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Big Blackfin Tuna

Terry Johnson of Sunset Beach, NC with two beautiful blackfin tuna caught Saturday out of Shallotte Inlet. We’re of the philosophy that the early bird catches the tuna and left the dock at 2:30am. The

Terry Johnson’s blackfin tuna

Field Reporter

Terry Johnson caught some fine blackfin tuna during the summer of 2025. […]

Lyndsey Turner’s blackfin tuna

Field Reporter

Lyndsey Turner of Middlesex caught a 35lb blackfin tuna off the Tuna Duck out of Hatteras N.C. on April 27 2024. Facebook: Lyndsey Turner Insta@ _Lynds02_ Facebook: Tuna Duck Sportfishing

Blackfin tuna and grouper off the Carolina coast

Brian Cope

Join the Carolina All Out crew as they catch bottom fish before switching to blackfin tuna on topwater lures with Living Waters Guide Service. […]

Tuna and wahoo offshore, bull redfish inshore

Brian Cope

Offshore anglers are catching plenty of wahoo and tuna while trolling, and inshore anglers are tearing up the bull redfish using quartered crabs on the bottom. […]

Blackfin tuna are an early season favorite for South Carolina bluewater fishermen along the Grand Strand.

Bless the blackfin!

Jeff Burleson

The blackfin tuna bite is hot off the coast of South Carolina this month, and these tips will help you catch your share. […]

It’s time to blister the blackfin out of Murrells Inlet

Jeff Burleson

For many anglers, summer is the season when warm weather and lots of fishing opportunities are available. But winter should never be forgotten, especially in offshore waters. Jay Sconyers of Ace’s up Fishing Charters loves heading offshore out of Murrells Inlet, S.C. on winter days. […]

Since the yellowfin tuna virtually disappeared from these waters several years ago, blackfin tuna have been an important part of the Outer Banks fishing experience.

Blackfin tuna are biting along Outer Banks

Dan Kibler

The blackfin tuna are biting along North Carolina’s Outer Banks! Scott Rhodes of Statesville and Carrie Kibler of Winston-Salem caught these four blackfin — and 23 others — on a Sunday trip with Capt. Bruce Armstrong on the Sea Angel II out of Hatteras Landing Marina. […]

Blackfin tuna are the first spring pelagics to arrive off South Carolina’s coast as the water warms.

Blackfin are coming

Jeff Burleson

In South Carolina, offshore fishing kicks into gear about the same time spring arrives. While anglers may have picked up a few trophy wahoo over the winter, March is when fish boxes begin to fill, and the bumper catches have T-U-N-A written all over them. […]

Plenty of blackfin tuna have been biting when boats have been able to leave Little River.

Blackfin tuna jumping in the boat when Little River boats can get out

Jeff Burleson

The terrible weather of the past few weeks has kept most fishing vessels docked or high in the dry stacks at marinas, but enough pleasant days have been scattered in between the storms to reach the offshore tuna grounds, and Tom Cushman of Myrtle Beach Fishing Charters has been making the trip out of Little River Inlet, putting double-digit catches of blackfin tuna in the boat – making the long boat rid worthwhile. […]