Although blue marlin may be the most-romanticized member of the marlin family due to their size, it’s their smaller cousin, the white marlin, that will be causing all the fuss around North Carolina’s Oregon Inlet this month, when fish congregate around massive bait schools found in Gulf Stream eddies, fattening up before cooler weather pushes them south. […]
Summer finally tails off this month, and the change in seasons brings cooler conditions to nearshore waters. Those waters between the Winyah Bay jetties east of Georgetown, S.C., and Murrells Inlet’s jetties fill up with king mackerel, a change well received by anglers. […]
UPDATED STORY: This just in from WBTV in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, The boat of two missing Gaston County fishermen was found Friday near Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, according to the United States Coast Guard. […]
Breece Gahl of Wilmington caught a 47-pound, 6-ounce gag grouper on May 20. It was recently certified as the new N.C. state record, besting the former record by a pound and six ounces. […]
The fishing trip on July 19 was supposed to be a simple family outing for 10-year-old Katelyn Turner of Charlotte and her parents Mark and Michelle Turner. The Turners were headed out on the family boat, Jaw Breaker, a 27-foot Contender named after Katelyn’s grandfather who was a dentist, for her to catch her first dolphin. […]
The blackfin tuna are biting along North Carolina’s Outer Banks! Scott Rhodes of Statesville and Carrie Kibler of Winston-Salem caught these four blackfin — and 23 others — on a Sunday trip with Capt. Bruce Armstrong on the Sea Angel II out of Hatteras Landing Marina. […]
Daytime swordfish trips are a unique experience. Dropping a single bait — or possibly two — down to extreme depths requires cooperation from Mother Nature, and a lot of hard work. […]
A commercial fishery for broadbill swordfish has operated on the east coast for years, most notably by long-line boats operating several hundred miles offshore. […]
African pompano are an unusual but welcome visitor to the waters off the end of Frying Pan Shoals at North Carolina’s Cape Fear. […]
Four areas of interest to anglers from the Carolinas will be off limits to bottom fishing year-round beginning on July 31. This ruling came down from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) last month as Amendment 36 of the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region. […]
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