Fishing Reports
Photo of the Week: Chad Hewitt’s 22-inch rainbow trout
Chad Hewitt from Farmersville, Ohio caught this 22-inch wild rainbow trout with Matt Evans of The Catawba Angler out of Old Fort, N.C. […]
Fishing
Newsletters
MONSTER bluefin tuna caught out of Oregon Inlet
Josiah VanFleet was fishing with family and friends off of Oregon Inlet, N.C. on Feb. 24, 2021 when they landed a giant bluefin tuna that’s been estimated to weigh between 800 and 1000 pounds. […]
Newsletters
Offshore fishing report: giant bluefin tuna
The giant bluefin tuna are biting along the coast of North Carolina, and numerous boats weighed in dozens of them in a single day during the last week of February 2021. […]
Fishing Reports
SC Wahoo Series off to fast start
Heather Leman got the 2021 SC Wahoo Series off to a fast start, but she wasn’t the only angler to boat a wahoo on Feb. 24. […]
Newsletters
Angler wins $8300 for 10.25-pound speckled trout
Richard Gilligan won $8300 in the Chasin’ Tails Outdoors Bait & Tackle 13th Annual Speckled Trout Challenge for his 10.25-pound speckled trout he caught on Dec. 1, 2020. […]
Events & Announcements
Pisgah Center announces March classes
The NCWRC’s Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education has announced its in-person workshop schedule for March 2021. […]
Events & Announcements
Temporary no wake zone on portions of Waccamaw River, AIC
The U.S. Coast Guard and SCDNR are notifying boaters that portions of the Waccamaw River and the Intracoastal Waterway are temporary no wake zones due to flooding. […]
Catfish
Santee upper lake fishing report: catfish in stump fields
Anchoring down in stump fields and using big chunks of cut bait is the key to catching lots of catfish on Santee’s upper lake right now. […]
Crappie/Bream
Freshwater fishing report: crappie biting on brush piles
The crappie are biting consistently, especially around deep brush piles throughout the Carolinas, despite the nasty weather this February has brought us. […]
Mountain Trout
NC Hatchery Supported Trout Waters closing Feb. 28 – April 3
The NCWRC will close the state’s Hatchery Supported Trout Waters from Feb. 28 to April 3 so the agency can stock these waters with almost a million fish. […]