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Try grilled drum sticks, a neat September meal
When September weather cools, grilled drum sticks are a great outdoor meal. […]
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Charleston Harbor jetties hold plenty of summer fish
Big black, red drum play keep-away in Charleston Harbor jetty rocks. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Bull reds setting up on Cape Lookout Shoals
Hammer bull reds as they cross Cape Lookout Shoals this month with these tips from a local pro. […]
Inshore Fishing
Southport, N.C. saltwater fishing report
While recent rains and cold weather have made the fishing tough, anglers are catching some redfish, trout, and whiting around Southport’s backwaters. Offshore, anglers are catching triggerfish and snapper when the weather allows. […]
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Big Oak Island reds are biting near shore
Oak Island, N.C., anglers take advantage of influx of big reds. […]
Fishing Hotspots
‘Old’ red drum are biting around NC sounds, rivers
North Carolina’s “old drum” fishery is strong, and the big fish are currently biting in the Old North State’s sounds and rivers. […]
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Hot New River reds
For someone known as a year-round speckled trout specialist, guide Ricky Kellum of Jacksonville may be just as efficient on red drum — especially during the winter. […]
Inshore Fishing
A guide’s best recipes for red drum
Guide Dale Collins likes to prepare fish for meals, especially redfish, and the one fish he can keep daily (between 18 and 27 inches) will do fine for his two favorite ways to cook them: blackened or grilled. […]
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Big, Outer Banks red drum have pier visits on their itineraries
October is a special month for many of North Carolina’s fisheries, and none more so than the Outer Banks’ adult red drum stampede. Pier fishermen will get the first taste of reds longer than 40 inches as they follow baitfish evacuating the sounds and Virginia waters in anticipation of cold weather. […]
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Time to catch red drum on top
Topwater fishing for red drum cranks up in mid-May when the water temperature begins to climb, and as it approaches, guide Rick Patterson of Cape Carteret starts counting the days.