Cape Fear River Archives - Carolina Sportsman

Jimmy Keck caught this blue catfish In the flood waters of the Cape Fear River, on the night of July 12, 2025. […]

Jason Gaines caught this 10-pound mirror carp from the Cape Fear River. That’s a beauty! […]

November is prime time for Cape Fear River specks […]

Joshua Mitchell, Edwin Burnett, and Haskell Whitaker caught this estimated 130-pound tarpon from Cape Fear Inlet on a dead menhaden. […]

Ethan Tew caught his personal best flathead catfish, a 48-pounder, while fishing on the Cape Fear River on June 7, 2021. […]

With North Carolina’s 2020 flounder season back in full swing, try the lower Cape Fear River for some hot action. […]

Justin Riewhestahl and Carolina All Out’s Chris Douglas hit the Cape Fear River for some catfishing action with a variety of baits. […]

The NCWRC has stocked more than 100,000 largemouth bass in the NE Cape Fear River to help replenish the depleted section of river. […]

While the Cape Fear River is best known for the variety of excellent saltwater fishing, but during the spring, it’s all about the shad run. […]

The first panfish to arrive along North Carolina’s southern coast in the spring are whiting, aka sea mullet or Virginia mullet. […]