Offshore Fishing Archives - Page 95 of 98

May 1, 2026

A small king or a large Spanish mackerel? That’s the problem many anglers have in identifying these fish of this size, but the king limit is three per angler while the Spanish daily creel is 15 fish. (See end of Jerry Dilsaver’s column to find this fish’s identify.)

Know your macks after attacks

One of the mistakes too many anglers continue to make is confusing Spanish mackerel and small king mackerel. […]

The author gaffed and lifted Terry Heuser’s N.C. citation-size cobia, caught at Yaupon Reef, into the boat’s ice-storage compartment.

Yaupon Diner

The dark shape, slowly circling the live pogy suspended beneath a balloon, suddenly whirled and streaked toward the surface. […]

This N.C. State University student (or fan) got a thrill by catching a 25-pound king mackerel off Bogue Banks while fishing with Capt. Jeff Cronk.

Two-Front War

Dan Kibler

It’s a terrible thing to be invaded on two fronts, especially if you’re a soldier.

However, it’s a wonderful thing if you’re a fisherman. […]

An artificial Yummee Fly’n Fish is an extremely productive lure when fished offshore below a kite. The 6/0 and 9/0 hooks are cabled together and tied to a leader of 130-pound test monofilament.

Go Fly a Kite

Mike Marsh

If a stranger walked up to J. Gary Early Jr. and suggested that he “go fly a kite,” he would probably take it as a compliment – not an insult. […]

It’s hard to imagine a better time of year to go offshore for bluewater fish than early May, and Capt. Jeff Fisher of Calabash, N.C., says the action out of Little River has been fantastic this week. […]

Go Long for Groupers

Mike Marsh

It was a nearly windless morning and the sun was just turning a black night into the grayness of predawn at Atlantic Beach.

Twin 250 Yamaha four-stroke engines mumbled quietly as they warmed up, and the turbulence of the engines’ vibrations on the otherwise quiet water of the boat harbor foretold which boat was being readied for a day of fishing. […]

From March 24 to April 15, 2007, N.C. recreational anglers may keep one school bluefin tuna measuring 27 inches to less than 47 inches.

NMFS Adjusts N.C. Recreational BFT Bag Limit

From News Reports

To allow N.C. recreational fishermen to harvest part of the remaining annual bluefin tuna allocation from a spring run of school bluefin tuna off Cape Hatteras, the National Marine Fisheries Service has temporarily adjusted the size and posession limits for bluefin tuna. […]

April and May are the top months for anglers to encounter yellowfins, but dolphins, wahoos and some billfish may attack trolled baits.

Yellow Fever

Bob Goldstein

Yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares) are abundant year round in Gulf Stream waters off North Carolina’s Atlantic coast.

Despite ads and banners hyping billfishing, the main spring charterboat catches off North Carolina are yellowfin tunas —and nobody complains. […]

Dolphins are a treat to catch because they are so beautiful when pulled from the water and they are tremendous to eat when filleted and cooked on a grill.

2007 Offshore Forecast

Walt Rhodes

The Atlantic Ocean is a really big fishing hole.

Besides the enormity and variety of gamefish populations the Atlantic hosts, the ocean borders several countries, each, no matter how large or small, vying for its fair slice of the pie, plus a few other nations who wet a line in the pond that want to crash the dessert table. […]

Billy Ray Lucas (R) sizes up his double record 116.5 pound cobia.

NC Record Cobia Recognized as World Record

Jerry Dilsaver

On Sunday June 11, Billy Ray Lucas, of Wilson, Capt. Troy Crane and a group of close friends fought their way through a nasty Outer Banks thunderstorm to land a 116.5 pound cobia and earn a N.C. State Record for Lucas. […]