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July 7, 2026

Marine worms make up a large part of a redfish’s diet, especially in the winter.

Wormz!

Inshore redfish must scavenge through the winter, hoping to find mud minnows or mullet, but they also find happiness noodling in the pluff mud, which provides perfect habitat for healthy colonies of tasty marine worms. […]

The author caught this nice striped bass on a wintertime trip for speckled trout in the Pamlico Sound watershed.

Welcome bycatch: stripers

Jeff Burleson

Fishermen crawling grubs through deep holes in Pamlico Sound and its tributaries during the winer should expect a familiar by-catch: striped bass. […]

Fly fishermen need to keep their rod tip low and set the hook with a strip of the line.

Strip sets only

Jeff Burleson

Fly fishing for redfish can be exciting and rewarding, but the territory is rough and quite challenging for all levels of fly anglers. […]

Winter trout will get well back in creeks if the water is warm and deep enough to protect them from the onset of sudden cold waters.

Amp up safety gear in winter

Jeff Burleson

Anglers targeting the Pamlico Sound’s speckled prize during the winter will have more to worry about than which color of MirrOlure to tie on. […]

Don’t be afraid to fish a fly that will make some noise or put off some vibration, as it will often attract redfish.

Make some noise? What?

Jeff Burleson

Winter redfish can be very spooky, and fishermen should always be conscious of making unnatural noises while poling into the shallows, especially in the marsh where sometimes hundreds of fish will be congregated. […]

Nice striped bass like this one caught by the author are becoming more common in the Cape Fear River as efforts to rebuild stocks show some success.

The Striper Watch — Learn how this striper fishery is being rebuilt

Jerry Dilsaver

Jot Owens put his bay boat on plane for a couple of minutes after leaving the Dram Tree Park Ramp in Wilmington. He crossed under the Thomas Rhodes Bridge, pulled the throttle back to just above idle and announced it was time to fish. […]

Bass pro Davy Hite congratulates J.T. Rawski (left) and Ben Stone, winners of the Junior Bassmaster State Championship, held Nov. 3 at Lake Greenwood.

Cromer is ABA winner

Glenn Corley

Rodney Cromer of Pomaria won the Nov. 18 American Bass Anglers D-96 tournament on Lake Greenwood and carried home a check for $707. […]

Stripers caught in the Cape Fear Riverwatch Striper Tournament help biologists with their research through examination and tagging.

CFRW and its striper tournament

Jerry Dilsaver

The first Cape Fear Riverwatch Striper Tournament was held in December 2008, but the annual events are now held in mid-January, with this year’s set for Saturday, Jan. 19, as part of Striperfest 2013. […]

Cover: January 2013 (SC)

South Carolina Sportsman

Guide Don Drose hefts the kind of striped bass that Santee Cooper is once again producing. […]

The rock-arch rapids, a ‘fish ladder’ at Lock and Dam No. 1 on the Cape Fear near Riegelwood, is under construction.

Cape Fear locks, dams and stripers

Jerry Dilsaver

Striped bass were once so plentiful in the Cape Fear region that they were classified as one of the nine major striper populations on the Atlantic Seaboard, but this was prior to locks and dams being built along the river to help with commerce between Wilmington and Fayetteville. […]