Northeast NC Archives - Page 38 of 77

Jon Royce (left) caught this 86-pound blue catfish on a trip to Lake Gaston this past Monday with his son, Zakk.

Big Lake Gaston blue catfish narrowly misses state record

What started out as a slow day turned into a fishing trip that the father and son duo of Jon and Zakk Royce of Murfreesboro will never forget. […]

Red drum are one of only two inshore fish species that haven't been shut down around Cape Lookout by the recent cold weather.

Drum, red and black, are only Cape Lookout targets thanks to cold snap

Jerry Dilsaver

Noah Lynk of Noah’s Ark Charters in Harkers Island said the recent weather has affected fishing around Cape Lookout, and not in a positive way. All he’s finding, Lynk said, are drum, and he’s not alone. […]

The author shows off a nice hog he took on from public land along South Carolina’s Waccamaw River.

Hog in a bog

Mike Marsh

Basil Watts hauled a deer cart from the bed of his pickup truck. Unhooking the elastic cords holding it together, he unfolded it to deploy the wheels. […]

Guide Richard Andrews loves the kind of action he gets from striped bass in the lower Roanoke River and its tributaries before the spring spawning run opens up.

Ready for Roanoke rocks? The lower end of North Carolina’s Roanoke River is full of striped bass this month

Craig Holt

Some angler think striper fishing in the Roanoke River begins around March 1 each year, because that’s when the keeper season opens on the Roanoke River and in the Albemarle Sound. […]

As the weather warms in March, more and more redfish move back into the ICW and the marshes around Swansboro.

Stem the red tide – Learn the tides and you can figure out Swansboro’s late-winter red drum

Jerry Dilsaver

Rick Patterson quickly checked the tide level on the bulkhead as he eased his bay boat away from the dock. He decided it would be wise give the tide an hour or two to rise and bring more water to flats where he’d found redfish, leaving him fishing several nearby creeks and deeper channels. […]

Keeper season for striped bass in the Roanoke River opens on Sunday, March 1, running through April 30.

Commission will open Roanoke River keeper striped bass season March 1

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open the entire Roanoke River Management Area to striped bass harvest on Sunday, March 1. […]

Cold weather has cleared the North Inlet marshes of fishermen, but the redfish are still there and biting up a storm.

North Inlet marshes are full of reds, but not of fishermen

Jeff Burleson

Despite the bitter cold, anglers are taking advantage of a strong redfish bite in the marshes North Inlet are reaping the rewards with daily double-digit catches. […]

Striper fishing on the lower Roanoke River has been better than good over the past several weeks, with no signs of slowing down.

Lower Roanoke River striper fishing continues to be hot

Jerry Dilsaver

Richard Andrews of Tar-Pam Guide Service in Bath said striper fishing in the lower Roanoke River is good, really good, and unless there is a drastic change, he anticipates the action to remain hot for when the keeper season opens on March 1. […]

Plenty of big black sea bass are hanging around reefs in 85 to 105 feet of water out of Murrells Inlet.

Go deep for best black sea bass out of Murrells Inlet

Jeff Burleson

Even though the sub-freezing temperatures at dawn keep reminding anglers that winter is still chugging along, the offshore bottom bite is as strong as ever. […]

More than 1,000 striped bass were tagged and released on 10 recent trips by NCDMF personnel who want to study the species' migration and spawning patterns.

NCDMF tags more than 1,000 ocean stripers to study migration, spawning

Rob Alderman

I recently had the opportunity to go on a couple of the 10 fishing trips that are part of a program funded by sales of North Carolina’s Coastal Recreational Fishing License to catch and tag coastal striped bass. […]