Offshore Fishing Archives - Page 55 of 98

May 3, 2026

The first bluefin tuna of the season showed up out of Beaufort Inlet off Atlantic beach this past weekend, and fish appear to have arrived in good numbers.

First bluefin tuna of season have arrived off Cape Lookout

They’re baaaaaack. That’s the call bouncing down the Morehead City Waterfront and along the Atlantic Beach Causeway, and it’s about bluefin tuna. […]

Dates for the recreational season for black sea bass will change on Dec. 8 to be closer to the vermilion snapper season.

Regulations changed on AJs, black sea bass in South Atlantic

Jerry Dilsaver

Anglers who target several popular species of bottomfish will see a few changes that become effective on Dec. 8 after a federal fisheries management board changed when the annual season begins and several other harvest details. […]

Plenty of big king mackerel are there for the taking off the beaches of the Grand Strand.

King mackerel bite has been great off the Grand Strand

Jeff Burleson

Since Labor Day, South Carolina anglers have had to deal with roller-coaster weather, but it hasn’t disrupted the king mackerel fishing along the Grand Strand. […]

The break between the Continental shelf and Continental slope lies roughly between 70 and 80 fathoms off the North Carolina coast.

Fishing the break

Jerry Dilsaver

What exactly do fishermen mean when they say they are “fishing the break?” […]

Brian Hudson, Ricky Moore and Ryan Hardee boated this 95-pound wahoo while fishing for king mackerel out of Beaufort Inlet on Oct. 3.

Huge wahoo was big surprise for king mackerel fishermen

Dusty Wilson

Three fishermen made the right call when they left the nearshore waters of Beaufort Inlet after trolling for king mackerel on Oct. 3 to head offshore to a piece of livebottom, a spot that produced the fish of a lifetime: a 6-foot wahoo that destroyed a trolled menhaden and strained the scales at 95 pounds. […]

Fall is the time to whack a wahoo between Cape Lookout and the break

Jerry Dilsaver

The waters off of Atlantic Beach provide some great wahoo action, especially in the fall. […]

Lots of nice king mackerel, including plenty at 25 pounds or better, have shown up just off the beach from Georgetown north to the Grand Strand.

Kings following mullet run just beyond breakers from Georgetown north

Jeff Burleson

For the past 10 days, anglers cruising along the beachfront of South Carolina’s northern coastline have been noticing a different crowd of visitors hanging on the outside edge of the breakers. […]

Location, location, location

Jerry Dilsaver

Much like for a successful business, the key to productive offshore bottom-fishing is being in the right location. Once the preferred, rock, wreck or reef is found, the captain must anchor so the boat is positioned just right to get the baits down to the fish. Bottomfish are very specific to their chosen structure, and missing it by even a few feet will result in a lot of waiting rather than catching. […]

Black sea bass regulations differ between waters north and south of Cape Hatteras, just one example of bottomfish regulations that are somewhat complex and often confusing.

A plethora of piscatorial regulations

Jerry Dilsaver

Regulations for offshore bottomfish species are complex and include several closed seasons and several seasons that close when the annual allocation is caught. […]

Federal fisheries managers will close the recreational season on several species of porgies, including this knobbed porgy, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, because of overharvest.

Feds will close recreational season on several porgy species on Sept. 17

Jerry Dilsaver

Federal fisheries managers announced last Friday that the recreational season for a number of species in the popular porgy family will close on Wednesday, Sept. 17 and not reopen until Jan. 1, 2015. […]