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Kevin Bissette of Fuquay-Varina caught this nice drum off the beach on a trip with Capt. Noah Lynk of Harkers Island.

Schools of red drum showing up in surf from Beaufort Inlet north

Fishermen have been creative about finding ways to enjoy the stretches of pretty days between the bouts of harsh winter weather that have been bombarding the coast since Late January. […]

The jetties at Little River Inlet are producing plenty of nice redfish for Capt. Mark Stacy.

Little River jetties producing plenty of nice redfish

Jeff Burleson

Even though the shrimp left the waters around the Little River Inlet jetties many months ago, redfish there have little reservations about attacking a shrimp dangling right in front of their lips. […]

Paul Dunagan has made a living out of catching flounder like this one from saltwater ponds on the lower end of the Grand Strand.

Don’t ignore Grand Strand’s saltwater ponds for big flounder

Brian Cope

Saltwater anglers looking for something a little different are finding a hot flounder bite in saltwater ponds along the southern portion of the Grand Strand. […]

Capt. Mitchell Blake said the Roanoke River is full of fish: stripers, shad, herring, plus an occasional bass or perch.

Mixed-bag fishing in lower Roanoke River is rolling

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Mitchell Blake of FishIBX.com said fishing in the Roanoke River has been really good, and he expects it to improve over the next few weeks for stripers, shad, herring and even the occasional largemouth bass and speckled perch. […]

Limits of keeper stripers have been the norm in the lower Roanoke River for better than a week.

Lower Roanoke River striper fishing has been off the charts

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Richard Andrews, of Tar-Pam Guide Service in Washington said striper fishing in the lower Roanoke River hasn’t slowed from its hectic pace of before the keeper season opened, and now fishermen can take home some fish for dinner if they want. […]

Jeff Webb killed this enormous wild hog, which weighed at least 500 pounds, on hunt-club land in Bertie County on Feb. 28.

Huge Bertie County hog exceeds 500-pound mark

Jeff Burleson

Under starry skies on Feb. 28, Jett Webb of Conetoe ensured there will be one less mouth to feed in the Indian Woods section of Bertie County – and a real big mouth, too. […]

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to ease restrictions on beach access at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

Jones’ bill to ease OBX restrictions passes House

Craig Holt

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill authored by Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr. that would relax beach-access restrictions on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. […]

A great late-winter puppy drum bite has been taking place in the Manns Harbor/Stumpy Point area for a couple of weeks.

Upper-slot puppy drum putting on a show in upper Pamlico Sound

Jerry Dilsaver

While he admitted the number of fish and the intensity of the action were unusual, Capt. Joey VanDyke of Fingeance Sportfishing Charters isn’t complaining about a late February/early March abundance of upper-slot red drum in the bays and creeks along the mainland Dare County shores of Pamlico Sound. […]

Bays and small creeks of the ICW between Surf City and Swansboro have been full of redfish lately, but they've been a little spooky and choosy at times.

ICW creeks, bays producing redfish from Surf City to Swansboro

Jerry Dilsaver

Some of the abundant shallow bays and creeks along the Intracoastal Waterway between Surf City and Swansboro are holding big schools of winter redfish. […]

Limits of big black sea bass like this one have been common on offshore reefs out of Murrells Inlet, especially The Parking Lot.

Big black sea bass cover up offshore reefs out of Murrells Inlet

Jeff Burleson

Bottom-fishing aficionados looking for a 2-handed thrill can find it not too terribly far out of Murrells Inlet. Heavy stringers of big black sea are lurking about 30 miles off the beach and are gobbling up just about anything dropped onto their dinner table. […]