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September 8, 2026

High-speed trolling with lures allows anglers to cover water and still catch plenty of winter wahoo out of Murrells Inlet.

How to catch Murrells Inlet wahoo this month

You’ll catch more wahoo out of Murrells Inlet, S.C. during the winter months if you incorporate high-speed trolling into your technique. […]

Striped bass don’t mind cold water. They feed in the Neuse and Trent rivers around New Bern throughout the winter.

New Bern stripers keep cold anglers’ hearts plenty warm

Craig Holt

When February arrives, the line guides on fishing rods will fill with ice almost as quickly as an angler’s hands get cold. […]

Lake Tillery can spit out some quality blue catfish, especially during the winter when they congregate in the lake’s upper section.

Run Tillery’s river for big blue catfish in dead of winter

Tony Garitta

When Kevin Custer of the N.C. Catfish Tournament Association Series was asked to name a productive lake for big blue catfish in the winter, he didn’t say Lake Norman or Badin Lake as many people might expect. […]

Flounder move to warmer offshore waters to spend the winter around ledges and rocks — still within reach of anglers out of Little River, S.C.

Follow state-line flounder

Jeff Burleson

With a couple months before flounder show up inshore, die-hard fishermen can still hook up to a king-sized fluke in February, but they will have to venture out in a much larger boat and travel many more miles from the dock. […]

Guide Rob Bennett likes to toss tiny jigs on light tackle to shad on their run up the Cooper River and the Rediversion Canal this month.

SC’s shad run gives February anglers some real hope

Brian Cope

One of South Carolina’s hottest-biting February fish is typically referred to as “bait” the rest of the year. It’s time for the shad run, which gives anglers tired of waiting for warm weather an excuse to get on the water for the first time of the year. […]

Guide Wendell Wilson said big stripers are on his menu this month on South Carolina’s Lake Russell.

Russell’s February buffet

Pat Robertson

February is a month when you want both heavy tackle and light tackle in your boat when you go fishing on South Carolina’s Lake Russell, according to guide Wendell Wilson of Elberton, Ga. […]

Fishermen can employ slow-trolling or anchoring tactics in February, depending on where they’re fishing.

Lake Gaston catfish don’t mind cold

Dusty Wilson

February can be a dicey month for anglers in North Carolina. It will feature some of the coldest temperatures of the winter, but it will usually greet the first warmth of the oncoming spring. […]

This Quatix 3 is in “Clark Kent” trim with its default watch face and black leather band.

Marine electronics for your wrist

Allan Tarvid

An electronic watch can be as smart as Einstein and still be useless to fishermen if it isn’t waterproof. […]

The National Marine Fisheries Service has closed the recreational cobia season along the Atlantic coast from the Georgia-Florida line north to New York.

Cobia season closed in federal waters by NMFS

From News Reports

The National Marine Fisheries Service closed the recreational cobia season on Tuesday in waters more than 3 miles off the beach along the Atlantic coast from the Georgia-Florida line north to New York, reacting to a second-consecutive year of over-the-limit catches of the popular nearshore fish. […]

While several giant bluefin have been caught off N.C.'s coast this year, Scott McCoy, Chris Garner, and Clarke Merrell have caught the biggest so far, this 1045-pound beast.

1045-pound bluefin tuna caught by Morehead City anglers

Dusty Wilson

Who has caught the biggest bluefin tuna in North Carolina waters this year? That honor is being passed back and forth between fishermen from Morehead City and Southport, but since Jan. 20, it has belonged to three Morehead City anglers who landed a 1,045-pound fish that day. […]