Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 270 of 287

July 8, 2026

Three state Southern Flounder Advisory Committee members, including Joe Shute (shown here), resigned last week in protest of a North Carolina Marine Fisheries vote to allow two additional weeks of flounder netting in contradiction to science and a state Division of Marine Fisheries recommendation.

Marine fisheries advisory committee members resign in protest

The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission voted Nov. 23, 2009, to allow two additional weeks of netting of southern flounder in December. […]

Anglers are seeing the best early-winter speckled trout bite in several years at inshore waters near Carolina Beach.

Best speck bite in three years at Carolina Beach

Craig Holt

The best early-winter speckled trout bite in the last three years is occurring at the southeastern coast. […]

Guide Jerry Hill has turned his attention from Badin Lake to High Rock Lake, where he says the average size of fish is much better.

Rock for Rocks

Dan Kibler

For years, Jerry Hill lived and fished — and guided fishermen for striped bass — on Badin Lake. […]

Capt. Steve Thomas and Joe Lippa of Florence with a Hobcaw Barony redfish.

‘Private’ redfish offer unique fishing chance

Jeff Dennis

If you have ever been to the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina or Virginia to fish for mountain trout, you know that it is somewhat easy to catch small fish. […]

Big gray trout are available at a prime bottom area near Swansboro during the fall.

When Ida clears, try gray trout

Craig Holt

Hurricane Ida literally put a damper on fishing this week as its counterclockwise winds and torrential rains drove boats off the Atlantic and made pier and surf fishing improbable and kept freshwater anglers at home. […]

Surf fishing for big red drum is productive now at the Outer Banks as Jason Shive proves.

OBX surf fishing hits peak now

Craig Holt

If you can pull yourself away from deer hunting this week (the rut’s in full swing across most of eastern and central North Carolina and muzzle-loader season opens Nov. 7 in the piedmont), you might consider heading to the Outer Banks for some surf fishing. […]