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August 29, 2026

Capt. Mark Stacy releases a slot-sized red caught in the Ocean Isle area.

Flounder, reds are biting up a storm around Brunswick County inlets

September weather can be cool one day and sweltering the next, but fortunately, that hasn’t been bothering the fishing, according to Capt. Mark Stacy of Ocean Isle Fishing Charters, who said redfish and flounder have really been biting. […]

The Old Town Predator XL won Best of Show at the ICAST show in mid-July.

Paddling to the top rung

Phillip Gentry

For most fans of the plastic angling armada, July 17, 2014, came and went with little if any fanfare, but it was a day worth remembering. On that day, out of more than 700 products and accessories entered by 253 companies in the New Product Showcase at ICAST, the American Sportfishing Association’s industry trade show, the product that was named “Best of Show” was a kayak. […]

Russell Anderson caught this 33-inch redfish when a school passed by the Mount Pleasant Pier recently.

Mount Pleasant Pier getting plenty of visits from redfish schools

Glenn Corley

With cooling temperatures in recent days, the baitfish are starting to move, and schooling redfish are following them past the Mount Pleasant Pier. […]

The fall flounder bite around jetties can be fantastic, as Capt. J Baisch of Murrells Inlet provides evidence.

The lure of the jetties

Brian Cope

Cooler water on the incoming tide turns the fishing from good to great in September, and the hottest action for saltwater anglers is around jetties, submerged rock piles and reefs. […]

Big drum are flooding the Pamlico Sound and Pamlico River, and guide Richard Andrews said lots of speckled trout won't be far behind them.

Big drum bite on in Pamlico River, Pamlico Sound; specks to follow?

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Richard Andrews of Tar-Pam Guide Service in Washington said the Neuse River isn’t the only place in North Carolina that gets a lot of large red drum in the late summer. […]

Guide Rick Patterson has the ticket for great fall flounder fishing around Swansboro: make a tour of docks and piers.

Hook up to Swansboro’s flounder docking stations

Jerry Dilsaver

As he eased up to a dock on the Intracoastal Waterway a little south of Swansboro, Capt. Rick Patterson of Cape Carteret’s Cape Crusader Charters explained it was a special one, that he really expected it to be holding fish. […]

Guide Jeff Yates relies on artficial shrimp to catch plenty of fall redfish in his home waters of the Wando River.

Whack Wando shrimp-eaters!

Jeff Burleson

As the summer sun resets towards its fall position, redfish are in transition up and down South Carolina’s coast as forage species begin to relocate. […]

The base of operations for guide Mike Taylor in the fall is the extensive marsh area around Morehead City.

March to Morehead’s marsh! Morehead City marsh reds are a great fall target

Mike Marsh

Capt. Mike Taylor slowed the engine of his bay boat, making sure he did not bang the prop on an oyster bed. […]

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission has voted to close a loophole that allowed commercial netters to sell more than their daily allotment of "by-catch" red drum.

State closes loophole that allowed netters to sell over their limit of drum

Craig Holt

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries took a major step Thursday toward curtailing the sale of over-limit red drum by commercial netters when Executive Director Louis Daniel issued a proclamation that takes effect Sept. 1 when the 2014-15 netting season opens. […]