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September 24, 2026

Bobby Corn caught this 4-pound speckled trout in the surf at Topsail Inlet.

Surf’s Up

Walter White drove across a bridge arching over the Intracoastal Waterway and turned south, zeroing in on the Topsail Beach Town Hall. […]

A section of a child’s swimming pool ‘noodle’ is a great tool for keeping pre-rigged surf leaders from tangling and ready for use.

Keep leaders tangle-free

Mike Marsh

Surf-fishing guide Walter White pre-rigs his live-bait leaders for surf fishing. These leaders are used when red drum are likely to bite and are rigged with circle hooks. […]

Topsail, Fort Fisher and Freeman Park all require beach-driving permits.

Beach-driving briefs

Mike Marsh

Details on beach-driving permits […]

The Angler’s Fish-N-Mate Power Cart is battery powered and can eliminate the need for a vehicle and expensive beach-driving permit.

Save vehicle expenses by going electric

Mike Marsh

William Clardy fishes often at Topsail Beach, as well as other more remote strands of sand. A dedicated surf fisherman, he developed the idea for fitting an electric motor to a pier cart. […]

Puffer fish are a regular visitor to surf fishermen’s creels in the fall and winter after the water cools. Once you learn how to clean them, they’re great table fare.

Cleaning a ‘sea squab’

Mike Marsh

There are several ways to clean a puffer. But the end result is the same, with the body of the fish looking like a chicken drumstick, earning it the nickname “sea squab.” […]

Guide Walter White likes a surf spike with PVC pipe to hold the rod and a metal rod to stick into the sand.

Spike it in the sand

Mike Marsh

While many beginning surf fishermen use PVC tube rod holders with an angled cut in the bottom, Walter White said there are other styles that are much more efficient. […]

The Manns Harbor Bridge is one of two spans that carry traffic across Croatan Sound from the Dare County mainland to Roanoke Island and Manteo.

Fishing by ‘sound’

Jerry Dilsaver

Roanoke Island is surrounded by the Roanoke, Croatan, Albemarle and Pamlico sounds, and fishing sounds is different than fishing rivers or other coastal bodies of water. […]

A soft-plastic bait fished suspended under a cork fooled this speckled trout.

Different strokes for different fish

Jerry Dilsaver

Guide Bryan DeHart said speckled trout will feed anywhere from the surface to the bottom, with the preferred depth on any given day a complex combination of bait, water temperature and light. […]

Greenwood offers fishermen some of the best fall fishing in South Carolina for several different species.

Lake of the Month: Lake Greenwood

Phillip Gentry

For most of his 47 years, Tom Mundy of Laurens has been trying to figure out better ways to catch fish. As a kid, he would sneak into local farm ponds, and as he grew up, he expanded his territory to include nearby Lake Greenwood. […]

Differences in regulations between North Carolina and South Carolina often cause fishermen in the Little River area to release fish that are legal in one state but too short or too long in the other.

Different limits for different states

Jerry Dilsaver

The actual boundary between North Carolina and South Carolina is not well-marked in the marshes between Sunset Beach and Little River Inlet, and several creeks that empty into the Intracoastal Waterway in one state have headwaters and large portions of their meandering in the other. […]