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September 16, 2026

Plenty of nice crappie are there to be caught in Hyco Lake, especially as cold weather approaches.

Cooling weather sets off hot crappie bite at Hyco

Sportsmen who aren’t chasing deer this month and are dialed into fishing might consider hunting crappie at Hyco Lake — and throughout the winter. […]

Brook and brown trout are fall spawners, especially in smaller streams.

It’s prime time for trout

Robert Satterwhite

November can be a tough time for fly-fishing with all the new leaf fall in the streams. Consider snagged leaves on retrieves as a normal, if not annoying, part of the normal fishing day. […]

ROAD TRIP!!!

Phillip Gentry

Kayak fishing clubs are becoming increasingly popular across the country, and South Carolina has several that are about as active as clubs get. […]

Did Bob Wagner of New Jersey catch and release a possible state-record black drum in the surf at Wrightsville Beach last week?

Was black drum caught and released at Wrightsville Beach a state record?

Mike Marsh

Bob Wagner, a 66-year-old retiree from Pennsauken, N.J., beached a possible state-record black drum from the surf at the north end of Wrightsville Beach last Thursday, but mistaking it for a red drum, he released it. […]

Guide Richard Andrews of Bath said stripers are really biting in the Tar and Pamlico rivers.

Stripers and specks in productive late-fall patterns in Pamlico, Tar rivers

Jerry Dilsaver

Richard Andrews of Tar-Pam Guide Service in Bath said fish in the Pamlico River have settled into late fall-early winter patterns, with speckled trout and stripers the primary catches, but some redfish and a few late flounder being caught also. […]

Roger Brown of Cape Carteret caught this 82-pound black drum on a trout rig last Wednesday off the Bogue Inlet Pier.

Cape Carteret man decks 82-pound black drum at Bogue Inlet Pier

Jerry Dilsaver

Roger Brown of Cape Carteret is a regular at Bogue Inlet Pier and catches a lot of big fish there. […]

Gamefish such as black drum are often found along windy banks because the wind creates current that pushes bait into those areas.

Learn to ride the wind

Jerry Dilsaver

North Carolina’s coast is windy; unless you have been living in a vacuum, you should know that. Some days it is merely a light breeze, and some days it is much more. […]

The Atlantic Beach area is on fire with the season's best speckled trout bite.

Best trout bite of year hits Atlantic Beach area waters

Jerry Dilsaver

Fishing for speckled trout in inshore waters and the surf around Atlantic Beach, Morehead City and Beaufort is about as it gets, according to Capt. Matt Lamb of Chasin’ Tails Outdoors. […]

Speckled trout have finally made a big showing along the Grand Strand, thanks to recent cold fronts.

Speckled trout finally make a big showing along Grand Strand

Jeff Burleson

Over the past few weeks, most Grand Strand anglers have pointed their vessels towards places rich with king mackerel or bull reds and of course, the ever-so-famous spot that makes places like Murrell’s Inlet and Little River a permanent attraction for visitors to the Grand Strand. […]