Southeast NC Archives - Page 91 of 117

Jeremy Carter of the U.S. Army and Tyler Wentworth of the U.S. Air Force show off a sailfish caught aboard the Tag Team during the Southport Military Appreciation Day (MAD) this past weekend.

Military Appreciation Day draws 62 boats, 122 troops in Southport

Fishermen in the Southport area attacked Military Appreciation Day 8 (MAD 8) with unique fervor, with 62 volunteer boats carrying 122 troops out to catch plenty of fish. […]

Flounder fishing in the Sneads Ferry area has been great since a cold front rolled through the area last weekend.

Flounder fishing takes off in Sneads Ferry area

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Allen Jernigan of Sneads Ferry isn’t the only fisherman happy that fall is being ushered in by a series of cold fronts, because the latest one has turned on the flounder in the area. […]

Mark Patterson catches redfish, flounder and speckled trout in the bays and creeks south of Fort Fisher in his kayak; the area is considered one of North Carolina’s best for paddling-fishermen.

Head for the fort!

Jerry Dilsaver

Fort Fisher State Recreation Area is part of the N.C. State Parks System (www.ncparks.gov). It consists of the remains of Fort Fisher from the U.S. Civil War, approximately six miles of beach and the backwater bays at the southern end of Pleasure Island in New Hanover County. […]

The N.C. Kayak Fishing Association holds monthly meetings, as well as several outings and fishing tournaments.

A place for paddlers

Jerry Dilsaver

The North Carolina Kayak Fishing Association (NCKFA) was founded in 2008 by Greensboro’s Mark Patterson as an Internet-based organization for kayak fishermen to discuss their interests, exchange information and ideas and plan fishing trips with others of the same interest. […]

Guide David Baxley picks up the decoys early after a lackluster teal hunt at N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission's White Oak River impoundment.

Teal season opens with a whimper, not a bang, on several North Carolina impoundments

Mike Marsh

The opening of teal season on some of North Carolina’s public waterfowl impoundments was nothing to write home about, because some of them are still dry. […]

Capt. Rick Bennett has been concentrating his efforts on docks along the ICW around Wrightsville Beach for nice red drum like this one.

Live bait is the key to Wrightsville Beach inshore success

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Rick Bennett of Wrightsville Beach said fishing in his neck of the woods is pretty good right now as long as you’ve got live bait – and it’s about to get a whole lot better. […]

Many Southport residents don't want the last remnants of the Quarantine Station to be removed from the Cape Fear River.

Southport residents express concerns over possible loss of Quarantine Station

Jerry Dilsaver

Southport residents who want to preserve some local history met on Aug. 26 with a representative of Rep. Mike McIntyre to try and save the last remaining platform of the Cape Fear Quarantine Station in the Cape Fear River. […]

Paddle Fort Fisher’s waters for great inshore action.

Yak it up at the Fort – Fort Fisher’s backwaters are a kayak fisherman’s heaven

Jerry Dilsaver

Mark Patterson believes the bays at Fort Fisher are pretty close to ideal for kayak fishing. A Greensboro resident and founder of the North Carolina Kayak Fishing Association (NCKFA), Patterson fishes the area, which kayakers simply call “The Fort,” numerous times a year. […]

Redfish have been very active in the waters around Southport over the past week-and-a-half.

Southport inshore bite has been great for two weeks

Jerry Dilsaver

Inshore fishing in the Southport area has taken a big turn for the better over the past 10 days or so, with redfish and flounder getting most of the attention, according to Capt. Tommy Rickman at The Tackle Box. […]

The Waccamaw silverside, known to locals as a “skipjack minnow” is a forage fish native to Lake Waccamaw and a favorite food for the lake’s white perch.

Match the hatch

Mike Marsh

This Waccamaw silverside or skipjack minnow is only native to Lake Waccamaw and the Waccamaw River and is a primary prey species for white perch and other game fish. […]