Southeast NC Archives - Page 103 of 117

Thomas Cutler’s 27-pound, 7-ounce fish was the first tripletail recognized as North Carolina’s state record.

Making a (fishing) record

As recently as September 2009, North Carolina did not recognize a state-record tripletail. None caught were large enough to meet the criteria for establishing a new state record. […]

Capt. Jimmy Price said flounder fishing should be in full swing through the summer and fall in the Cape Fear area.

Cape Fear kicks off flounder action early this year

Jerry Dilsaver

Mark down Capt. Jimmy Price of Wildlife Bait & Tackle in Southport as one fisherman who is glad the flounder have arrived early this year in the Cape Fear area. […]

Jeff Wolfe of Wilmington is on top of a slot red drum bite at the bays north of Bald Head Island.

Red drum, flounder, seatrout key targets at lower Cape Fear

Craig Holt

Fishing from Southport to Wilmington has ignited because of earlier-than-expected warm weather. […]

Tim Rayl (left) and Johnny Brown subdued this enormous, 101-pound wahoo, on a April 14 king mackerel trip out of Southport. The fish was finally boated after a 2-hour battle, 15 miles east of Frying Pan Tower.

King mackerel trip produces huge wahoo for Bolivia fisherman

Jeff Burleson

Tim Rayl of Bolivia has caught just about every fish available to be caught between inshore and offshore waters, but the almighty wahoo had eluded him most of his adult life.
Until April 14.
[…]

Nice reds fresh from the ocean roll into the Cape Fear River in April.

The Reds of Spring

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Stu Caulder discussed the day’s gameplan with his fishing party while idling through a No Wake zone in the Intracoastal Waterway at Wrightsville Beach. […]

Hammie Ballantine caught this puppy drum behind one of the spoil islands in the Cape fear River.

Pups, redfish and old drum

Jerry Dilsaver

Along North Carolina’s coast, red drum, siaenops ocellatus, are also known as redfish. […]

The lower Cape Fear River

Jerry Dilsaver

During the spring, Capt. Stu Caulder likes to fish the Cape Fear River between Carolina Beach and Southport. […]

A happy angler displays a 30-plus-inch redfish caught while aboard Capt. Jeff Wolfe’s 22-foot bay boat at the lower Cape Fear bays.

Reds, flounder, specks provide good action

Craig Holt

Red drum, flounder and scattered spotted seatrout are providing typical early-spring action for southeastern N.C. anglers, particularly at the bays across the Cape Fear River from Southport. […]

A strike-netter goes past a recreational angler’s boat Feb. 4 in Onslow County's Stones Creek before closing off the creek to fishing by hook-and-line anglers.

Angler: Stones Creek netting incident shows lack of respect, portends trouble

Craig Holt

Robert Patterson of Jacksonville is used to swimming against the tide. […]

Cory Nance jerks on vines to try and dislodge a squirrel from its nest.

Shake them up, wring them out

Mike Marsh

When a dog’s barking tells the hunter there is a squirrel up a tree, but the hunter cannot see the game, it’s a good bet the squirrel has run into a nest or hollow. […]