Features
Specks on the Pamlico Sound
For anglers searching for speckled trout on the Pamlico Sound, finding deep holes with structure is the key. […]
Inshore Fishing
Flounder
NC announces 2025 recreational flounder season
North Carolina’s 2025 recreational flounder season will run from Sept. 1 to Sept. 14. […]
Flounder
2025 NC flounder season opens Sept. 1
The NCDEQ’s Division of Marine Fisheries has announced the North Carolina 2025 recreational flounder season will open Sept. 1 […]
Featured
Summertime is tripletail time
Most inshore anglers beat the shorelines and oyster beds for a limit of speckled trout, reds and flounder through the summer. But very few anglers target the best-eating and hardest-fighting fish roaming inshore waters. And that’s the feisty tripletail. […]
Columns
90-second fried shrimp
This fried shrimp recipe keeps it simple, and that’s the best way to fry shrimp. […]
Features
Scorching stripers at Lake Wateree
Lake Wateree’s stripers will bite like mad throughout the summer for anglers using these tips. […]
Flounder
Anglers busted with 21 flounder over the limit
SCDNR officers fined three individuals in Georgetown County for multiple fishing violations, including having 21 flounder over the limit. […]
Newsletters
NC man jailed for making threats over proposed inshore shrimp trawling ban
Anthony Wayne Street was arrested on June 20, 2025 for making threats to NC lawmakers concerning a proposed inshore shrimp trawling ban. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Multiple NC species biting early and late
An influx of warm weather and baitfish drive inshore species to feed along NC’s central coast in June. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Flounder flood into Murrells Inlet
Murrells Inlet is one of the hottest flounder holes in the Carolinas during June. […]