Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 168 of 287

July 13, 2026

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

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. […]

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. […]

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 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. […]

The lure of the Roanoke

Bill Howard

Seventeen rivers flow through North Carolina, and while each has its unique characteristics and attractions, for a paddler, the Roanoke has to be near the top of the list. […]

Topwater fishing for reds has been excellent in the Cape Fear River between Carolina Beach and Bald Head Island

Topwater redfish bite has been great in lower Cape Fear River

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Rennie Clark of Carolina Beach said that topwater action on redfish and speckled trout has been good in the Cape Fear River between Carolina Beach and Bald Head Island, surprisingly so considering what the river looks like – dirty with runoff after a wet summer. […]

Russ Shippe, Stan Warren, Blanding Levin and Richard Sines caught this 8 1/2-foot lemon shark they landed at Edisto Saturday.

Big sharks in surf are a gas for group of Charleston anglers

Brian Cope

An exciting bite awaits South Carolina anglers looking for something a little more adventurous than the norm. […]