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August 30, 2026

LiveTarget BaitBall Glass Minnow Twitchbait

The LiveTarget BaitBall Glass Minnow Twitchbait will provide anglers a lure that perfectly mimics the small glass minnow forage that is targeted by trout, reds, Spanish mackerel or virtually anything chasing tiny bait. […]

Conner Grimes, 11, a sixth-grader from Hobbton, caught this early morning New River speckled trout last March.

Special winter specks – New River speckled trout are special creatures; cold weather doesn’t slow them down

Craig Holt

Two oval-shaped bobbers bounced on the New River’s surface during the outflowing morning tide. Standing near the stern of Ricky Kellum’s boat, James Grimes of Mount Olive and his 11-year-old son, Conner, intensely watched the multi-colored floats, waiting for the rising sun to warm a beautiful coastal morning. […]

Cooler water brings more black sea bass closer to shore, which puts in them in range of more fishermen.

Winter Rx for sea bass – When grouper are off limits in winter and early spring, nearshore fishermen turn to black sea bass off Grand Strand beaches

Jeff Burleson

Between January and the late spring, offshore anglers lose the chance to catch several of their favorite bottomfish due to federal closures. […]

Butch Foster catches whiting two at a time when he finds them along the Cape Fear River’s shipping channel in early spring.

Cape Fear white out – Targeting whiting in the Cape Fear area this month

Jerry Dilsaver

One of the finest-tasting panfish along the Cape Fear coast has to deal with a bit of an identity crisis, but it might be a good thing, as stocks of whiting, aka kingfish, sea mullet or Virginia mullet, are in good shape and not managed by any regulations. […]

The scent of live crabs will usually attract any late-winter redfish that swims across their scent trails.

Shallotte River red drum break out

Jerry Dilsaver

Winter typically begins to break in late February or early March, and the fish notice and appreciate more sunshine and warmer weather as much as fishermen. […]

In March, Jeff Cronk finds plenty of reds behind the barrier islands close to Bogue, Bear and Browns inlets, and in the surf outside those inlets.

Go to school on red drum

Craig Holt

The calendar flips to March about two months before saltwater fishing heats up for most inshore and nearshore species along North Carolina’s central coast, but guide Jeff Cronk of Swansboro’s FishN4Life Charters stays on top of a red drum bite that never seems to end and never seems to stop changing. […]