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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AR 342 - BOGUE INLET 3/20/2011 12:48:13 AM - 34.6046666666667 -77.035
1700 Rock 3/20/2011 12:34:45 AM - depth 78' 34.551959959790111 -76.338680014014244
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July 2121 7/23/2021 8:20:00 PM - This month has been all about the reds. The weather hasn't allowed me to fish the ocean much so with flounder closed I have been hitting the marshes for red drum. Most day
June 2021 6/27/2021 4:36:00 PM - The summer is starting off hot hot hot with reds. Most of trips have been marsh fishing and the red drum bite has been good. When the wind hasn't been blowing we have pick
Summer is approaching 6/1/2021 10:08:00 AM - The fishing has been good. On pretty days we have had good numbers of Spanish mackerel along the beach and flounder and grey trout on the reefs. Inshore the red drum bite
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