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Big fatty fish bring the highest prices at market, and small bluefins are of low value. […]
Offshore Fishing
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SCDNR recovers yellowfin tuna tag for first time
A yellowfin tuna tagged nine years ago off the South Carolina coast was caught last year along West Africa near Mauritania, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has learned. […]
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Recreational shallow-water grouper season to close on Jan. 1
Just after the ball hits bottom in Times Square on New Year’s Eve, recreational fishermen across the Southeast Atlantic will add shallow-water grouper to the growing list of offshore bottom species that are off limits. […]
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Atlantic Marina Fisheries Commission votes to reduce menhaden harvest
Atlantic Coast recreational fishermen have been asking for a reduction in the menhaden harvest for a decade or more, and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission finally agreed at its annual meeting in early November. […]
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ASMFC votes to reduce menhaden harvest
Atlantic Coast recreational fishermen have been asking for a reduction in the menhaden harvest for a decade or more, and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission finally agreed at its annual meeting in early November. […]
High Tides and Tall Tails
Smoking in Raleigh Bay: The biggest kings call it home in the fall
King mackerel have a special place in the hearts of many fishermen in North Carolina’s center-console armada. […]
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Black sea bass season could close in October
Recreational fishermen along the south Atlantic Coast weren’t expecting to get in a full year of black sea bass fishing, but when the limit was reduced from 15 to five fish, most thought the season would last more than four or five months. […]
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Summerville angler catches pending state-, world-record hogfish
Hogfish are generally regarded as one of the more difficult species of bottomfish to catch on rod and reel, so when Summerville attorney Wes Covington thought he was in a fight with a big grouper, he was surprised to hear his friends shout “It’s a hogfish!” […]
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Fishery council votes to reopen deep-water bottom fishing in South Atlantic, feds still must approve decision
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted unanimously in a special meeting on Aug. 10 to reopen bottom fishing in waters 240 feet deep out to 200 miles after being closed since January. […]
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Autumn Down Low
Like many North Carolina charterboat captains, Butch Foster of Southport migrated to the coast from inland after spending many vacations there, finally deciding to make it his permanent home. […]