Inshore Fishing
Fish a dropper
The hopper-dropper rig is a very popular technique used across the nation to catch trout, but it is usually for the freshwater version swimming in the fast-flowing streams in the mountains. […]
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Inshore Fishing
Watch out for October winter blast
A lot of things can happen in October, but the most-drastic game changer is the weather; it can be hot like summer or bone chilling the next day. […]
Inshore Fishing
Fanatic is flounder unfriendly
The correct bait for flounder fishing is, well, a live mud minnow, mullet, menhaden or even larger baitfish, or any one of a number of soft-plastic baits that can be threaded onto a jighead or a swimbait hook. […]
Inshore Fishing
Looking for a better hookup
Guide Justin Carter doesn’t get caught up in counting, waiting or pausing before setting the hook when he’s targeting flounder. […]
Inshore Fishing
Coastal piers offer great king mackerel fishing
Fishermen try their luck for king mackerel from almost every pier along the North Carolina coast. On Oak Island, the meat of the pier king season runs from roughly the first of May to the end of October. […]
Inshore Fishing
Fall kings make U.S. Open wide open
North Carolina has two migratory groups of king mackerel, scomberomorus cavalla, one considered an offshore group that moves to the warm waters near the beach in spring, summer and fall and then retreats to warmer offshore waters near the Gulf Stream during the winter, and the coastal migrators that migrate up an down the coast, from Florida to Virginia related to water temperature and abundance and absence of forage fish for food. […]
Inshore Fishing
Lures often outfish live bait during fall
Although a live shrimp under a popping cork is probably the best bait for speckled trout from May through September, most shrimp leave North Carolina’s inland waters after the first big fall cold fronts. […]
Inshore Fishing
Loop knot creates more action
Many anglers have been fishing with someone, casting identical lures, with one angler catching fish and the other catching nothing. […]
Bass Fishing
Know what you can catch and keep
License requirements change at the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, which carries US 17 Business/US 76/US 421 across the river in WIlmington. […]
Bass Fishing
Working the tide
Bass pro Mike Lanier of Winnabow emphasizes that the rivers around Wilmington are tidal, and that understanding this is key for fishing success. […]