Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 161 of 287

May 8, 2026

Guide Danny Rourk likes to fish big topwater plugs for speckled trout on overcast or rainy days.

Trout on topwater

Ask a freshwater bass fisherman about the most-exciting way to catch black bass, and most will revel over the exciting explosions of bass on topwater plugs. […]

A baitwell filled with lively shrimp is as close to a guarantee of speckled trout action as a fisherman can have.

Catch shrimp easily

Jeff Burleson

During the fall, the speckled trout bite shifts into high gear, and every fish is happy to find a feisty shrimp back-peddling as fast as possible. Basically, everything eats shrimp. […]

During the fall run, inshore waters fill up with big schools of speckled trout. Most of the fish that come into the Little River section of the ICW are of the smaller variety, often slightly on either side of the legal size minimum. […]

ROAD TRIP!!!

Phillip Gentry

Kayak fishing clubs are becoming increasingly popular across the country, and South Carolina has several that are about as active as clubs get. […]

Did Bob Wagner of New Jersey catch and release a possible state-record black drum in the surf at Wrightsville Beach last week?

Was black drum caught and released at Wrightsville Beach a state record?

Mike Marsh

Bob Wagner, a 66-year-old retiree from Pennsauken, N.J., beached a possible state-record black drum from the surf at the north end of Wrightsville Beach last Thursday, but mistaking it for a red drum, he released it. […]

Guide Richard Andrews of Bath said stripers are really biting in the Tar and Pamlico rivers.

Stripers and specks in productive late-fall patterns in Pamlico, Tar rivers

Jerry Dilsaver

Richard Andrews of Tar-Pam Guide Service in Bath said fish in the Pamlico River have settled into late fall-early winter patterns, with speckled trout and stripers the primary catches, but some redfish and a few late flounder being caught also. […]

Roger Brown of Cape Carteret caught this 82-pound black drum on a trout rig last Wednesday off the Bogue Inlet Pier.

Cape Carteret man decks 82-pound black drum at Bogue Inlet Pier

Jerry Dilsaver

Roger Brown of Cape Carteret is a regular at Bogue Inlet Pier and catches a lot of big fish there. […]

Gamefish such as black drum are often found along windy banks because the wind creates current that pushes bait into those areas.

Learn to ride the wind

Jerry Dilsaver

North Carolina’s coast is windy; unless you have been living in a vacuum, you should know that. Some days it is merely a light breeze, and some days it is much more. […]

The Atlantic Beach area is on fire with the season's best speckled trout bite.

Best trout bite of year hits Atlantic Beach area waters

Jerry Dilsaver

Fishing for speckled trout in inshore waters and the surf around Atlantic Beach, Morehead City and Beaufort is about as it gets, according to Capt. Matt Lamb of Chasin’ Tails Outdoors. […]

Speckled trout have finally made a big showing along the Grand Strand, thanks to recent cold fronts.

Speckled trout finally make a big showing along Grand Strand

Jeff Burleson

Over the past few weeks, most Grand Strand anglers have pointed their vessels towards places rich with king mackerel or bull reds and of course, the ever-so-famous spot that makes places like Murrell’s Inlet and Little River a permanent attraction for visitors to the Grand Strand. […]