Tarpon in North Carolina now fall under catch and release only regulations, thanks to a ruling from NCDEQ and NCDMF. The new ruling is effective as of March 23, 2021. […]
Wilmington angler Jared Beard teamed up with his brother and dad to land a 6-foot, 1 1/2-inch long tarpon from the beach at Fort Fisher on Aug. 9, 2020. […]
If you’re going saltwater fishing this weekend, here’s what you can expect up and down the South Carolina coastline. […]
Stephen Walker caught a 100-pound tarpon while fishing from Apache Pier in Myrtle Beach, S.C. during the 2019 Grand Strand King Mackerel Tournament in June 2019. […]
North Carolina’s Cape Fear is unique in several ways, among them, it’s the only place in the Tarheel State where a large river, the Cape Fear, flows directly to the ocean. Second, it features several species that are incidental catches at most other places, including tarpon, which arrive each summer and have a devoted local following. […]
Tarpon are elusive fish, especially in the Carolinas, where the Silver King doesn’t stick around for more than three or four months each year. […]
Ian Sands of Oak Island went fishing on the afternoon of Aug. 20. The Oak Island resident and his son set up on the beach with a pair of surf fishing outfits hoping to catch a bonnethead or Atlantic sharpnose shark. The were both surprised when they caught a six-foot plus tarpon instead. […]
Tarpon are the strongest fish that live inshore, so an angler’s terminal tackle must be constructed to endure the initial shock of the bite and the potentially long-lasting battle. […]
In North Carolina waters, the No. 1 commercial seafood crop is the blue crab, and the greater Pamlico Sound produces the majority of the state’s 30 million-pound harvest. […]
Diehard deer hunters know that lunar feeding periods are keys to bringing home venison. For consistently successful tarpon anglers, these feeding periods are nothing to ignore. […]
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