Morehead City is known as a Fisherman’s Paradise, and is home to the world famous Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament. With beautiful estuaries, the Gulf Stream relatively close to land, hundreds of reefs and wrecks off the coast, and the best inlet in North Carolina, Morehead City offers some of the best fishing on the East coast.
Offshore fishing out of Morehead City allows anglers to target billfish, including Blue Marlin and Sailfish. The Gulf Stream constantly pushes Mahi-mahi, Wahoo, and many different species of tuna past the area all season long. Fishermen can target many different highly migratory species of fish from these waters.
The nearshore fishing on the numerous artificial reefs and shipwrecks around Morehead City produce lots of Amberjacks, Black Sea Bass, Triggerfish, and Grunt. Big grouper and snapper are a favorite target as well. There is also excellent Albacore, Spanish, and King Mackerel fishing much of the year. During November and December is typically when the Giant Bluefin Tuna show up, with some fish weighing over 1,000 pounds.
The creeks around Morehead City are filled with Flounder much of the year. With deep water along the Port Wall, a favorite place to fish among Sheepshead and Shark anglers, a variety of big fish pass through the area. The flats around Morehead City are home to many Red Drum and Speckled Trout, making this a top destination for avid saltwater fishermen.
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The Fishing has Started! 5/9/2019 11:36:10 AM - Got everything finished up an the new boat and have had trips the last couple of weekends. This week the fishing has really started to fire off. The blufish and spanish mack
First outing on the boat. 4/7/2019 3:41:30 PM - Got to go out and run the new boat for a bit this weekend. Everything is coming together great. Just have a few more things to do before she is a complete fishing machine.
Spring time is on its way. 3/17/2019 1:16:27 PM - The weather is starting to warm and a few fish are starting to bite. Some sea mullets trout and drum are starting to show inshore. I am in the process of having a new boat p
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