Offshore Fishing Archives - Page 73 of 98

May 2, 2026

This 32.4-pound blackfin tuna was caught offshore aboard Capt. Tom Thomas’ ‘Top Gun.’

Run For It!

The first hints of spring start to show this month, and saltwater fishermen are only too ready to big winter good-bye. […]

Black sea bass are recovering from being overfished earlier in the decade, but strict catch restrictions remain in place; the recreational fishery is currently closed.

Not too long ago, plenty of options were available for fishermen who were set up to head offshore, but thanks to the folks at the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council, those options available are dwindling. […]

Going offshore in March requires more preparation than do trips in warmer months. Pay closer attention to weather forecasts and carry extra clothes and warm blankets.

Conditions and safety

Bryan Bowers

March weather can vary greatly from day to day. Perfect conditions for chasing wahoo and tuna are not what most people assume they are. […]

Catch the spring wahoo run from Crystal Coast ports.

Wahoo! Wahoo!

Jerry Dilsaver

The Run Off isn’t the fastest charterboat on the Morehead City waterfront, but Capt. Brian Harrington and mate Marty Hiatt work hard to fill the fish box and usually do it well, even if it means a little earlier departure from port. […]

Wahoo will leave Gulf Stream waters and often move slightly inshore in the spring and fall, putting them in range of plenty of fishermen.

What’s about wahoo?

Jerry Dilsaver

There is not an abundance of information on wahoo, acanthocybium solanderi. […]

A planer bridle allows for the planer to easily be added or removed from the line.

The planer bridle rig

Jerry Dilsaver

While wahoo are often caught by baits and lures running at or just below the surface, a good number are caught well below the surface on outfits designed to fish there. […]

The Coastal Fisheries Reform Group has announced it will seek a total gill-net ban along the North Carolina coast because the state Legislature has refused to act on proposed gamefish status for red drum and speckled trout.

Fisheries group calls for total gill-net ban, cites legislative inaction on gamefish bill

Craig Holt

The Coastal Fisheries Reform Group declared last week its intent to seek a total gill-net ban in North Carolina coastal waters. […]

A strike-netter goes past a recreational angler’s boat Feb. 4 in Onslow County's Stones Creek before closing off the creek to fishing by hook-and-line anglers.

Angler: Stones Creek netting incident shows lack of respect, portends trouble

Craig Holt

Robert Patterson of Jacksonville is used to swimming against the tide. […]

Rep. Darrell McCormick (background), co-chairman of the Legislature’s Committee on Marine Resources, listens as DMF director Louis Daniel III answers a question during a Raleigh public hearing. McCormick will speak at a recreational-fishing group’s fundraiser Feb. 25 in Swansboro.

McCormick to speak at Swansboro fundraiser for gamefish fight

Craig Holt

Representative Darrell McCormick, co-chair of the North Carolina Legislature’s Committee on Marine Resources, will be the keynote speaker during a Feb. 25 event to raise money for the fight to change the state’s saltwater fisheries management and better reflect the value of recreational fishing. […]

River herring crashed because of mismanagement by the NCMRC even as state biologists warned continued commercial netting was detrimental, and at least one recreational angler says he fears the same thing could happen with speckled trout.

Mismanagement of river herring warns of NCMFC’s commercial bias, veteran rec angler says

Craig Holt

As commercial and recreational saltwater fishing interests duke out their positions online and at meetings of the legislature’s Committee on Marine Resources, Ray Brown of Goldsboro remains one of the most eloquent speakers on behalf of coastal resources. […]