Inshore Fishing
Huge Hatteras permit could establish new N.C. state record
Todd “Harry” Elder caught a huge permit while fishing at Hatteras on May 26, 2020. The fish may establish a new North Carolina state record. […]
State Record Fish
Inshore Fishing
Possible world-record sea mullet caught in surf on NC’s Outer Banks
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. […]
Offshore Fishing
Species spotlight – African pompano
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. […]
Crappie/Bream
Maxton angler catches new N.C. state record redbreast
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. […]
Catfish
Hanahan angler shatters SC flathead catfish state record
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. […]
Featured
Anderson woman breaks state-record with 113-pound Lake Moultrie blue catfish
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. […]
Fishing
12-year-old sets new spotted sunfish state record
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. […]
Featured
State record pigfish caught out of Cape Lookout
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. […]
Catfish
Fort Mill angler sets new N.C. state record for brown bullhead catfish
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. […]
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Neil Manning catches N.C. state-record, 138-pound white marlin
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. […]