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Top 2 lures for Broad River smallmouth
The smallmouth bass bite is hot on the Broad River, and the fish are hitting especially well in the afternoons on inline spinners and surface lures. […]
Southeast NC
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Mining fall mackerel – Find the right depth to troll your spoons and you’ll harvest more Spanish mackerel in the waters off Carolina Beach
Once he cleared the sandbars outside Carolina Beach Inlet, Rennie Clark turned his boat to the south, and with the rising sun over his shoulder, he began rolling over the small swells headed down the beach towards Fort Fisher, smiling and talking but keeping watch for bait, birds or other signs of fish on the surface and his fish finder. […]
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Mill pond dove hunts are a big deal in southeastern North Carolina
When people think of mill ponds, they usually associate them with fishing or hunting waterfowl. This is the tale of two mill ponds that have dove hunting as their September focus. […]
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Bait influx has caused late-summer inshore surge around Southport
The calendar says it’s August, with fall a month away, but Jimmy Price at Wildlife Bait and Tackle in Southport said fish are already acting like it’s fall. […]
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Black drum bite remains great in waters around Ocean Isle
Capt. Mark Stacy of Ocean Isle Fishing Charters said much of the fishing in the creeks and marshes of lower Brunswick County has been unpredictable this summer, but the black drum bite has been freakishly consistent. […]
Events & Announcements
NC looking for information about sea turtle that died after being bludgeoned
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries are seeking information leading to the arrest of the individual who bludgeoned a protected loggerhead sea turtle to death the last week of July. […]
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Have a wreck in Lockwood Folly Inlet and catch plenty of black drum
Black drum are biting in Lockwood Folly Inlet near Holden Beach, and according to Fayetteville’s Daniel McJunkin, as long as you can find the two wrecks in the inlet, you’ll find the black drum. […]
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North Carolina’s first-ever tarpon on fly is landed in lower Cape Fear River
This past Saturday, Aug. 1, a fisherman caught and released what is being heralded as the first tarpon confirmed to have been caught on fly-fishing tackle in North Carolina waters. […]
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Flounder numbers, sizes on the increase in Wrightsville, Carolina Beach areas
Flounder have slowly but surely made their way to the top of the mixed bag of fish caught in the summer heat around Wrightsville Beach and Carolina Beach, according to Rick Bennett of Rod-Man Guide Service, with numbers of fish increasing and fish getting bigger. […]
Inshore Fishing
Oak Island’s pier history
Oak Island was once home to three piers: Yaupon, Ocean Crest and Long Beach. […]