Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 145 of 287 - Carolina Sportsman

May 8, 2026

Live shrimp are a great bait for trout, redfish and flounder, and baiting makes catching them in a cast net easier.

Securing a supply of shrimp

Live shrimp are the candy of inshore gamefish. Trout, redfish and flounder will rarely turn one down. […]

Targeting redfish doesn’t take a lot of expensive tackle, just a spinning outfit and a few basic lures.

Redfish tackle doesn’t have to break your bank

Anglers who normally fish with artificial lures can select a very good and reasonably priced spinning outfit that includes a medium weight, 6 1/2-foot spinning rod similar to Bass Pro Shops’ IM6 or IM7 Graphite Series and an open-faced spinning reel like the Shimano Saros 2500F. […]

A piece of cut blue crab is as good a bait for spring and summer reds as you can dunk in the water.

Be crabby when you can

Guide Dan Utley considers a chunk of a legal blue crab an ideal bait for fishing under a cork in high-water grass. […]

You can wade and fish in almost anything, but proper attire will make it easier.

The wader’s dress code

You can wade a flooded flat in a bathing suit and bare feet — that’s not suggested — but fly-fishing instructor John Holbrook suggests wearing quick-drying long pants and wading shoes to protect from the sharp grasses and shell and polarized glasses and a hat to help see the fish. […]

Bright-colored jigheads and soft-plastic baits will attraction attention and strikes from flounder.

Go big and go flashy

The size of a bait and presentation is often critical for duping a fish into biting, and quite often, natural baits in muted colors are exactly what the doctor ordered. […]

The long rock jetties that flank Murrells Inlet are a tremendous example of man-made fish habitat.

Rock on around the big rocks

For most of the year, the rock jetties at the entrance to the coastal estuaries provide a perfect state of affairs for a wide range of predator fish, bringing ample food resources and stable water conditions. […]

Too many interactions with sea turtles has caused the closure of inside waters in northeastern North Carolina to anchored gill nets.

Anchored gill nets out of northeastern inshore waters as of 5 p.m. today

North Carolina Sportsman

Inshore waters in northeastern North Carolina, including the Albemarle, Currituck, Croatan and Roanoke sounds and their tributaries, will close to all anchored gill nets at 5 p.m. today due to interactions with sea turtles. […]

Sharks are a great sight-fishing target for inshore anglers along South Carolina's coast.

Try inshore sharks on a fly rod

Guide Dillon Blythe of Charleston figures that conditions aren’t always ideal to target redfish on fly-fishing tackle, so he’s found a toothy alternative: inshore sharks. […]

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission has scheduled a public meeting on June 17 to receive comment on options being discussed to change flounder management in North Carolina.

Marine Fisheries Commission schedules public meeting on flounder options

North Carolina Sportsman

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission has scheduled a public meeting for June 17 to receive public comment on six proposals for changes in the way southern flounder are managed in North Carolina waters. […]

So many black drum are biting in the Beaufort area that fishermen have been able to develop a pattern for catching them on purpose.

Beaufort-area black drum are really on the feed

The black drum are biting like mad in the Beaufort area, and dropping down any type of fresh cut bait around sunken trees in the deep holes of small creeks is enough to catch a limit, especially in the area around Hunting Island and Fripp Island. […]

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