Southeast NC Archives - Page 60 of 117

Jonathan Grady knocked off these two shad in the swift waters below Lock and Dam No. 1 in the Cape Fear River upstream from Wilmington.

Run, shad, run

The Cape Fear River has a variety of fishing opportunities, and one of the spring highlights is shad, striper and catfish action in the tailwaters of Lock and Dam No. 1 about 20 miles upriver from Wilmington, N.C. […]

This nice redfish would be a keeper in North Carolina waters, but an inch or two too long to keep in South Carolina waters.

Keep up with inshore fishing regs when you fish along the North Carolina-South Carolina border

Jerry Dilsaver

Fishing the area around Little River Inlet is unique, if only because you can cross the North Carolina-South Carolina border several times in a day’s trip, and because there isn’t a reciprocal licensing agreement between the states and because of regulation differences, things can get interesting. […]

George Dillinger, Daniel LeGrande, and Patrick Callahan pose with one of the giant tuna they caught off of Oregon Inlet on Feb. 22.

900-pound tuna, 600-pound tuna caught off of Oregon Inlet

Dusty Wilson

After being towed nearly 15 miles by a bluefin tuna that pushed 600 pounds, Daniel LeGrande of Virginia Beach, Va., and his crew chose to return to their hot spot outside of Oregon Inlet rather than head in with their catch. […]

Redfish stay around all winter and are usually one of the first fish to get fired up each spring.

State-line reds – Redfish wake up this month in coastal waters around the North Carolina-South Carolina border

Jerry Dilsaver

Saltwater fishermen in both Carolinas have one stretch of water they should both be familiar with, especially when the winter doldrums begin to break up and the water begins to warm, when baitfish that have wintered in the warmer waters of marshes and creeks begin to stir. […]

Redfish will spend plenty of time in warmer ocean waters late in the winter.

Go surfing for hungry, winter reds

Dan Kibler

Saltwater fishermen are plenty familiar with schools of red drum in the shallows of coastal marshes that get spooky because of fishing pressure and clear water. […]

Guide Butch Foster shows off the beginnings of a fish fry: two whiting that lost a battle with a double-drop bottom rig.

It’s whiting time at Cape Fear

Jerry Dilsaver

Whiting, aka sea mullet or Virginia mullet, are a tasty panfish and one of the first fish of spring to arrive off the North Carolina coast. […]

Guide Jerry Neeley catches plenty of March crappie at Lake Wylie once the water temps breaks into the 50s.

Two tactics for Lake Wylie slabs

Tony Garitta

Jerry Neeley of Jerry’s Fishing Guide Service uses a two-pronged attack to catch staging crappie at Lake Wylie this month. […]

Flounder move to warmer offshore waters to spend the winter around ledges and rocks — still within reach of anglers out of Little River, S.C.

Follow state-line flounder

Jeff Burleson

With a couple months before flounder show up inshore, die-hard fishermen can still hook up to a king-sized fluke in February, but they will have to venture out in a much larger boat and travel many more miles from the dock. […]

Tommy Adkins (left) and Stephen Lilly (right) caught this big bluefin out of Beaufort Inlet, N.C. The tuna weighed over 800 pounds.

800-pound bluefin tuna caught out of Beaufort Inlet, N.C.

Dusty Wilson

Partnering to catch bluefin tuna for 2017, Tommy Adkins and his first mate, Stephen Lilly are having an outstanding season. After catching a doubleheader the first week of January, they hauled in a 106-inch beast on Jan. 11 that was estimated to weigh more than 800 pounds before being beheaded and gutted — and still weighing 626. […]