Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 223 of 287

May 14, 2026

A tiny piece of wire run through the body of a D.O.A. shrimp and through the eye of the hook will keep the bait from sliding down the hook after it’s been blasted by a few trout.

Terminal tech tips

Fishing with artificial lures can be rewarding, and options are virtually endless, with lures in every imaginable color and shape. […]

A soft-plastic bait fished suspended under a cork fooled this speckled trout.

Different strokes for different fish

Jerry Dilsaver

Guide Bryan DeHart said speckled trout will feed anywhere from the surface to the bottom, with the preferred depth on any given day a complex combination of bait, water temperature and light. […]

Hook a live mullet through the nose from bottom to top with a jighead.

Capt. Mark Stacy likes to use live baits for trout and redfish — and for flounder, too, when they are around. Years of experience have shown him where he can catch mullet minnows, small menhaden and shrimp well into the fall. […]

Bobby Corn caught this 4-pound speckled trout in the surf at Topsail Inlet.

Surf’s Up

Mike Marsh

Walter White drove across a bridge arching over the Intracoastal Waterway and turned south, zeroing in on the Topsail Beach Town Hall. […]

A section of a child’s swimming pool ‘noodle’ is a great tool for keeping pre-rigged surf leaders from tangling and ready for use.

Keep leaders tangle-free

Mike Marsh

Surf-fishing guide Walter White pre-rigs his live-bait leaders for surf fishing. These leaders are used when red drum are likely to bite and are rigged with circle hooks. […]

Capt. Noah Lynk took this nice speckled trout in the North River, one of a handful of places near Harkers Island that is producing all kinds of fish in recent weeks.

Harkers Island fishermen catching a full, mixed bag

Jerry Dilsaver

Fall fishing is going strong in the waters around Harkers Island. From the marshes in the North River to the ocean off Cape Lookout, a variety of fish are being caught and invited home for dinner by smiling anglers. […]

Guide George Beckwith gets ready to release an under-slot puppy drum into the lower Neuse River.

Prospecting in the Neuse

Jerry Dilsaver

George Beckwith had barely closed the bail on his spinning reel when his rod tip bounced, not the solid thump of a redfish or flounder, but the peck of one of many bait thieves in the lower Neuse River. […]

Jan Mullin won the Ladies Division of the Cooper River Challenge pier fishing tournament with this 5.1-pound flounder.

Learn tips from winning pier fishermen

Phillip Gentry

On Saturday, Oct. 6, some of the best local pier fishermen gathered at the Mount Pleasant Pier for the Cooper River Bridge Challenge tournament, put on by the Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission. […]

Rocks and ledges in 80 to 120 feet of water are prime spots to catch fall kings off North Carolina.

Time to ‘hang a net’

Jerry Dilsaver

Most fishermen will agree the best time to catch smoker king mackerel along the North Carolina coast is the late fall, and most agree that the best way to catch them is to use live baits. […]

An encounter with a school of bluefish got Tommy Samuels of Summerville hooked on fishing from paddle boats.

Guide makes Web strides

Phillip Gentry

It all started when a school of bluefish erupted a half-mile off of Carolina Beach, N.C., Tommy Samuels, 14, stood and stared longingly at the activity when the idea struck him to grab a spinning rod and a surfboard and paddle out to the action. […]