Northeast NC Archives - Page 49 of 77

Jason Burton pays close attention to current and trolling direction, and it pays off with better catches of Spanish mackerel.

Following directions

Catching Spanish mackerel can seem very easy during the spring and summer when fish are mauling a school of menhaden or glass minnows. […]

Big, spring bluefish show up off Cape Lookout in late April or early May and will usually hang around for a month to six weeks.

Bluefish basics

Jerry Dilsaver

Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) are nearshore pelagic fish found around the world in temperate and subtropical waters, with the exception of the northern Pacific Ocean. […]

Candace Stanton of Conway has sampled some of the excellent fishing for dolphin off South Carolina's coast.

As water warms, dolphin action heats up off South Carolina coast

Jeff Burleson

For most of the spring season, Old Man Winter has kept on showing his ugly face – until now. But with temperatures creeping into the 80s, dolphin are beginning to show up off the South Carolina coast, and they’re biting. […]

Fishermen can expect plenty of cobia to push or exceed the 50-pound mark. A 40-pound fish earns a state saltwater citation.

Cobia capers at the capes – Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout lure anglers, as well as cobia, to their waters this month

Dan Kibler

You can’t time it by the tides, the moon, or even the calendar, but as sure as the swallows return to Capistrano, cobia will show up this month from Cape Lookout to Cape Hatteras. […]

Big Spanish mackerel are frequent visitors to the nearshore waters off the Grand Strand, especially out of Murrells Inlet.

The Spanish mackerel derby will be off and running this month out of Murrells Inlet

Jeff Burleson

May, the fifth month, is the true beginning of warm weather in South Carolina. It’s May Day, with flowers blooming and new life erupting across the state, for horse-racing fans, it’s the Kentucky Derby. […]

Big topwater plugs are sure to draw strikes for almost any bluefish within hailing distance.

Cape Lookout’s month-long run of big bluefish is a spring joy for anglers

Jerry Dilsaver

The water inside the hook at Cape Lookout was absolutely flat calm as the sun peeked over the dunes and around the lighthouse on a windless May morning. […]

The channel through the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet has silted in almost completely, causing difficult passage to the Atlantic Ocean.

Oregon Inlet channel has already silted in to dangerous level

Jerry Dilsaver

It took $7.8 million in dredging to get Oregon Inlet passable last fall. It took about five months for Mother Nature to take it back. […]

Warming inshore waters have got redfish fired up around the Little River area, and a relative lack of bait has them hitting anything that looks like a meal for Capt. Greg Holmes.

Little River inshore action heating up with the weather

Jeff Burleson

Spring weather is finally taking hold, and for anglers looking for a good way to start the season, the fishing in Dunn Sound off Little River and just off the ICW has taken off in a big way, with decent catches of three of the most popular species around: flounder, redfish and speckled trout. Capt. Greg Holmes of Fish Skinny Guide Service has been putting fish in the boat along the state line with ease. […]

Bottom-fishing has been great around nearshore wrecks off Georgetown and the southern end of the Grand Strand.

Bottom-fishing great on nearshore reefs, wrecks out of Georgetown

Jeff Burleson

With fishermen looking for 80-degree days on the horizon, despite the fact that winter just won’t give up, charter fishermen out of Georgetown are reporting that good spring fishing has arrived, especially for bottom-fishing, with big catches of beeliners, black sea bass, triggerfish and silver snapper filling coolers. […]

Guide Rod Thomas said stripers are on the way up the Roanoke River but haven't reached Weldon yet.

Roanoke River stripers still downriver, but headed for Weldon

Craig Holt

The cold snap that ripped through North Carolina late Tuesday may have killed some plants and fruit-tree buds, but it fired up striped bass in the Roanoke River. […]