Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 236 of 287

July 10, 2026

Expanded beach access at Cape Hatteras National Seashore will give anglers more opportunities to enjoy the ocean’s bounty.

Rep. Jones bill to open Cape Hatteras beaches passes House

After striking out a half-dozen times trying to change public beach access at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Rep. Walter Jones Jr. has hit a home run in Congress. […]

Capt. Stu Caulder releases a big puppy drum caught in the marshes off the Cape Fear River.

Cape Fear puppy drum really on the prowl

Jerry Dilsaver

The puppy drum in the Cape Fear region are biting more like bulldogs than puppies. […]

Solitary reds

Bryan Bowers

On any June weekend, most boat landings near Beaufort are full to capacity, and traffic on popular rivers like the Broad is going full tilt. When the usual spots are just too crowded, the Coosaw River is a great option for anglers looking for a little more room to breathe. […]

Jeff Wolfe catches plenty of tripletail in the lower Cape Fear River, most of them larger than this specimen.

A Tale of Three Tails

Jerry Dilsaver

If not for wearing polarized sunglasses, it would have been impossible to see the dark shape under the crab-pot float in one of the bays off the lower Cape Fear River. […]

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

Flounder bite is on at Murrells Inlet

Matt Coffey

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. […]