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April 30, 2026

Trolling single bucktails, or more effectively in tandem, is a time-tested technique to entice summer-time striped bass.

Pretty Bucktails All in a Row

It’s been almost 20 years since I first set foot in the Dixie ski boat that Jerry Hill of Denton had converted into a striper-fishing machine. […]

Gary Knight of Polecat Creek Outfitters in Greensboro often takes clients to Jordan Lake for night fishing.

Nocturnal Nibbles

Chris Ginn

Gary Knight and his client for the evening had been on a pretty good run. […]

A jack crevalle this size is quite a catch. These fish arrive during June but move around more than amberjacks. Often they’ll hit the trolled baits of king mackerel anglers.

Jacks are Wild

Jerry Dilsaver

The water above the Pocohontas was calm except for a gentle rolling swell and the noise created by big Tsunami Popper lures. […]

A float rig, a rattling cork and a small Kahle hook through a mullet’s head can be fished above oyster rocks or at the edges of marshes for redfish.

Triple-Play Reds

Mike Marsh

The only man-made sounds were occasional sloshes as waves washed against the boat hull, created by the turbulence a trolling motor propeller. […]

The Pigeon’s West Fork offers 5 miles of hatchery-supported water and 2 miles of delayed-harvest water, each well stocked with rainbows, browns and brook trout.

Forks of the Pigeon

Jeff Samsel

The Pigeon River carries a dirty reputation.

Infamous for its past polluted state, the river name still leaves a bad smell in the noses of many North Carolinians. […]

The mouth of Bluestone Creek is a good spot for big blue catfish during the summer months, according to guide Chris Coleman. Another excellent area for night-time monster catfish is a “hump” between the two river channels of the Dan and Staunton near Staunton View.

Bumps in the Night

Marc N. McGlade

Sometimes when things go bump in the night it’s a good thing. […]

Capt. Robert “Bobby” Freeman holds a nice pair of groupers. Freeman, who has been a far offshore bottomfisherman for 34 years, uses a drift-fishing technique because he drops baits 500 feet below his boat at times.

The Bottom of Things

Craig Holt

Don’t bother trying to convince Capt. Robert Freeman, owner of the Sunrise II, an offshore bottom-fishing boat based at Atlantic Beach, that groupers and snappers are in trouble. […]

Guide Rick Bennett and angler Kathy Erickson display an eating-size Snow’s Cut flounder. Although many flounder this size are caught, each year the channel gives up 10-pounders.

During the 1930s, the construction wizards of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers created a shortcut to carry shipped goods between the Cape Fear River and Myrtle Grove Sound, which separates Carolina Beach from the mainland south of Wilmington. […]

Sailfish thick off Carolina coast

Scott Keepfer

What’s up with all the sailfish off the South Carolina coast? […]

Lock and Dam # 2, near Elizabethtown, is one of three dams on the Cape Fear River system being considered for removal.

Removal of Cape Fear River Locks and Dams Could Improve Fish Populations

From News Reports

RALEIGH, N.C. – The removal of three obsolete dams in North Carolina could improve recreational and commercial fisheries for striped bass, American shad, hickory shad, and help tremendously in restoration efforts for river herring, Atlantic sturgeon and shortnose sturgeon. […]