The Bay’s water temperature is currently hovering in the high 50s, which means that the trophy speckled trout are on the feed. Specks like cold weather and they are hitting bais under popping corks, swim baits and Mirro-Lures in most of the tidal inlets, creeks, and rivers. Captain Todd Beck with Knot Wish’n charters reported a fantastic trout bite at Rudee Inlet on Friday, with … [Read more...]

One of the best eating saltwater fish of all – the black sea bass – is tugging on rods in deeper water, over wrecks. Quality Triggerfish are also being caught. Other boats have successfully been targeting Swordfish. Quality Speckled Trout are being caught in local creeks and inlets. Prolonged, unseasonable warm water temperatures have held smaller speckled trout longer than usual. Larger … [Read more...]

It’s fall on the Outer Banks and the next few weeks will provide some of the best fishing of the year. Blues, drum, specks, and stripers will be cruising the beaches so get ready to rumble. A bitter cold snap slowed the action during mid-week, but as the weather improved, so did the fishing. Surf anglers were beaching sea mullet, drum – big and small, some specks and lots of sharks. … [Read more...]

  One of the most exciting and rewarding feats in outdoor sports is battling a red drum in the surf. Not only do you have to fight the power of the surf itself, you also are charged with beaching one of the hardest fighters that swims – a red drum. But it’s happening right now, all the way from the beaches of Sandbridge to Hatteras on the Outer Banks. At Sandbridge last week, numerous … [Read more...]

By Alex McCrickard/DWR   It’s easy to understand why striped bass are known as “everyman’s fish.” They’re fun to catch and are one of the most accessible fish for anglers to target. Add on the variety of different methods you can use to successfully catch striped bass—live bait, trolling, bottom fishing, artificial lures, and fly fishing—it’s easy to understand why they are referred to … [Read more...]

  October is here, and with it comes a change in the fishing scene. Some of the summer fish start to leave, the waterways become less crowded, and the fish become more active. It’s a wonderful time of the year to be on the water, weather permitting. Flounder fishing in the Bay is winding down, but Captain Craig Paige still managed to land a couple of citation-sized flounders on a recent … [Read more...]