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July 15, 2026
HomeFishingInshore Fishing

Inshore Fishing

Featured

Drum, red and black, are only Cape Lookout targets thanks to cold snap

Jerry Dilsaver

Noah Lynk of Noah’s Ark Charters in Harkers Island said the recent weather has affected fishing around Cape Lookout, and not in a positive way. All he’s finding, Lynk said, are drum, and he’s not alone. […]

Featured

For late-winter success, find the food and you’ll find the inshore fish

Jeff Burleson

Over the past couple of months, the weather has been a little less than suitable for most anglers, but with good weather right around the corner, fishermen read to beat cabin fever can expect some action. […]

Content

Jerk on a jetty red – As winter gets ready to leave and spring to arrive, redfish action cranks up around Little River jetties

Jeff Burleson

After a long winter, fishermen can find a strong fishery cranking into high gear as the spring thaw approaches. […]

Content

Stem the red tide – Learn the tides and you can figure out Swansboro’s late-winter red drum

Jerry Dilsaver

Rick Patterson quickly checked the tide level on the bulkhead as he eased his bay boat away from the dock. He decided it would be wise give the tide an hour or two to rise and bring more water to flats where he’d found redfish, leaving him fishing several nearby creeks and deeper channels. […]

sheepshead
Sheepshead

Try these four tips to catch more winter sheepshead

Brian Cope

Sheepshead are active throughout the winter months along the inshore waters of the Carolinas. Follow these tips and you’ll catch plenty of them this time of year. […]

Featured

Speckled trout escape effects of recent frigid weather

Jerry Dilsaver

The second round of cold weather over the past two weeks included a few cold-stuns and kills for coastal fish, but they weren’t as severe as a 2014 fish kill, and the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries said there is no reason to close the fishery. […]

Inshore Fishing

Bomber Saltwater Grade Mullet

Don Shoopman

Give Theophile Bourgeois a new artificial lure with so much upside to it and he’s as happy as speckled trout and redfish chasing tasty mullet. […]

Featured

North Inlet marshes are full of reds, but not of fishermen

Jeff Burleson

Despite the bitter cold, anglers are taking advantage of a strong redfish bite in the marshes North Inlet are reaping the rewards with daily double-digit catches. […]

Featured

Guide said 2014 trout closure has been a boon for Neuse River specks

Jerry Dilsaver

Joe Ward of FlyDaddy Charters in New Bern is looking at the closure of speckled trout fishing last year as a godsend – a key factor in the excellent fishing that anglers have enjoyed along the Neuse River since the season re-opened last Sunday. […]

Featured

Mount Pleasant Pier regular sets

Glenn Corley

Gerald Grenier, aka “Jigging Jerry” landed an “ultra-light” pier record sheepshead – a 9-pound, 1-ounce fish – at the Mount Pleasant Pier on Jan. 29. […]

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Santee Cooper

Santee Cooper July fishing report

Freshwater

Striper season is closed for the summer on the Santee Cooper lakes, but plenty of other species are in play. […]

NC Reefs

NC Artificial Reef Program gets major enhancements

Newsletters

The NC Artificial Reef Program, in partnership with Stevens Towing Company, completed two major reef enhancements in May. […]

NCWRC

NCWRC seeking volunteers to help improve fishing habitat

Freshwater Fishing

The NCWRC needs help with improving habitat for sport fishes and other wildlife by establishing self-sustaining native aquatic plant communities. […]

Kat catching Catfish

Catfish

Kat Poland went noodling for the first time this past weekend and noodled a beautiful flathead catfish. […]

big catfish

Little girls, big fish

Catfish

Colt Turner was fishing with his daughters in June when they teamed up to catch a big catfish on the Dan River. […]

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