Offshore Fishing Archives - Page 78 of 98

May 2, 2026

James "Skeeter" Midgette Sr. landed a 30-pound red grouper May 29 aboard the Yeah Right II out of Southport. The fish was 3 1/2 pounds shy of the state record for red grouper. Bottom fishing for sea bass opened June 1 and grouper season is already open.

Bottom fishing explodes off southeast N.C. coast

Bottom fishing is the bomb off the southeastern North Carolina coast. […]

Bryson Hills with her winning 34.1-pound mahi mahi

Dolphin Days Offshore Tourney yields dolphin, wahoo

The 2011 offshore fishing tournaments continued with the SCSSA Dolphin Days event that was fished on Saturday May 21. Eighteen boats went fishing and 9 of the 32 fish weighed in were reeled in by female anglers. […]

Flashing colors from yellow to emerald green to blue, a dolphin comes over the transom after slamming a trolled bait.

Deep Blue Dolphin

Phillip Gentry

After a 3:45 a.m. wake-up call and a 4:30 departure from the dock, it was a 3-hour run to the blue water. On the long ride out, daylight broke, and not long into the first pull of the morning, a buzz-like lightning went through the boat as the captain and crew — all of whom have keen eyesight above and beyond that of mortal men — spotted “something” following the baits.

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Anthony Ng caught this scamp grouper after a relatively short run to an offshore ledge out of Morehead City.

At Last!

Mike Marsh

With bottomfish seasons open — finally — North Carolina anglers who fish out of Morehead City will find some of the best action. So many reefs, ledges and wrecks are such an easy boat ride out of port that it can be hard to pick a hard-bottom destination. […]

An angler and the mate on Hot Shot show off a May dolphin

Dolphin, wahoo, tuna all on tap in late May

Jeff Dennis

Captain Dick Vance with Hot Shot Charters in Charleston, 843-209-1630, reports that May is the best month to go offshore fishing and that he will be booked everyday of the month. […]

Saltwater sportsmen need to contact House members of the Committee on Commerce and Job Development to express their support for H 353, the game-fish status bill that would protect red drum (above), spotted sea trout and striped bass.

Game-fish bill on track to move from North Carolina House to Senate

Craig Holt

The home stretch is in sight for the fate of House Bill 353, the piece of legislation that would declare red drum, spotted seatrout and striped bass as game fish in North Carolina. coastal waters. […]

A fairly rare run of inshore chopper bluefish are attacking king mackerel float rigs at Bogue Inlet Pier.

Chopper blues putting bite on king rigs at Bogue Pier

Craig Holt

“Chopper” bluefish runs once were commonplace at the Outer Banks beaches, especially at Ocracoke Island, during October and November during the 1970s and early 1980s. […]

Paul Godbout and his 82.4-pound wahoo caught on April 14

82-pound wahoo landed at Georgetown Hole

Jeff Dennis

The fishing forecast for April in South Carolina Sportsman magazine reported that some of the biggest wahoo could be caught in April just ahead of the blue water blitz that grips the entire month of May. […]

Spring dolphin fishing is ready to sizzle off the Crystal Coast.

Offshore fishing on cusp of explosion

Craig Holt

Offshore fishing out of the Crystal Coast is on the cusp of exploding. […]

The SCSSA Early Birds came back with some April dolphin, like the crew on Freeman Boatworks

Early Bird offshore tourney yields dolphin, tuna

Jeff Dennis

The 2011 offshore fishing tournaments got under way with the South Carolina Saltwater Sportfishing Association Early Bird event on Saturday (April 30). […]