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July 21, 2026

John Alden Knight’s Solunar Tables provide predictions for when game and fish will be most active based on moon phases.

Get your moon table on

Would you like to better understand fish and their feeding habits? Maybe even get a leg up on your buddies so you tear them up the next time you go fishing together? […]

Blacktip sharks are a big summer treat for anglers wanting to tangle with big fish without spending hours heading offshore.

August is one of the hottest months of the year, and with the heat, a good deal of fishing slows down. Many gamefish feed for very short periods of time and then find cool spots to lay low in throughout the heat of the day. […]

A suit brought by two North Carolina commercial fishing groups over sea turtles has been dismissed by a federal judge.

Commercials’ suit over sea turtles dismissed by federal judge

Jerry Dilsaver

Judge James C. Dever has dismissed a lawsuit by the N.C. Fisheries Association (NCFA) and Carteret County Fisherman’s Association (CCFA) to challenge how gill-net fishing is regulated in areas where sea turtles are present. […]

Wyn Mullins enjoys catches like this of big, bull bream in the Cooper River through the summer.

Learn this four-letter word for catching big Cooper River bream: deep

Terry Madewell

August may not rate high as prime time to catch bull bream, but it may be time to do some deep thinking and reconsider. […]

North Carolina's first-ever tarpon landed on a fly rod was taken in the lower Cape Fear River last weekend.

North Carolina’s first-ever tarpon on fly is landed in lower Cape Fear River

Jerry Dilsaver

This past Saturday, Aug. 1, a fisherman caught and released what is being heralded as the first tarpon confirmed to have been caught on fly-fishing tackle in North Carolina waters. […]

Dark-colored flies worked at the surface have been producing a lot of North Inlet redfish just after dawn for fly-fishing anglers.

Daylight topwater bite has North Inlet fly-fishing anglers rising early for reds

Jeff Burleson

As the summer heat continues to pound South Carolina, the fall cool-down can’t arrive soon enough. […]

Guide Rick Bennett said flounder are becoming the No. 1 inshore catch for many fishermen in the Carolina Beach and Wrightsville Beach areas.

Flounder numbers, sizes on the increase in Wrightsville, Carolina Beach areas

Jerry Dilsaver

Flounder have slowly but surely made their way to the top of the mixed bag of fish caught in the summer heat around Wrightsville Beach and Carolina Beach, according to Rick Bennett of Rod-Man Guide Service, with numbers of fish increasing and fish getting bigger. […]

Hilton Head's lagoon is producing plenty of big redfish for anglers using live, very active baits.

Lively bait has been key to catching Hilton Head lagoon’s bull reds

Brian Cope

Bull redfish are easy to come by in Hilton Head Island’s lagoon these days, and Capt. Stacy Garbett said the key to battling one is to keep the freshest live bait possible on your hook […]

Deep-diving crankbaits and spoons are the top weapons fishermen use to target Lake Wylie’s summer bass.

Give a rip – Summer bass at Lake Wylie are deep, and you’ve got to reach down and get them

Tony Garitta

When polarized glasses become an option rather than a necessity and topwater baits and flipping lures get stowed deep in the recesses of tackle boxes, then shallow-water fishing for bass has given way to offshore structure fishing. […]

Brown trout are better targeted by trolling live bait closer to the bottom. Bigger specimens are caught later in the fall as they migrate up the river to spawn.

Keep it cool at Cheoah Lake

Phillip Gentry

In the 1993 Warner Brothers film, “The Fugitive,” actor Harrison Ford plays Dr. Richard Kimble, wrongfully convicted for the murder of his wife, who escapes from custody and is declared a fugitive. […]