Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 147 of 287

May 8, 2026

A standard milk crate can perform plenty of duties in a kayak.

No hate for the old crate

Kayak anglers have a unique addiction. There is one object primarily used for something else that will cause a paddler to do a double take when it comes to using it or not: a milk crate. […]

Nice numbers and good-sized Spanish mackerel have arrived just off the beach between Fort Fisher and Topsail Island.

The Spanish armada has arrived off east side of Cape Fear

Jerry Dilsaver

Spring may have been a little slow in arriving, but Rick Bennett of Rod-Man Guide Service in Wrightsville Beach said that Spanish mackerel have arrived off the beaches on the east side of Cape Fear and are in full attack mode. […]

How to fight dirty inshore water? Get some smell out there

Jeff Burleson

When your favorite inshore fishing hole gets muddy, using smelly baits will help you continue to catch fish. […]

Capt. Buddy Bizzell and his first mate, Paul Quinn, caught this St. Helena Sound cobia on a tide change, the key window for boating cobia in recent days.

Fish the tide changes for St. Helena Sound cobia

Brian Cope

Cobia have moved into St. Helena Sound, and anglers are catching them by fishing a variety of cut baits on the bottom. […]

Cobia have arrived off the Grand Strand in numbers enough to excite charter captains.

Cobia make first appearance off Grand Strand; Murrells Inlet captains cash in

Jeff Burleson

Fishermen who have been waiting impatiently for the cobia to show up along the coast will not have to wait any more. […]

The nearshore waters between Cape Lookout and Bogue Inlet have been full of chunky cobia over the past week.

Atlantic Beach cobia bite has gone off the chain this week

Jerry Dilsaver

Matt Lamb at Chasin’ Tails Outdoors in Atlantic Beach said the spring cobia bite has ramped up to absolutely wide open in the past few days, with fish cruising bait pods, searching just outside the breakers and feeding on the bottom of channels everywhere from Cape Lookout to Bogue Inlet. […]