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June 29, 2026

Lure designer Patrick Sebile caught this nice flounder in a coastal creek near Swansboro last week on a Sebile Stick Shad Soft.

Swansboro flounder are April surprise for lure designer Sebile

Fishermen are finding many places along North Carolina’s coast that spring is coming a little later than usual. […]

Big-trout guru Mark Davis said topwater baits are a great way to target gator specks, especially fished over submerged structure or visible cover.

The Wright Stuff

Just after the turn of the 20th century, two brothers from Dayton, Ohio — Orville and Wilbur Wright — converged on the then-obscure coastal town of Kitty Hawk. […]

A gorgeous brown trout is a reward for the work it takes to get off the beaten path and into the wilds of Hazel Creek.

Hiking Hazel

Jeff Dennis

Traveling up the Hazel Creek Trail into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park affords excellent trout fishing and so much more. […]

Concerns over out-of-state menhaden boats fishing in North Carolina waters have led the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries to clarify rules, but that didn’t satisfy some fishermen.

Pogey wars: Who wins?

Jerry Dilsaver

Bunker, fatback, shad, pogey or their proper name, menhaden — whatever you call them, they are one of the main forage fish in coastal and nearshore ocean fisheries from Nova Scotia to Mexico. […]

Bass pro Dustin Wilks says his successful tournaments have at least one thing in common: In practice, he puts his trolling motor down and covers a lot of water.

Covering water is key to finding fish

Tony Garitta

I just returned from a marathon trip across the country to California to fish back-to-back Bassmaster Elite Series tournaments. […]

Cover: May 2010 (NC)

North Carolina Sportsman

Offshore action at the Diamond Shoals is as good as gold this month. […]

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Santee Cooper blue catfish regulations extended three more years

SCDNR News Release

Gov. Mark Sanford and the S.C. General Assembly have extended the law limiting the harvest of Arkansas blue catfish in the waters of Lake Marion, the Diversion Canal, the Rediversion Canal above St. Stephen Dam, and Lake Moultrie.
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Guide Heath Rayfield of Buchanan Shoals Sportsman's Preserve south of Wadesboro said catfish like this 45-pound blue are not uncommon on the Pee Dee River.

Pee Dee River catfish are latest example of great cast-and-blast action

Dan Kibler

Until last Thursday, when I heard the phrase “cast-and-blast”, I thought about a morning turkey hunt along the Roanoke River and an afternoon fishing trip on the river for striped bass. […]

Striped bass are fired up in an attempt to spawn at the upper reaches of Lake Norman.

Stripers fired up at Lake Norman

Craig Holt

Striped bass only spawn successfully in a few river systems in North Carolina. But landlocked fish that live in a few of the state’s large river-fed impoundments also try to reproduce each spring. […]

Spadefish will feed on cannonball jellyfish, which can be captured, impaled and tied off to a boat and used to 'chum' spadefishinto casting range.

Cannonball jellyfish top bait for South Carolina spadefish

South Carolina Sportsman

The cannonball jellyfish, stomolophus meleagris, has great value as table fare in Asian countries, but along the South Carolina coast, it’s mainly recognized as being the No. 1 food of certain species of sea turtles and the No. 1 bait for spadefish. […]