On an early winter’s day across the Lowcountry coast, the daily rise and fall of the tide may be lost on most people, but for Capt. Tucker Blythe of Grey Ghost Charters out of Charleston, it’s the last shot at inshore sheepshead staging to make their annual migration to offshore reefs and wrecks to spawn. […]
Like the weather, the speckled trout and red drum bite has cooled a little in the waters around Harkers Island, but it’s still rolling along. […]
Saltwater fishermen in the Palmetto State, perhaps more than any group of anglers, are shaped by the environment in which they indulge themselves. […]
The great speckled trout bite has lasted into the New Year along South Carolina’s northern beaches, with consistent catches on artificial lures. Sizes and numbers are holding steady for Georgetown’s angling posse. […]
In late December, U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan of Washington, D.C., ruled that a lawsuit filed by the Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance (CHAPA) regarding the National Park Service’s Final Rule and Off-Road-Vehicle (ORV) plan would be returned to Judge Terrence Boyle of North Carolina’s Eastern District Court. […]
Trading Friday night lights for Saturday morning bites seems to have agreed with Dan Utley. […]
Gary Dubiel of Spec Fever Guide Service has been featured by PBS, ESPN and Discovery Europe television channels. […]
Even though the deep, dark depths of winter arrive this month, fishermen who target speckled trout can keep their rods ready for some fiery inshore action in North Carolina’s Pamlico Sound.
Wintering populations of speckled trout snuggle in the remote hideaways of the Pamlico, staying warm and gobbling up any available forage. Anglers willing to brave January’s winter weather can locate these tasty opponents with little effort.
Fed by two major river systems — the Neuse and Pamlico — the Pamlico Sound is the largest lagoon on the east coast, covering thousands of flooded acres. In fact, it was once mistaken for the Pacific Ocean by Giovanni de Verrazzano, a 16th-century Italian explorer. […]
Winter features cold weather, near-freezing water and an occasional snowfall, but North Carolina anglers are fortunate in January and February where the temperature may rise to the 70-degree level for several days. […]
Fishermen crawling grubs through deep holes in Pamlico Sound and its tributaries during the winer should expect a familiar by-catch: striped bass. […]
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