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April 22, 2026
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Black Sea Bass

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Black Sea Bass

2026 black sea bass season opens May 1 north of Cape Hatteras, with new regulations

NCDMF Release

The 2026 recreational Black Sea Bass fishing season will open May 1 in North Carolina waters north of Cape Hatteras. […]

Black Sea Bass

Hit the bottom for black sea bass

Brian Cope

Anglers out of Edisto Beach are catching quality-sized black sea bass. […]

black sea bass
Black Sea Bass

Black sea bass season opens May 15, 2021 north of Cape Hatteras

NCDMF Release

The recreational black sea bass season north of Cape Hatteras will open on May 15, 2021 and run through the end of the year. […]

Black Sea Bass

Matt Merriman’s Topsail Beach black sea bass

Carolina Sportsman

Matthew Merriman on Dec. 23, 2020 offshore Topsail Beach NC. We ended up catching our limits of black sea bass on squid jigs. […]

black sea bass
Black Sea Bass

Black sea bass season closes Dec. 1 north of Cape Hatteras

NCDMF Release

The recreational harvest season for black sea bass north of Cape Hatteras is closing Dec. 1, 2020, and will remain closed until the middle of May 2021. […]

Southport area
Black Sea Bass

Southport area anglers catching lots of fish

Brian Cope

Anglers in the Southport area are catching plenty of redfish, speckled trout, and even several offshore species during this February warming trend. […]

black sea bass
Black Sea Bass

Black sea bass opens north of Hatteras Feb. 1

NCDMF Release

The recreational black sea bass season north of Cape Hatteras will open Feb. 1 and run through Feb. 28. […]

Coastal fishing report
Black Sea Bass

N.C. coastal fishing report – what’s biting right now

Brian Cope

North Carolina’s coastal anglers are reporting big catches of a variety of fish offshore, nearshore, and inshore. Here’s what’s biting right now. […]

black sea bass
Black Sea Bass

Carolina nearshore black sea bass are on fire

Jeff Burleson

Some of the best fishing arrives when it gets cold along the Carolinas’ coast. […]

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