The 2018 Mercury Southern Kingfish Association National Championship was held from November 8-11 and offered 250 teams in three different divisions two days to find the two biggest king mackerel in the waters outside of Morehead City. The last time the SKA held its National Championship in Morehead was in 2015. Though all of the […]

The 2018 Kingfish Cup Championship marked the end of the annual six-month five-tournament series that pits some of the best king mackerel anglers in North Carolina against each other for the $500 000+ of prize money that is given away over the course of the season. A total of 31 teams qualified for the championship and […]

What is your go to website to check the weather before going fishing or going to the beach? For the majority of people there is more than one. The number of websites to view weather and sea state information is overwhelming. From NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) weather and marine pages to private company websites […]

Hatteras Island is a unique place to fish no matter the season or target species but for me heading offshore in late November was especially exciting as it would be my first time targeting the well-known late fall king mackerel fishery. The plan was to join Capt. Jeremy Hicks of Calypso Sportfishing out of Hatteras […]

Lewis of Island Tackle and Hardware reports that the speckled trout bite has been strong in marinas creek mouths and inlets. Also on the inside a few red and black drum are being caught in the Cape Fear River. Surf fishing is producing whiting bluefish a few puffers both red and black drum and speckled […]

We were standing on the dock behind the Assembly Building and since the winter issue was a few quick days away from going to print the annual Fish Post Day on the Vonda Kay seemed more a celebration to the end of the year than just annual tradition. This year’s guest list featured the standard—a […]

Hugh of Hatteras Jack reports that the sea mullet bite has been very good. Strong numbers of fish are being caught on bottom rigs and shrimp and anglers have been producing quite a few citations. Red drum are being hooked from the surf but the action has been either on or off depending on the […]

Annette of Dutchman Creek Bait and Tackle reports that black drum are making a strong showing in the backwaters with shrimp serving as the best bait. There is also still a sporadic flounder bite inside. Speckled trout are showing up everywhere from the backwater creeks and river to the waterfront surf and nearshore reefs. A […]

Kevin of Island Tackle and Hardware reports that trout redfish and flounder can be found in the river and backwaters around the area. In the surf and just off the beach a little bit of everything is biting with whiting trout bluefish and flounder making up the majority of the catch. Offshore trolling has been […]

Betty of TW’s Bait and Tackle reports that large citation drum (to 47”) are being caught along the southern beaches (primarily out at the point) on large Carolina-rigged baits. Sea mullet have been around in big numbers and quite a few have been citation-size fish (to 2 lbs.). The majority of the sea mullet action […]

Jeff of Ocean Isle Fishing Center reports that conditions are just about recoverd in the Ocean Isle area. In the backwaters good catches of both flounder and trout are being made with small pogies on Carolina rigs doing the best work. On the outside big bull reds have still been working pods of larger pogies […]

Matt of Tex’s Tackle reports that small speckled trout have been just about everywhere for the last few weeks which is a great sign. There are keepers mixed in and sizes should only get better as the weather gets colder and bait gets moving. Currently schools of fish can be found moving into the inlets […]

Mike of Native Son reports that the main story over the past few weeks has been speckled trout. There are definitely a lot of bigger fish around but expect to wade through a bunch of shorts to find them. Still the smaller fish are a lot of fun to catch just remember to handle them […]

The commercial harvest of Atlantic migratory group spanish mackerel northern zone in federal waters will close at 12:01 a.m. local time on November 4 2018 and will re-open on March 1 2019. The northern zone for Atlantic migratory group spanish mackerel includes federal waters from North Carolina through New York. During the commercial closure harve...

Not a lot of anglers can say they’ve won a fishing tournament and even fewer can say they’ve won two. But how many can say they’ve won two back-to-back in two days? Brothers Sam and Mark Daughtry of Team Parker certainly can. After winning the red drum division and placing third in the flounder division […]

The 2018 Fisherman’s Post Carolina Beach Inshore Challenge marked the fifth and final leg of the 2018 Inshore Tournament Trail and due to a schedule change in the wake of Hurricane Florence only 37 teams were able to to take one final shot at catching the biggest flounder and/or red drum in the area. Brothers […]