Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 236 of 287

May 14, 2026

Mark Crenshaw caught this 10-pound flounder at Murrells inlet on a jumbo mud minnow..

Flounder bite is on at Murrells Inlet

For lots of people, nothing can beat a nice piece of flounder. Baked, blackened, fried or broiled, it’s a mild-tasting fish that goes perfect with just about anything. […]

Flounder are providing most of the action in the Holden Beach area and south, although backwater anglers also are catching red drum and spotted seatrout.

Flounder fishing is great from Holden Beach west to state line

Craig Holt

Flounder fishing has been excellent along the southern portion of North Carolina’s coast, especially from Holden Beach to South Carolina. […]

Target flounder around docks and seawalls in June.

Riding the flounder wave

Dan Kibler

Normally, when two waves approaching each other from opposite directions hit, there’s a crash and turbulence that can destroy anything caught in the middle. […]

The minimum size for black sea bass is 12 inches through June 30; it will change to 13 inches on July 1.

Black sea bass size minimum changed temporarily to 12 inches

Jerry Dilsaver

With fishermen raring to go when the recreational season for black sea bass opened on June 1, somebody changed the rules. […]

Menhaden Milk, a concentrated, manufactured product, is an economic way to set up a chum slick for cobia.

Cheap chumming

Phillip Gentry

One of the most famous scenes from the movie “Jaws” is Roy Scheider as Chief Martin Brody ladling bloody chum out of a drum when the big fish makes its first appearance to the crew of the Orca. […]

Using a rig similar to freshwater panfishing is an option that allows an angler to stay off the rocks and have a strike indicator.

Keep it simple

Phillip Gentry

Marc Deschenes takes a decidedly freshwater-fishing approach to catching sheepshead on the Charleston Harbor jetties, and it’s no wonder. […]

Cobia that visit the Outer Banks in June can achieve some impressive sizes, with 30- to 40-pound fish being common and 60- to 70-pound specimens caught every year.

The skinny on cobia

Phillip Gentry

Lee Paramore, a marine biologist for the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries in Manteo, has more than just a working interest in cobia: He also enjoys fishing for them. […]

Tripletail are a summertime fish in North Carolina waters; their dorsal and fins give it the illusion of having three tails.

Tripletail Fact Sheet

Jerry Dilsaver

Tripletail (lobotes surinamensis) is a warm-water fish, usually found in tropical regions, but scattered as far north as Massachusetts while drifting in the Gulf Stream or its eddies. […]

The Fish Grip by United Plastic Molders is a great addition to your kayak arsenal. When you get one, it becomes one of those kayak accessories you don’t know how you lived without.

Space for gear when fishing from a kayak is at a premium. Anglers frequently find themselves doing without or making do with what they have because they don’t have room for all the equipment that is taken for granted in a larger vessel. […]

Thomas Cutler’s 27-pound, 7-ounce fish was the first tripletail recognized as North Carolina’s state record.

Making a (fishing) record

Jerry Dilsaver

As recently as September 2009, North Carolina did not recognize a state-record tripletail. None caught were large enough to meet the criteria for establishing a new state record. […]