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How to catch Murrells Inlet Spanish mackerel right now
Spanish mackerel are biting in the Murrells Inlet area, and anglers are catching them using two main tactics. […]
Inshore Fishing
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Bait influx has caused late-summer inshore surge around Southport
The calendar says it’s August, with fall a month away, but Jimmy Price at Wildlife Bait and Tackle in Southport said fish are already acting like it’s fall. […]
Inshore Fishing
The fun is in the planning
Once upon a time, when information was still found in encyclopedias and directions were still derived from paper maps, there were still places of mystery. […]
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Have plenty of lure options tied on when you take on inshore species
In the late summer, inshore anglers need to keep a variety of lures tied on multiple rods to stay ready for whatever redfish, speckled trout, and flounder are biting. […]
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Four steps to catch more big late-summer, red drum
Few fisheries get an angler’s blood pumping like spawning red drum in the Pamlico Sound and its tributaries. […]
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Legislators, DENR chief sidetrack Marine Fisheries Commission
Donald R. van der Vaart, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental and Natural Resources, caved in to the demands of a coalition of 13 legislators and scuttled a scheduled vote on needed reform in North Carolina’s flounder fishery last week when he directed the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission to postpone the vote. […]
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Two kings make great escapes, but just temporarily
Plenty of fish stories are about the big one that got away, but there aren’t too many about the big one that got away and was still caught. […]
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Spanish mackerel, bluefish are crashing baits on Cape Lookout shoals
Spanish mackerel and bluefish are thick in Cape Lookout Shoals, and they are biting like mad. […]
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Tarpon move into Georgetown waters in good numbers
The wait is over for anglers around Georgetown who have been looking for tarpon, the pinnacle of many lifetime fishing achievements. The silver kings have arrived and are chomping away […]
Inshore Fishing
Favorite red drum haunts are filling with sand
Outstanding places to find red drum in shallow waters along North Carolina’s coast are disappearing, much to the consternation and puzzlement of guide Joe Shute of Atlantic Beach. […]