Featured
Paddle up a big shark this summer; check out this video
All summer, the internet has lit up with tales of shark attacks along the Carolina coast, as well as hapless kayak anglers being overturned by big sharks. […]
Inshore Fishing
Featured
Jellyball jellyfish have been key to Georgetown nearshore spadefish
The spadefish are biting around the nearshore reefs out of Georgetown; the secret to catching them is in finding jellyball jellyfish first. […]
Featured
Flounder fishing has been anything but flat in Cape Lookout, Harkers Island marshes
Capt. Noah Lynk of Harkers Island said the flounder bite is on in the marshes around Cape Lookout and Harkers Island, with fish hungry and being aggressive at times, hitting live baits and artificials. […]
Redfish
Summer redfish spots
Even though redfish spread out in the warmer months, they relate to low-tide, shallow-water flats all year because flats provide security from predators like the bottlenosed dolphin. […]
Inshore Fishing
Oak Island’s pier history
Oak Island was once home to three piers: Yaupon, Ocean Crest and Long Beach. […]
Inshore Fishing
OCP has survived coastal troubles through the years
Ocean Crest Pier was one of North Carolina’s last-built ocean fishing platforms, with construction finished in 1968 by Warren Calloway, a World War II veteran. […]
Inshore Fishing
Changing regulations
Many bordering states have some sort of reciprocal agreement for fishermen plying border waters, but North Carolina and South Carolina do not, possibly because of the significant differences in the way several species are regulated. […]
Sheepshead
Size limits promote sustainability
Sheepshead are foreign to some anglers and common to others. For those familiar with them, their courageous battles are memorable to say the least. […]
Inshore Fishing
Catch your own bait
Sheepshead are omnivorous and will eat about anything attached to or living close to structure, putting oysters, clams, barnacles, crabs, shrimp and mussels are on their menu. […]
Inshore Fishing
Popping cork rig is better conservation measure
Over the past 20 years, the old drum fishery in the Pamlico Sound has grown to epic proportions. […]