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Boats out of Oregon Inlet have experienced some of the best action on white marlin in years over the past several weeks.

White marlin bite off Oregon Inlet has been fantastic

The white marlin bite off Oregon Inlet has been world-class hot for a couple of weeks and shows no signs of slowing. […]

A net with an extendable handle makes it easier for Capt. Jot Owens to reach out and corral a fish close to boatside.

Extensions land more fish

Jeff Burleson

Anglers targeting speckled trout fishing often tell tales of losing as many fish as they put in the boat, and the most-dreadful tales seem to include a gator trout that shook loose right at boatside. […]

A pier cart, store-bought or homemade, helps tote gear onto the pier and coolers full of delicious spot back out.

Cart ’em away by the bushel

Mike Marsh

While some anglers may carry all the spots they want home in a plastic pail, dedicated pier fishermen use fishing carts, such as this Angler’s Fish-N-Mate Pier Cart. […]

Alice Locklear is dressed for the elements as she unhooks a spot that hit a bloodworm.

Spots bite best in the worst weather

Mike Marsh

Cold fronts bring spots migrating southward in the fall. They are accompanied by windy, rainy weather. […]

Bashir Bounajin cleans a nice mess of spot at the Kure Beach Fishing Pier.

Exotic spots

Mike Marsh

A native of Lebanon, Bashir Bounajin moved to Raleigh more than 20 years ago, and he’s been a regular visitor to Kure Beach Fishing Pier during the fall spot run. […]

The lower Neuse River

Jerry Dilsaver

The Flat and Eno rivers form the Neuse River, which runs downstream from Falls of the Neuse Dam between Raleigh and Wake Forest until it empties into the Pamlico Sound 10 miles downstream from Oriental. […]

Juvenile red drum, often referred to as ‘puppy drum’ are most often found in coastal rivers, sounds and marshes; the majority of reds found in the ocean are larger fish of spawning age.

What’s a “puppy” drum?

Jerry Dilsaver

Along the North Carolina coast, extending north to Virginia Beach, Va. and south to Myrtle Beach, S.C., red drum that measure roughly between 16 and 32 inches are affectionately called “puppy drum.” […]

Puppy drum are a popular species for fishermen in the lower Neuse River.

Go oystering for fish

Jerry Dilsaver

With the lower Neuse River basically void of much fish-attracting structure, the Neuse River Oyster Reef is an oasis in a relative desert. […]

Mike Dinterman (left) and Robert Williams Jr. finished second and had the big fish at the July 28 Piedmont Bass Classic event on Jordan Lake.

Thrift third in FLW finale

Tony Garitta

Three North Carolina pros took home some of the big prize money at the Aug. 9-12 FLW Forrest Wood Cup on Georgia’s Lake Lanier. […]

Clarks Hill offers great fall fishing for a number of species.

Lake of the Month: Clarks Hill

Phillip Gentry

At almost 71,000 acres, Clarks Hill Reservoir, the largest manmade body of water east of the Mississippi River, is still surprisingly undeveloped compared to many of the other impoundments across South Carolina.

Clarks Hill, or Lake Thurmond if you prefer, was built between 1946 and 1954, just a few years before Lake Hartwell and some 30 years before Lake Russell, the other two impoundments upstream on the Savannah River system.

As a fishery, Clarks Hill has a reputation as a better-than-average destination for a number of species. Professional bass tours frequently make stops there, and a growing number of crappie and catfish tournament circuits are also becoming regular visitors. One of the more sought-after species, at least as far as recreational anglers are concerned, are striped bass. Stripers and their test-tube cousins, hybrid striped bass, were first introduced into Clarks Hill during the late 1960s. The fishery was to their liking, and the lake produced a state-record striper in 1993 that wasn’t topped for eight years. […]