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Bass can be holding on a variety of types of visible cover in the rivers around Wilmington, including cypress trees. I

Working the tide

Bass pro Mike Lanier of Winnabow emphasizes that the rivers around Wilmington are tidal, and that understanding this is key for fishing success. […]

Mike Lanier of Winnabow said fishing on a falling tide is more productive because bait is pulled out of creeks and ditches.

Wilmington’s rivers

Jerry Dilsaver

Four rivers are fishable around Wilmington, with the Cape Fear being the primary artery for travel and fishing activity. […]

Doormat flounder are plentiful on the wrecks and reefs nearshore of Carolina and Kure Beach.

Top 4 tips to catch more flounder

Brian Cope

Take a horse-carriage tour through Wilmington and you’ll learn that no Civil War battles took place in the city; the battle for this town happened on the ocean. […]

This 8-point buck was spotted swimming more than 1/2-mile offshore out of Carolina Beach.

Went on a fishing trip and a deer hunt broke out

Brian Cope

Capt. Dennis Barbour of Island Tackle and Hardware was heading to a nearshore reef to do a little fishing when he encountered a deer swimming far from shore. […]

The NWTF recently opened a state-of-the-art shooting facility in Edgefield that features sporting clays, trap, skeet, and rifle ranges, among others.

New shooting complex opened by NWTF in Edgefield

Brian Cope

The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) is about much more than wild turkeys, and that has never been more evident than it is with their new project, the Palmetto Shooting Complex in Edgefield. […]

Fall kings are bigger than their spring and summer brethren, so many fish like this 15-pounder get released as anglers wait for bigger ones.

Kings on the throne – The fall run of king mackerel off the Cape Fear River and Oak Island, N.C.

Jerry Dilsaver

October is a special time in the ocean around the mouth of the Cape Fear River at Southport, where king mackerel gather between and try to devour every baitfish they can, arriving the last week or so of September and increasing in numbers until mid-October, when the slowly begin to move off the beach. […]

Bass pro Mike Lanier jerks a nice largemouth out of the water wthin sight of bridges that cross the Cape Fear River in Wilmington.

Shall we gather at the rivers? Bass fishermen have got plenty of water to probe in the four rivers around Wilmington, N.C.

Jerry Dilsaver

The beaches of New Hanover County are known for their good saltwater fishing, but fewer anglers are aware of the good freshwater fishing from Wilmington upriver. […]

Flounder are hitting live baitfish all along the Carolina Beach shipwrecks.

Hit the shipwrecks for Carolina Beach flounder

Brian Cope

The nearshore reefs and shipwrecks out of Carolina Beach are hotspots for flounder this time of year. Capt. Dennis Barbour of Island Tackle and Hardware typically has a lot of success in those areas and Flounder aren’t the only fish biting, but he said it’s usually among the most consistent bites. […]

Grouper are just one species of fish that anglers can expect when bottom fishing this time of year.

Bottom fishing heats up out of Southport

Jerry Dilsaver

The Yeah Right swung into position on the anchor rope, and the screen on the fish finder lit up with a mound of fish just above the small ledge. […]

Use the corner of the fish box to hold a Spanish mackerel still while you remove the hook from his razor-sharp teeth with your fingers safely out of reach.

Easily remove hooks and avoid sharp Spanish teeth

Jerry Dilsaver

Spanish mackerel have such small, razor-sharp teeth that many fishermen who are nipped don’t realize it until they see drops of blood or bloody fingers. Most fishermen are nipped while removing the hooks. […]