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Free-for-all – Free-lining soft-plastic shrimp can keep your trout season open longer
A typical inshore fishing report in March or April might comment that, “The trout fishing is starting to crank back up” after the winter. […]
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Sheep at the reefs – Murrells Inlet reefs hold plenty of sheepshead in winter
If Mother Nature turns off the fan and lets the bumpy seas subside, Murrells Inlet anglers can cure cabin fever right on their doorsteps. […]
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Cold, red and fishy – Cold means reds for fishermen along North Carolina’s southermost coast
Cold and red is an excellent combination in Brunswick County. At least that’s what Capt. Mark Stacy thinks when winter sets in along North Carolina’s southernmost coast. […]
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Two small cold-stun events reported by marine fisheries
Fishermen are worried about a possible cold-stun event during this week’s blast of winter weather, but a biologist with the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries has listed only small stun-kill events in two places along the coastline. […]
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Return of warm weather should put Georgetown-area reds back on feed
When the weather returns to 65 degrees and sunshine in a few days, fishermen will have another chance to tackle big schools of redfish that are crushing baits in the backcountry waters around Georgetown, and Capt. Tommy Scarborough of Georgetown Coastal Adventures will be hitting the water every chance he gets. […]
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Artificial shrimp pulling reds out of huge North Edisto schools
The redfish are bunched up in huge schools out of Steamboat Landing in Edisto, and soft-plastic shrimp imitations from Gulp!, DOA, Vudu and Z-man are enticing them into biting throughout the day. […]
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Coastal fisheries group criticizes marine fisheries’ shrimp plan
The Coastal Fisheries Reform Group calls a proposal by the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission to change the way commercial fishermen trawl for shrimp in North Carolina waters “weak” and said it opposes the proposal, which will be reviewed in mid-February. […]
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Wilmington river stripers still biting, but weather has moved them deeper
Striper numbers appear to be growing in the Cape Fear River near Wilmington, but rapid-fire cold fronts passing through the area have driven them into deeper water than usual. […]
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Reds, sheepshead head list of species biting in Charleston waters
The Lowcountry has had its share of cold weather this month, but that doesn’t mean the fish aren’t biting. Scott Hammond of Mount Pleasant’s Haddrell’s Point Tackle said plenty of fish have been active both inshore and offshore despite the low temperatures. […]
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Reds, specks scattered in marsh between Carolina Beach, Bald Head Island
Capt. Jeff Wolfe of Carolina Beach said speckled trout and puppy drum aren’t yet in their normal winter routines in the lower Cape Fear River, but some fish, along with black drum, are scattered through the marshes and creeks between Carolina Beach and Bald Head Island, and one of his parties landed a keeper flounder this past Sunday, rounding out an inshore grand slam. […]