too cold or the fish aren’t available. […]