Features
Cape Lookout Shoals fills up with winter redfish
The Cape Lookout Shoals is the epicenter of great winter fishing for big redfish. […]
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Fishing Hotspots
Try Bald Head Island’s marshes for winter redfish
North Carolina’s Bald Head Island is a great winter redfish destination. […]
Fishing Hotspots
McClellanville, S.C., is a winter redfish hot spot
The wide-open spaces around McClellanville, S.C., fill up in January — not with boats, but with schools of redfish. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Backwater reds give NC anglers plenty to think about
The marshes behind barrier islands from Emerald Isle to Sunset Beach are full of redfish. […]
Features
How to catch rainy day, winter redfish in the Carolinas?
Don’t give up on winter redfish just because the sun isn’t shining. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Inlets are outlets for North Carolina reds this month
Inlets are places to intercept red drum migrations in North Carolina waters. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Get crabby with Wando River redfish
Redfish in South Carolina’s Wando River will be hiding under docks this month. […]
Field Notes
Top 5 sight-fishing tips for reds
Watching Curtis LeNormand sight-cast for redfish in the marsh is kind of like watching NFL quarterbacks tear apart an opponent’s secondary, deftly placing the ball into receivers’ hands in stride. […]
Features
The reds of Roanoke Island
The first European settlement in North America is surrounded by waters that are home to plenty of redfish, and summer is a productive season to target them. North Carolina doesn’t have many natural islands other […]
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Redfish: The perfect fish for kayakers
If there was ever a fish perfectly suited for kayakers, it is the redfish. If you’re looking for a hard-fighting fish that loves skinny water, reds are it. […]
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Redfish are biting in skinny saltwater creeks
Too many anglers overlook small saltwater creeks. That’s a big mistake. They are often filled with redfish that can keep an angler busy throughout the tide cycle. […]
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Top lures for North Carolina red drum
Three North Carolina fishing guides fit their lure offerings to changing conditions when huge schools of transition redfish are the target. […]
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Spoon-feeding spring redfish
Anglers are catching plenty of redfish in the inshore waters of the Carolinas, and the Johnson Silver Minnow is one of the most productive lures this time of year. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Spring spot-tails fill Georgetown’s estuaries
In April, redfish are plentiful and hungry in the Georgetown area. With plenty of baitfish moving into the area, the fish get in a feeding frenzy, making them vulnerable to live bait and artificial lures. […]