Offshore Fishing Archives - Page 53 of 98

July 4, 2026

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

Purchase an advantage

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. […]

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. […]

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. […]

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. […]

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. […]

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. […]

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. […]

King mackerel have moved in off Grand Strand beaches in huge numbers.

Double-digit king mackerel catches are the rule off Grand Strand

Jeff Burleson

Warm weather is bringing more to Grand Strand visitors than a suntan. The king mackerel have arrived early and in a big way, bending rods everywhere from the beachfront out to 60 feet of water […]

With Wes Schwabe on the rod, Mark Chambers and Steven Meyers boated this 110-inch blue marlin while fishing in a 24-foot center console boat offshore out of Morehead City.

Small-boat crew decks enormous blue marlin out of Morehead City

Dan Kibler

What does a 550-pound blue marlin that measures almost 10-feet long look like inside a 24-foot center-console boat? […]