Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 65 of 287

July 11, 2026

Is flounder gigging the reason for the fish’s decline?

Brian Cope

How much is flounder gigging to blame for the decline in the flounder population along the Carolina coastlines? […]

Bluefish limit for NC anglers being reduced Feb. 1

NCDMF Release

The limit on bluefish for recreational anglers in North Carolina is being reduced beginning on Feb. 1. […]

9.9-pound trout leads Speckled Trout Challenge

Brian Cope

With a week left to go and the speckled trout biting like mad along the Carolina Beach coast, the 12th Annual Chasin’ Tails Speckled Trout Challenge is far from over. […]

Catch winter redfish off N.C.’s central coast

Jerry Dilsaver

Cold weather fills the North Carolina surf with redfish. […]

Stono river specks offer plenty of winter action

Brian Cope

Many inshore anglers don’t give much thought or effort into catching speckled trout in February, but plenty of specks are still active in the Stono River, south of Charleston, S.C., and except on the most brutal of cold days, they’re willing to bite. […]

Guide Jot Owens targets the stripers in the catch-and-release fishery around Wilmington, N.C. at the mouth of creeks that feed major rivers on a falling tide.

Are Cape Fear stripers on the mend?

Jerry Dilsaver

It’s still way too early to rush around proclaiming, “They’re back,” but fishermen are seeing striped bass return to the rivers and creeks around Wilmington, N.C. […]

Troll big creeks for High Rock’s winter striped bass

Tony Garitta

Guide Jerry Hill of Lexington, N.C., has some simple advice for fishermen targeting striped bass on North Carolina’s High Rock Lake this month. […]

Sheepshead – winter’s saving grace

Brian Cope

February can be a brutal month for anglers in the Carolinas, but one fish that is available year-round and bites well during cold weather is sheepshead. They are in our inshore waters as well as around nearshore and offshore reefs this time of year. […]