Offshore Fishing Archives - Page 83 of 98

May 2, 2026

Nick Morris of Colerain (right) is all smiles after boating a gaffer dolphin aboard The Spray.

Make a Point

Slipping out of Pirates Cove Marina and heading toward Oregon Inlet, Capt. Harold Smith was steering The Spray, his 61-foot sportfisher, through the pre-dawn darkness toward the bluewater, when the radio crackled. […]

A special lure filled with glow sticks from Night Fighters Lures is deployed at dusk for swordfish.

Spend the night with a swordfish

Jeff Dennis

Not everyone wants to spend the night on the ocean fishing for swordfish. It is a discipline that requires special tackle, glow-in-the-dark lures and a confident captain. […]

Illinois angler Stephen Liesen (right) told Capt. Chip Michalove (left) that he didn't want to kill a shart unless it was a state record. Liesen got his wish with this 380-pound pending state record lemon shark.

South Carolina state-record lemon shark landed at Lemon Shark Hole

Jeff Dennis

Stephen Liesen told Outcast Sportfishing’s Capt. Chip Michalove that he wanted a monster shark when they departed the docks at 2 p.m. on Friday (July 23). By the time they returned to the marina at Hilton Head Harbor later that afternoon, they had caught the state-record lemon shark weighing 380-pounds. […]

Fins to the Left, Fins to the Right

Phillip Gentry

The only thing missing was the lonely ringing of the bell on the buoy marking the entrance to the South Edisto River. […]

Spanish mackerel are one of the main species available at southeastern N.C. coast nearshore waters.

Variety of fish available at southeast N.C. coast

Craig Holt

Fishing at the southeastern coast is in a typical summer pattern with a wide variety of species available to anglers. […]

Kiss-ing Triggers

Phillip Gentry

The order of the day was bottom-fishing when Capt. Devin Cage steered The Poacher out of the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center and into the ocean. […]

Georgetown’s Royal Jewels

Jeff Burleson

Notorious for exploding on a bait at lightning speed and taking several hundred yards of line off a reel in a flash, king mackerel are within reach of the weekend angler from the coast off Georgetown. […]

Federal fisheries managers may have put severe restrictions on red-snapper harvest, but that didn’t keep “Snapper” Mills (left) from landing this fine fish held by mate Taylor Thomas at the Betsy Ross Reef.

Piscatorial Patriots

Bryan Bowers

About 20 miles out of the Port Royal Sound is an artificial reef that holds more species of gamefish than you can shake a liberty ship at — the Betsy Ross Reef. […]

If approved, a new fedreal measure would continue the current red snapper closure off the North Carolina coast and add an all-out bottom-fishing ban in a stretch of water from southern Georgia into northeastern Florida.

Red snapper fishing to remain closed off Carolinas if new measure ultimately approved

From News Reports

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council on Wednesday (June 9) accepted a measure that would continue the current closure of the red snapper fishery off the Carolinas, and would end all bottom fishing in a region stretching from southern Georgia to northeast Florida, the council announced. […]

South Atlantic Fisheries Managament Council action aims to maintain closure of red snapper fishing

From News Reports

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council on Wednesday (June 9) accepted a measure that would continue the current closure of the red snapper fishery off the coast of South Carolinas, but would shut down all bottom fishing from southern Georgia to northeast Florida, the council announced. […]