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Tarpon make a great showing in Georgetown waters
Great numbers of tarpon sightings and landings in the Georgetown area couldn’t have come at a better time for this past weekend’s annual Lowcountry Tarpon Tournament. […]
Inshore Fishing
Inshore Fishing
Head for the fort!
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area is part of the N.C. State Parks System (www.ncparks.gov). It consists of the remains of Fort Fisher from the U.S. Civil War, approximately six miles of beach and the backwater bays at the southern end of Pleasure Island in New Hanover County. […]
Inshore Fishing
A place for paddlers
The North Carolina Kayak Fishing Association (NCKFA) was founded in 2008 by Greensboro’s Mark Patterson as an Internet-based organization for kayak fishermen to discuss their interests, exchange information and ideas and plan fishing trips with others of the same interest. […]
Inshore Fishing
Homemade Cajun Anchor
A mud anchor or “Cajun anchor” is a popular device used by anglers when fishing shallow waters. Designed to hold a boat in place quickly, it was the predecessor of today’s modern Power Poles and Anchor pins that deploy mechanically. […]
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Spanish, bluefish showing up in good numbers off Fort Macon
The water has only cooled a degree or two, but Capt. Noah Lynk of Harkers Island said it’s been enough to gather Spanish mackerel and bluefish around Beaufort Inlet to devour mullet minnows and other baitfish being swept out on every falling tide. […]
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Shrimp-baiting season opens on Friday at noon in South Carolina waters
South Carolina’s 2013 shrimp-baiting season will open at noon on Friday, Sept. 13, with biologists expecting a fairly good season. […]
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Live bait is the key to Wrightsville Beach inshore success
Capt. Rick Bennett of Wrightsville Beach said fishing in his neck of the woods is pretty good right now as long as you’ve got live bait – and it’s about to get a whole lot better. […]
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Abundance of bait has turned fish on in Georgetown waters
For the past few weeks, Capt. Jordan Pate of Carolina Guide Service has had little difficulties putting huge smiles on his client’s faces with a fishing experience few can ever forget. […]
Inshore Fishing
Corks are useful tools
Many fishermen got their start early in life using a bobber. It may have been a red and white plastic one with a spring-operated brass hook for attaching a line, or a more-traditional painted cork with a stopper that the line went through. […]
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Two large portions of N.C. coast will remain closed to large-mesh gill nets
Two large areas of North Carolina’s coastal waters expected to reopen for large-mesh gill nets on Sept. 1 will remain closed indefinitely because federal permits allowing some interaction with endangered sea turtles have not been issued. […]