As the New Year arrives, deer season gives way to a new chapter for many sportsmen in the Tarheel State, and one of the most-overlooked inshore powerhouse fishes is readily available, tucked away in the marshes of the lower Cape Fear River. […]
Capt. Mark Dickson of Shallow Minded Guide Service said fish in the creeks behind the barrier islands along North Carolina’s southernmost coast have been hungry and feeding, even after several days of cold weather. […]
There is a moratorium on possession of stripers in the Cape Fear River and its tributaries, but that doesn’t keep fishermen from playing multiple rounds of catch-and-release in the three rivers that converge at Wilmington. […]
Capt. Butch Foster of Southport hasn’t been able to get to Frying Pan Tower where the king mackerel and bottomfish are biting because of the wind the past few days, so he’s stayed inshore and found a nice concentration of whiting around the mouth of the Cape Fear River. […]
As fall settles in along North Carolina’s coast, locals don’t fret over the end of summer. The last months of the year mean several things: smaller crowds, cooler temperatures and the best speckled trout fishing of the year. […]
Fishing for speckled trout continues to be exceptional around Ocean Isle, and Capt Mark Stacy thinks it’s going to only get better – along with several other species. […]
Fishermen should not overlook their favorite ocean fishing pier when targeting whiting. […]
“Whiting” is only one of the angler’s names used for the three kingfish species, which fishermen catch in the Cape Fear River and along the rest of the North Carolina coast. […]
The 2011 Juniper Road Fire burned holes in Holly Shelter’s Lodge Road Impoundment dikes; however, it did more good for ducks than bad. […]
The Lodge Road Impoundment has 21 acres of fields in the shape of an “I” that were ditched and planted in small grains several years ago, partly with the help of funding from Ducks Unlimited. […]
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