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September 15, 2026

Dave Roseman’s 44-pound, 10-ounces king mackerel caught last May is the largest king caught at Ocean Crest Pier since 2002.

Kings of the pier

If experience is the best teacher, then aspiring king mackerel anglers might consider visiting the end of Ocean Crest Pier on Oak Island. […]

The author caught this nice flounder from his home waters of lower Brunswick County.

Flat relocation – Think flounder, think lower Brunswick County in the summer

Jerry Dilsaver

Dating back more than a half-century, the waters of southern Brunswick County have had a reputation for producing big flounder. […]

You don’t have to soak cut bait to catch old drum; popping corks are now No. 1 among Pamlico Sound anglers.

Drum dance – Summer is a great time to float up an old drum in North Carolina’s Pamlico Sound

Jeff Burleson

Most roads leading east across North Carolina will eventually end along the banks of the Pamlico Sound, an inland sea that separates the mainland from the Outer Banks. […]

Andy Wicker caught these two big largemouth bass on an overcast summer day on Lake Monticello.

Go deep for Lake Monticello’s summer largemouths

Terry Madewell

The bass bite is on at Lake Monticello and the largemouths are being caught throughout the lake in deep water. […]

Residents and non-residents can fish any public waters in North Carolina without a fishing license on Saturday, July 4.

No fishing licenses required across North Carolina on July 4

NCWRC Release

Saturday, July 4 is free fishing day in North Carolina. From 12:01 a.m. until 11:59 p.m., everyone in North Carolina can fish in any public body of water without purchasing a fishing license or additional trout fishing license. […]

Paddler Stewart Venable of Lake Wylie caught this 3-pound crappie last Thursday on a trip down the Catawba River below Rock Hill.

Lake Wylie paddler boats huge crappie on float down Catawba River

Phillip Gentry

A kayak fishing trip for on the Catawba River produced a pleasant surprise for Stewart Venable of Lake Wylie, S.C., on June 25, when the black plastic worm he was pitching into a laydown was inhaled by a huge black crappie that measured 17 ¼ inches long and weighed exactly 3 pounds. […]

Five tips for catching spadefish on nearshore reefs

Justin Kiser

Spadefish are fun to catch, put up an unbelievable fight, and are as tasty as anything that comes out of the ocean. Catch your share with these top five tips. […]

Braided lines are almost a must for bottom-fishing because its stretch-free sensitivity enables fishermen to feel bites coming from well below the surface.

When a fish is on the line, you’d better be using the right line

Jeff Burleson

New technology constantly arrives on the shelves and makes its way to the TV screen and magazines. While some come and go with the wind, others are welcomed and anchor themselves in every fisherman’s collection of everyday equipment. […]

Surfing the waves of cool water in the Hartwell tailrace is a great way to beat the heat as well as tangle with trophy striped bass.

Time to surf the wave for Lake Russell’s trophy stripers

Phillip Gentry

Striped bass fishing on the Savannah chain of impoundments typically takes a nose dive in the summer when the surface water temperatures hit the 90s, but anglers who fish the cold-water release below Lake Hartwell Dam can catch trophy fish while escaping the heat if they pay attention to the waves of cold water. […]