Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 242 of 287

May 14, 2026

Poling is a common way to move a boat across a shallow flat for redfish.

Good St. Helena Sound/Coosaw River spots

Redfish spots abound around Beaufort, and most are indicated on the Top Spot map #N233. Knowing good spots gives you one-third of the equation for success. […]

The author caught this hefty redfish on a jighead and soft-plastic trailer.

Port Royal Sound spots

John Gribb

Port Royal Sound also has plenty of redfish spots. Several are accessible from two of the more popular landings: the Chechessee River landing at the foot of the SC 170 Bridge and the Alljoy landing on the May River in historic old Bluffton. […]

Ralph Davis fooled this red with a jig and Bass Assassin trailer.

Reds:

Dan Kibler

The average Palmetto State redfish begins lifet in late summer as an egg spawned on a deep area of hardbottom near the mouth of a big inlet or bay… […]

For obvious reasons, speckled trout are often referred to as “yellow mouths.”

Gauging trout recovery

Bryan Bowers

Spotted seatrout — “specks” to many coastal anglers — are a favorite target for many light- tackle fisherman; fun to catch and good to eat. […]

Flounder fishermen who target flatfish around reefs and wrecks in the ocean aren't required to use circle hooks with live bait as are anglers targeting members of the grouper/snapper complex.

Circle hook regs don’t affect flounder fishermen

Jerry Dilsaver

When the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council passed a regulation several years ago that required circle hooks to catch fish in the grouper-snapper complex, fishermen were caught up in questions about whether anglers targeting other bottomfish species could use standard J-hooks – or were they faced with trying to catch, say, flounder, on circle hooks. […]

Try these prescriptions for spooky redfish

Dan Kibler

March Madness has a different meaning this year for basketball fans, but for redfish anglers, it’s still a mad time to be outdoors. […]

A happy angler displays a 30-plus-inch redfish caught while aboard Capt. Jeff Wolfe’s 22-foot bay boat at the lower Cape Fear bays.

Reds, flounder, specks provide good action

Craig Holt

Red drum, flounder and scattered spotted seatrout are providing typical early-spring action for southeastern N.C. anglers, particularly at the bays across the Cape Fear River from Southport. […]

Gamefish protection of speckled trout, along with redfish and stripers, is not going to be addressed by the North Carolina Committee on Marine Fisheries, according to one of the committee members.

Gamefish bill apparently headed to House; no discussion at latest committee meeting

Dan Kibler

No news was apparently good news at the latest meeting today (March 1) of the Legislative Research Commission Committee on Marine Fisheries. […]

The Gitzem jighead features a stiff mono weeguard that keeps a soft-plastic bait from wearing a ‘grass skirt.’

Shed that grass skirt

Jerry Dilsaver

I can’t remember how many times I’ve have someone say, “I’d like to fish there, but there is just too much grass” or “I stay snagged all the time.” […]

A flooded redfish flat is a great place for a fly-fisherman to cut his saltwater teeth.

Fly-fishing adds enjoyment

Bryan Bowers

For years, saltwater fly-fishing was thought of as something different from “regular” fishing; viewed as a fanciful way of angling by some and elitist by others. […]