Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 135 of 287

May 7, 2026

Spoil islands offer redfish with great habitat in the ICW around Little River.

Target spoil islands along ICW

Fishing the marshes in the Little River area can keep any angler busy in the fall, but the banks of the ICW should not be forgotten, especially the spoil islands. […]

Targeting big drum around bait balls just off the beaches of Brunswick County requires strong tackle to minimize the amount of time a fish is hooked, making a good, live release more likely.

A new tactic for bull reds

Craig Holt

Fishermen along North Carolina’s coach now have two relatively new techniques for catching old bull reds, not just one. […]

Redfish tailing on flood-tide flats are often located by their tail fin breaking the surface.

Target tailers on flood tides

Jeff Burleson

A few days per month, the moon’s gravity bushes a few more inches of water into the estuaries on what are known as flood tides. […]

The first cold front of the season will often send speckled trout into a feeding frenzy.

Early cold fronts may jump-start seasonal trout movement

Jeff Burleson

Typically, September is often as much of a summer month as August, with 90-degree days and 100-percent humidity, but it is not out of the question for fall weather to show up early. […]

Moving water on the high end of the tide cycle is the ticket to running into numbers of nice speckled trout around Hilton Head Island.

Take a different angle around oysters

Brian Cope

Rick Percy’s surefire way of boating September speckled trout is by fishing oyster beds on an incoming tide, but he said a lot of other anglers approach these flats the wrong way. […]

MidCoast’s Evolution popping cork is heavy enough to make it easy to cast in windy conditions.

With all the popping corks on the market, it is tough to see how any of them are better or even different than the next, but guide Rick Percy said some are definitely more suited for his style of fishing. […]

Know when a trout’s a speck

Brian Cope

Fishermen in the Hilton Head area have three excellent nearshore reefs to fish that are close enough to the beach and close enough to each other to be visited in one trip: the Fish America Reef, the General Gordon and the Parris Island Reef. […]

Use the corner of the fish box to hold a Spanish mackerel still while you remove the hook from his razor-sharp teeth with your fingers safely out of reach.

Easily remove hooks and avoid sharp Spanish teeth

Jerry Dilsaver

Spanish mackerel have such small, razor-sharp teeth that many fishermen who are nipped don’t realize it until they see drops of blood or bloody fingers. Most fishermen are nipped while removing the hooks. […]

A kayak is an excellent vessel to go from dock to dock targeting inshore sheepshead.

Paddle, herd those sheep

Phillip Gentry

At the end of a long, hot summer, most kayak anglers are agreeable to most anything that will bite. […]

September is a great month for many inshore species, including redfish in the grass.

Shrimp brings hot redfish action to South Carolina’s coastal waters

Bryan Bowers

September is not often described as a great fishing month, a designation usually reserved for the cooler months of October and November when fish really start putting the feed on before the serious cold weather arrives. […]