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‘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. […]

Cold weather doesn’t slow down the redfish bite in the New River around Jacksonville.

Hot New River reds

Craig Holt

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. […]

A day’s limit of slot redfish for three fishermen goes a long way toward a full frying pan and tasty meal.

A guide’s best recipes for red drum

Craig Holt

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. […]

Big, Outer Banks red drum have pier visits on their itineraries

Dusty Wilson

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. […]

Mid-May through mid-June feature excellent topwater red drum fishing for guide Rick Patterson.

Time to catch red drum on top

Craig Holt

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.

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The scent of live crabs will usually attract any late-winter redfish that swims across their scent trails.

Shallotte River red drum break out

Jerry Dilsaver

Winter typically begins to break in late February or early March, and the fish notice and appreciate more sunshine and warmer weather as much as fishermen. […]

In March, Jeff Cronk finds plenty of reds behind the barrier islands close to Bogue, Bear and Browns inlets, and in the surf outside those inlets.

Go to school on red drum

Craig Holt

The calendar flips to March about two months before saltwater fishing heats up for most inshore and nearshore species along North Carolina’s central coast, but guide Jeff Cronk of Swansboro’s FishN4Life Charters stays on top of a red drum bite that never seems to end and never seems to stop changing. […]

The NCWRC is considering stocking redfish into Hyco Lake.

Red drum fishing – on Hyco Lake?

Brian Cope

The NCWRC is considering stocking red drum into Hyco Lake. It’s okay if you want to read that sentence again. Yes, THAT Hyco Lake. The freshwater one that’s 3-hours away from saltwater. […]

Capt. Dennis Barbour shows off a red drum he caught in the Atlantic Beach area.

Catch more Atlantic Beach red drum and sea trout with these tips

Brian Cope

Some pretty cold weather has set in around Atlantic Beach, but that hasn’t stopped anglers from catching plenty of red drum and sea trout. These two species are definitely the stars of the show this time of year. […]