Southeast NC Archives - Carolina Sportsman

9.9-pound trout leads Speckled Trout Challenge

With a week left to go and the speckled trout biting like mad along the Carolina Beach coast, the 12th Annual Chasin’ Tails Speckled Trout Challenge is far from over. […]

Youth angler catches 876-pound bluefin tuna

Brian Cope

Youth angler Al Morris, Jr. caught a giant bluefin tuna on Jan. 16, 2020 while fishing with his dad out of Morehead City, N.C. […]

Target NC stripers in lower Roanoke River this month

Craig Holt

Sportsmen attend boat shows and fishing seminars across North Carolina in February, but if all they do is learn, they’re missing out on some great winter fishing for striped bass on three of the coastal river systems that drain northeast and east-central North Carolina: the Neuse, Pamlico and Roanoke. […]

Little River specks are on the feed

Jeff Burleson

Winter has fully set in across the Carolinas, with typically cool days and some freezing nightly temperatures. Yet the Carolinas are also known for a few 70-degree days mixed in throughout the winter, and that makes a day on the water more than just appealing. […]

Giant bluefin bite is still on fire out of Morehead City

Brian Cope

It’s still giant bluefin tuna time off the coast of Morehead City. Numerous 600+ pounders have been caught in recent days. […]

N.C. hunter kills Sampson County giant 10-pointer

Brian Cope

Newton Grove hunter kills trophy buck in Sampson County, N.C. […]

800-pound bluefin tuna caught out of Atlantic Beach

Brian Cope

The weather is perfect and the bluefin tuna are chewing off of North Carolina’s coast. […]

Wahoo make winter run to Carolinas’ offshore waters

Jeff Burleson

Cold weather fires up a great offshore bite for wahoo. […]

Try Bald Head Island’s marshes for winter redfish

Jerry Dilsaver

North Carolina’s Bald Head Island is a great winter redfish destination. […]

Southport hunter kills crazy-racked cactus buck

Jerry Dilsaver

Bubba Howard killed a cactus buck in Brunswick County, N.C. on Nov. 8, 2019. […]

Anglers are catching a bounty offshore on the bottom

Jerry Dilsaver

Cooling December waters bring bottomfish like grouper and snapper closer to shore and within reach of more fishermen. […]

Fishing is still on fire in the Southport/Oak Island area

Brian Cope

The recent cold fronts haven’t slowed down the saltwater bite in the Southport/Oak Island area one bit. Speckled trout, drum, king mackerel, snapper…you name it, and it’s still biting! […]