North Carolina’s Cape Fear is unique in several ways, among them, it’s the only place in the Tarheel State where a large river, the Cape Fear, flows directly to the ocean. Second, it features several species that are incidental catches at most other places, including tarpon, which arrive each summer and have a devoted local following. […]
Red drum don’t react to August’s steamy heat by swimming through inlets to reach the ocean’s deeper, cooler waters.
The hurricanes and flooding of recent years have drastically changed the physical makeup of many inshore creeks throughout the Carolinas. But the fishing is still great for anglers who know how to adapt. […]
While enjoying the Palmetto State coast on vacation, an angler from Ohio was fishing with Capt. Jay Baisch of Fishful Thinking Guide Service in Murrells Inlet, SC. The crew was having a good day of fun and fishing when a 20 inch redfish was brought to the boat. […]
Rennie Clark piloted his boat out of North Carolina’s Masonboro Inlet, nosing the bow through the rolling waves. Clouds in the overcast sky threatened rain, but the wind was calmly whispering out of the southwest, which made the seas nearly flat. […]
The middle of another Carolina summer is upon us, and while plenty of offshore and inshore options exist, it’s prime time to catch sheepshead around the rock jetties scattered up and down the coast. […]
As the temperature rises, so does the number of flounder around nearshore ocean artificial reefs, hardbottom/livebottom areas and shipwrecks off North Carolina’s southern coast. […]
Maybe it’s the difficulties in safely navigating inshore waters that push some flounder fanatics to the ocean when summer arrives in the Atlantic Beach, N.C., area. […]
While South Carolina’s tarpon fishery may not compare to the Florida Keys, its popularity is increasing every year. […]
This past January, fisheries biologists and anglers knew bad news was on the horizon for spotted seatrout. […]
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