Brett Jordan of Florence, S.C. caught the potential new world record whiting (aka sea mullet, southern kingfish, Virginia mullet) from the surf on the Outer Banks on Nov. 11, 2019. […]
The African pompano is an interesting fish that few anglers specifically target. They are usually a welcomed by-catch of anglers fishing for grouper and snapper. […]
Alphonso Jackson of Maxton, N.C. set the new North Carolina state record for redbreast sunfish with a 2-pound, 1-ounce fish he caught from the Lumber River on June 10, 2019. […]
Paul Daniels and his wife Janet, of Hanahan, S.C. decided to catch a few blue catfish for dinner after church on Feb. 11 in the Cooper River. But 30 minutes into the fishing trip, Daniels’ task for the day quickly changed into searching for a certified scale after his wife helped him lift a big flathead catfish — the new South Carolina state record — into his boat. […]
Steve and Paula Haney of Anderson, S.C., knew they were in for a fight when Paula set the hook on a big blue catfish while drifting a spread of cut baits on the lower end of Lake Moultrie this past Saturday. […]
Elijah Crabtree, a 12-year-old from Bladenboro, is one of North Carolina’s newest freshwater fish record-holders. Crabtree caught a 7.7-ounce spotted sunfish, a close relative of bluegills and redbreast sunfish, and it is the newly-established state record. […]
Pigfish aren’t a species that immediately brings visions of deeply bent rods and screaming reels, but there are N.C. state and IGFA world records and Jason Edwards’ May 23rd catch has been approved for one and is pending for the other. […]
Fort Mill native Mitchell McConnell was fishing in Greenfield Lake in Wilmington, N.C. when earlier this month, and he broke the Tarheel State’s brown bullhead record with a 4-pounder he caught with live bait. […]
A mid-November fishing trip to Hatteras proved very fruitful for Neil Manning of Ashburn, Va., who returned from an overnight trip with Capt. Kenny Koci on the Fin Again with a box full of fish and a state-record white marlin on the deck. […]
Lightning doesn’t strike the same place twice? You can bet guide Zakk Royce of Murfreesboro won’t be making that wager any time soon. […]
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