The nice thing about fishing North Carolina’s coastline this month is that anglers can catch just about any inshore species. Trips are often short, and fishermen can set up shop on the shoreline and often match the results of those in boats. […]
Red drum and flounder are providing most of the action for anglers at southeastern coastal North Carolina, especially near Southport, Wilmington guide Jeff Wolfe said Friday (Sept. 16) while fishing the Elizabeth River with two clients. […]
Southport is one of those places just about everyone has heard about and some have fished. It is a sleepy tourist and fishing town on the mainland near the mouth of the Cape Fear River. […]
Like many North Carolina charterboat captains, Butch Foster of Southport migrated to the coast from inland after spending many vacations there, finally deciding to make it his permanent home. […]
Three species of saltwater fish — tarpon, red drum and flounder — are providing most of the action around Wrightsville Beach during late summer. […]
Flounder fishing has hit its stride up and down the North Carolina coast, and anglers are having good luck with artificial lures as well as tried-and-true live-bait rigs. […]
With daytime heat indices soaring into the triple digits across North Carolina, the Tar Heel coast is one of the hottest places to be — except in the early morning hours before the sun rises and ocean breezes keep things cool. […]
Anglers discovered several years ago that Cape Fear River flounder grew to the most prodigious sizes of any flatfish at the southeastern coast, topping doormats caught from the ocean or local marsh creeks. […]
Micah Cox is no stranger to saltwater fishing or to catching big fish. He has a stated goal of catching a citation-sized fish of every marine species on the North Carolina Department of Marine Fisheries’ list. […]
Stu Basom, a visiting angler from Pennsylvania, caught an 11-pound flounder on July 10 in the final hour of a guided fishing trip with Capt. Jot Owens of Wrightsville Beach. […]
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