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July 21, 2026

Bass pro Mike Lanier jerks a nice largemouth out of the water wthin sight of bridges that cross the Cape Fear River in Wilmington.

Shall we gather at the rivers? Bass fishermen have got plenty of water to probe in the four rivers around Wilmington, N.C.

The beaches of New Hanover County are known for their good saltwater fishing, but fewer anglers are aware of the good freshwater fishing from Wilmington upriver. […]

A small, square-lipped crankbait is a great choice for bass fishermen on Lake Tillery in October.

Fish fast for fall bass on Lake Tillery

Dan Kibler

Dylan Fulk had his trolling motor on high and his baitcasting rod in perpetual motion, firing casts at just about any piece of visible cover as he worked a bank in Lake Tillery’s Jacobs Creek. […]

Lake Hartwell produced this trophy striper for Adam Rice during the fall, when they move out of deep water and within range of plenty of fishermen.

When cool means hot – Fall weather brings Lake Hartwell’s stripers out of deep water and into a big feeding zone

Pete Rogers

When it comes to filling a cooler with striped bass from Lake Hartwell, October is a tough month to beat. […]

Guide Buster Rush can load up a stringer with big crappie by fishing a series of several brush piles in deep water.

Stalk fall Santee slabs – Sample Lake Marion’s great fall crappie action

Terry Madewell

The long rod bowed into a deep, inverted “U” as another slab crappie was swung aboard the boat. Guide Buster Rush grabbed his client’s fish and sized it up. […]

The author caught this healthy speckled trout on a shallow-running crankbait in a marsh north of Georgetown.

Splash those Georgetown speckled trout

Jeff Burleson

After a long, hot summer, fall has arrived on the calendar, and it true fall conditions should arrive this month. For the inshore angler with a passion for casting lures at grass lines and oyster points, the fun-filled October session is the just what the doctor ordered, because a squadron of speckled trout show up looking to stretch their stomachs on shrimp, mullet and menhaden. […]

Guide Justin Carter said flounder prefer hard bottoms like rocks and sand over pluff mud.

Spot-on fall flounder

Phillip Gentry

The spot run each fall causes a lot of excitement along the Grand Strand, and few are immune to the frenzy of the tasty panfish. J Baisch of Fishful Thinking Charters in Murrells Inlet also gets excited about the annual migration, but it’s not because of what’s in front. […]

This year's U.S. Open King Mackerel Tournament has been postponed until Oct 29-31.

Weather postpones US Open King Mackerel Tournament

North Carolina Sportsman

The 2015 U.S. Open King Mackerel Tournament Board of Directors announced after much consideration and consultation about weather concerns due to Hurricane Joaquin, have postponed the tournament to October 30th & 31st. […]

Follow the diving birds and you'll find the school of Spanish mackerel.

Spanish mackerel biting spoons in Murrells Inlet

Brian Cope

Spanish mackerel are still running just beyond the surf in the Murrells Inlet area, and Capt. Ned Campbell of Murrells Inlet Outpost said Clarkspoons fished with planer boards are all you need for a day of trolling to catch plenty of them. […]

In big water around bigger boats, paddlers need to follow the rules of the road and give way to other vessels. A big fish isn’t worth a big collision.

Paddle, fish but be safe

Bill Howard

I headed out in my Old Town Predator 13 with the intention of drifting along the western shoreline of Radio Island from the turning basin inside Beaufort Inlet. […]

A VMC swimming rugby jighead and a soft-plastic crawfish trailer or creature bait will provide the smaller profile that’s often needed to catch fall bass.

It’s football (jig) season!

Davy Hite

To a lot of people across the Southeast, the arrival of September means high school and college football, and you can count me in that number. I am a football fanatic. […]