Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 133 of 287

Paddlers can pile all kinds of stuff into their kayaks, but an emergency signalling device, food and water, and a knife are have-to-have items.

The stuff we really need

Let’s face it. Kayakers are on par with just about anyone when it comes to “stuff”. The late George Carlin did a comedy routine about stuff; it was spot on. […]

George Wulgemuth caught his biggest king mackerel yet off the Seaview Pier. His fish weighed 50.1-pounds, just shy of the 50.5-pound pier record.

Goldsboro angler catches 50.1-pound king mackerel from Seaview Pier

Jerry Dilsaver

George Wulgemuth had a feeling early on the morning of October 9 that it had potential to be a special day. His feeling was correct and it was Wulgemuth, of Goldsboro, who played the biggest role in making it a day he – and numerous other fishermen on Seaview Pier at North Topsail Beach – will remember for years. Before the day was over, Wulgemuth landed a king mackerel that weighed 50.1 pounds, far exceeding his previous personal best. […]

Trout are biting in the Wrightsville Beach area, and Capt. Jot Owens said a handful of lures are all anglers need this time of year.

Wrightsville Beach guide says use these lures for hot trout action

Brian Cope

The fall trout bite is as hot as it’s been all year in the Wrightsville Beach area, and Capt. Jot Owens of Jot it Down Charters has a few favorite lures that are all hooking plenty of specks right now. Soft plastic grubs and hard plugs make up the bulk of his arsenal this time of year. […]

Fishermen have literally thousands of places to fish for trout in the waters around Georgetown, but guide Jordan Pate concentrates on shorelines with plenty of oyster shells close to deep water.

Watch out for October winter blast

Jeff Burleson

A lot of things can happen in October, but the most-drastic game changer is the weather; it can be hot like summer or bone chilling the next day. […]

The author shows off the kind of king mackerel that fishermen expect to catch off Oak Island in the fall.

Fall kings make U.S. Open wide open

Jerry Dilsaver

North Carolina has two migratory groups of king mackerel, scomberomorus cavalla, one considered an offshore group that moves to the warm waters near the beach in spring, summer and fall and then retreats to warmer offshore waters near the Gulf Stream during the winter, and the coastal migrators that migrate up an down the coast, from Florida to Virginia related to water temperature and abundance and absence of forage fish for food. […]