Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 199 of 287

May 10, 2026

Driftmaster has designed a system for kayaks that anchors metal rodholders into plastic boats without fear of damage or weakness.

Driftmaster tackles ‘yaks

Take a guy with an engineering background who has designed metal rod holders his whole life, put him in a plastic boat, and you can see the wheels begin to turn. […]

Capt. Dave Yates said tiny shrimp fished under a popping cork are catching plenty of redfish and speckled trout in the Cooper River.

Tiny shrimp are ticket for Cooper River specks, reds

Brian Cope

Speckled trout and big redfish are biting on the Cooper River, and Capt. Dave Yates of Yates Sea Charters is catching them on live shrimp – and the shrimp don’t have to be big to entice a strike. […]

Guide Richard Andrews has been catching plenty of speckled trout around pilings on bridges spanning waterways around Roanoke Island.

Manteo speckled trout have an eye for topwater lures, live croakers

Jerry Dilsaver

Even during the summer heat, speckled trout are still keeping anglers on their toes in the sounds around Roanoke Island. […]

Dennis Barbour (right) has been catching plenty of upper-slot or larger red drum along the ICW near Carolina Beach.

Carolina Beach ‘slam’ is a real possibility

Craig Holt

Fishermen have a real chance to catch what the locals call a “Carolina Beach Grand Slam” in the inshore waters around the popular beach town. […]

Fishing piers, especially the two operated by the state-park system, offer anglers a compromise between surf-fishing and fishing from a boat.

Piers are a great option

Bryan Bowers

When fishing from shore, very few — if any — anglers will not try and sling that line out as far as it can go. […]

Nice catches of speckled trout have been a big surprise to some Murrells Inlet fishermen.

Specks make big early showing around Murrells Inlet

Jeff Burleson

Fishermen around Murrell’s Inlet have had smiles on their faces for the past week or so, and for an unusual reason. […]

The author caught this bull red on hardbottom structure in Charleston Harbor.

Come run with the bulls – Find an underwater edge and set up for great action on Charleston Harbor bull redfish

Phillip Gentry

Rick Hiott of Charleston has been guiding trips for redfish for years, and he looks forward to the late summer and early fall season when adult redfish, bull reds, converge on the large marine estuary commonly known as Charleston Harbor. […]

Releasing a big, bull redfish after a great battle is one of the real joys of fishing the Little River jetties in late summer.

Border Bulls

Jeff Burleson

At the tail end of summer, good things come to those who wait. As soon as the annual mullet run begins, the jetties on either side of Little River along the state line become a site of carnage. […]

Reds, trout and flounder are the headliners around Hilton Head this month, but there are plenty of supporting species.

Harvest Hilton Head’s summer slam

Phillip Gentry

An angler looking to find a little bit of everything on a late-summer fishing trip could do a lot worse than setting his sights on Hilton Head Island, where great inshore fishing for traditional species exists and where the warm waters of the Atlantic bring in a wealth of scaly summer visitors. […]

Spinnerbaits are great tools to catch Bulls Bay reds, as guide Clayton Crawford learned.

Put a blade in a red – Versatile spinnerbaits are deadly on summer redfish around Bulls Bay

Terry Madewell

If you want to make a real splash with your redfishing, this summer, opt for a spinnerbait, which is a prime-time lure for August fish. […]