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July 10, 2026

A mess of ocean-caught flounder are likely to be summer flounder, one of three species found in North Carolina waters.

Three species of North Carolina flounder

Jerry Dilsaver

They may all be flat, but not all flounder are created equal. […]

Crappie on Lake Greenwood, Clarks Hill and Lake Murray tend to congregate in certain parts of those reservoirs during the summer.

Night moves

Phillip Gentry

Successful night-fishing for crappie is more than just throwing out lights under a bridge. […]

Western North Carolina streams may be best known for trout, but many of the larger ones offer another excellent and often overlooked fishery: smallmouth bass. When it comes to action, few fish can match the fighting ability of a smallmouth, and to hook one using light spinning tackle or a fly rod has to be the angling equivalent of paradise. […]

Stewart Venable finds plenty of striped bass in the fast water of rivers below hydro dams.

Take it to the river

Phillip Gentry

July is a headache for most anglers. Although there’s some good fishing to be found — usually in the deeper, more wide-open areas — you’ll also be sharing your fishing locations with skiers, pleasure boaters and the like. […]

Channel catfish are supplying action at Lake Hickory, even for young anglers.

Lake Hickory channel catfish are in feeding mode

Craig Holt

If your fishing persuasion during July leans to night excursions for channel catfish, the place to be is Lake Hickory. […]

Capt. Tuck Scott has been finding plenty of speckled trout whenever he finds clear water in the Beaufort area.

Find clear water, find speckled trout in Beaufort area

Brian Cope

The waters around Beaufort have been dirtied by recent rains, but guide Tuck Scott said that when you find clear water, you’ll find and catch huge numbers of speckled trout.
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Too many interactions with endangered sea turtles will shut down large-mesh gill nets in inshore waters south of the US 58 bridge through at least Sept. 1.

Large-mesh gill nets shut down south of US 58 bridge until Sept. 1

Jerry Dilsaver

Large-mesh gill nets will leave North Carolina waters from the NC 58 bridge between Cape Carteret and Emerald Isle to the South Carolina state line beginning Sunday at sunset, because of interactions between endangered sea turtles and nets over the past two months. […]

The Double J won the Beaufort Water Festival KMT with this 34.8-pound king mackerel.

Double J’s big king wins tournament in Beaufort

Jerry Dilsaver

Jerry Gregory and the crew of the Double J certainly didn’t mind how the postponement of the Beaufort Water Festival King Mackerel Tournament worked out.
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A New Bern man's petition to reclassify coastal waters as secondary nursery areas could end trawling in North Carolina's sounds and coastal rivers.

Marine Fisheries to look at petition that could end inside trawling

Jerry Dilsaver

Four advisory committees of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) will meet jointly on July 30 at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center to accept public comment and discuss appropriate actions on a petition to classify most internal coastal waters as secondary nursery areas – a move that would likely end shrimp and crab trawling in those waters. […]

Cooler water temperatures have made for a great July bass bite on Lake Murray.

Lake Murray bass have the feed bag on

Terry Madewell

Because of the wet weather and cooler water temperatures, fishing for largemouth bass on Lake Murray is on fire, according to guide Chris Heinning. […]