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August 19, 2026

For catching too many red snapper last year, South Carolina fishermen won't have a season in 2015.

Feds to fishermen: No red snapper season in 2015

After several years of limited weekend fishing, the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council announced today that there will be no red snapper season in federal waters in 2015, because the total number of fish removed from the population in 2014 almost doubled the allowable harvest. […]

Fishermen in the South Atlantic area will have no open season for red snapper in 2015 due to catching almost double the allowable catch in 2014.

Feds: No red snapper season in 2015

North Carolina Sportsman

Knowing the location of color changes, and temperature and current breaks can help locate bluewater species like this dolphin.

Purchase an advantage

Brian Cope

A number of pelagic species are biting this month, and with Daylight Savings Time in full swing, anglers have more time on their fishing days. […]

Lots of dolphin and some big ones are cruising the bluewater off the Grand Strand, ganging up on bait schools.

Bluewater dolphin bite off Grand Strand has been wide open

Jeff Burleson

Throughout the year, certain fisheries fire off with a change in water temperature or some other type of environmental condition. […]

Big amberjack like this one can put a real strain on even the heaviest of tackle, in part because the fish are almost always caught around line-breaking structure.

Just jackin’ around – Want to get your string stretched by a beast? Try an amberjack on for size.

Mike Marsh

On a hot and sticky morning, Capt. Jamie Rushing of Seagate Charters launched his 21-toot center console at the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s public boat ramp at Wrightsville Beach and headed south toward Masonboro Inlet, getting out early to beat the crowd. […]

Veteran Morehead City captain loves to head to the bluewater in June for dolphin and wahoo.

Dancin’ in the bluewater – June means “Fish on!” for bluewater anglers out of Morehead City

Craig Holt

The deep, muffled throbbing of the twin 600-horsepower CAT diesels and the gentle rocking inside the cabin of the Dancin’ Outlaw III as it sped across a calm sea finally put to sleep six anglers. […]

Bluewater fishermen are catching plenty of dolphin in the bluewater out of South Carolina ports. Not only are they ahead of schedule, they're closer to the beach than normal, thanks to meanderings of the Gulf Stream.

Early arrival of dolphin has South Carolina fishermen loving the bluewater

Phillip Gentry

Bluewater anglers are getting an early start on the trolling season as both dolphin and wahoo have showed up off the South Carolina coast nearly a month ahead of schedule. […]

Dolphin are among the most-popular offshore fish taken out of Hatteras and other North Carolina ports.

Dolphin: Clown prince of the open ocean

Jerry Dilsaver

With their bright colors and wild, entertaining acrobatics, dolphin are considered by many to be the clown prince of the open ocean. […]

Hatteras Inlet

Jerry Dilsaver

Hatteras Inlet has a stormy history, but the changes in the past decade have created storms that have little to do with the weather. […]

Big, gaffer-sized dolphin have invaded the waters out of Hatteras.

Hatteras captain expects dolphin fishing to return to fantastic as soon as seas subside

Jerry Dilsaver

Fishermen headed offshore from Hatteras received a few days of R&R over the weekend as tropical storm Ana stirred up the ocean, but Capt. Jeremy Hicks of Calypso Sportfishing expects the dolphin, tuna and wahoo to resume their relentless attack as soon as the seas subside. […]