Give us a call before we turn our attention to shad. Late February and March is excellent pre-spawn striper fishing on the lower Roanoke River and Albemarle Sound. We have a new online booking calendar on our website and have plenty of days for any adventure of your choosing.

We had a productive trip on the lower Roanoke earlier this week catching some nice 5-10 pounds stripers on light tackle. Check out the pictures from Tom and Kenny’s trip. Let’s go!

When weather allows we have been hammering some winter reds on the shallow bays and creek of North Carolina’s Pamlico Sound. When ample sunlight allows we see the fish eat our Z-Man finesse soft plastics. It’s a ton of fun and something every winter angler should experience. Give me a call or shoot me an […] The post Pamlico Sound Winter Redfish R...

Check out the Getz boys tripled up on some winter redfish. The post More Winter Redfishing on the Pamlico River appeared first on Tar-Pam Guide Service.

December 2025 and January 2026 has been fun chasing schools of redfish in the shallow bays and flats of the Pamlico River. We are finding schools of reds ranging from 15″ to 30″. Some days have produced 50 or more fish while others have been more of a pick with just a handful of them […] The post Pamlico Fishing Report: Winter Redfishing on the Pa...

My good friends Joe and Hunter Albea at Carolina Outdoor Journal have started a new chapter in the Journal…..Carolina Outdoor Journal Recast which is a new YouTube series featuring the same great fishing you have seen on many past episodes of the Journal on network television. Hunter Joe’s son has taken over the reigns and is […] The post Carolina...

This is from 1984 and to my knowledge one of the first times our Eastern NC shad fishing has been featured on film. If you’ll notice the guy in the back of the boat catching all the fish that’s my friend Joe Albea creator and host of the Carolina Outdoor Journal. He was a still […] The post February Shadness! appeared first on Tar-Pam Guide Servic...

The striper fishing on the lower Roanoke continues. It’s not the 100 fish days of the past. We are really starting see a dip in the numbers but the fishing remains pretty darn good by most peoples’ standards. We were just extremely spoiled years ago and expectation were set too high. We are still catching […] The post February Week 2 Report & Semi...

The winter striper fishing remains steady. We are having to hunt the fish but hunting is paying off with consistent catches of 20-50 fish. It seems like the 100 fish days that were so common a decade ago are less common but the fishing still remains “damn good” by normal standards. I think we just […] The post Late January Lower Roanoke Striper Re...

Yesterday we got into some beautiful 5-8 pound fish. I don’t weight them but I bet we had a couple that were pushing 10. Those are nice fish for what we normally see in this fishery which is mostly 15-25″ fish. Steve Mark and David all had a great time picking along at them. Here […] The post Big Lower Roanoke Stripers appeared first on Tar-Pam Gu...

More of the same from our last trip on the lower Roanoke with long-time guest John and his friend Ed…….steady winter striper fishing that will only get better as more fish move into the river. There are some nice fish 5-8 pound fish around. Open Days: Feb. 1-2 8 14 27-29 Mar. 4-6 The post Lower Roanoke River Stripers appeared first on Tar-Pam Guid...

We had a great day yesterday with Jeff and his son Brady. Neither of them had ever been to the Roanoke before but they had heard about the great striper fishing in the river and wanted to come see for themselves. They were not disappointed. We had a great day with them. The fish are […] The post Winter Stripers are Biting appeared first on Tar-Pam...

Capt. Hurley and I went up to the lower Roanoke yesterday to check on our winter pets. They are in the river so our winter striper season has official begun. We found a nice bunch of fish. Conditions were not ideal with a heavy wind out of the north backing the water up in the […] The post Lower Roanoke Winter Striper Report appeared first on Tar-...

To me this is the most exciting thing I’ve done since I started my guide service back in 2010….a new offering….in a new region of the south in the beautiful Southern Appalachian Mountains. About 8 years ago I fell in love with floating rivers for smallmouth bass. Until then the only mountain fishing I had […] The post Summer River Smallmouth Float...

I have been enjoying a few days off during the holiday so I can spend it with my wife and boys while they are out of school. Once they go back on Jan 3 I’ll be back on it. I’ll be shifting my focus mainly to the winter striper fishing on the lower Roanoke but […] The post First Report of 2024 appeared first on Tar-Pam Guide Service.

For the longest time this page was our sole source for fishing reports. Over time we started using Facebook and Instagram more and posting less frequently to our website. We got rid of our Facebook page and I haven’t missed it one bit. I still reluctantly use Instagram but I’ve decided I’m going to start […] The post Fishing Report Page is Back Up...

Today was just one of those magical days that everything worked. I had Andy Bill and James all experienced fishermen. We started out fishing for some trout out of Washington. For about the past month there’s been a good trout bite in the upper reaches of the Pamlico in and just below downtown Washington. The […] The post Fall Pamlico Mixed Bag app...

As we pass one more Thanksgiving we are thankful for another great year of fishing and making memories for our guests. As we move into late November and early Dec the time between the holidays can be one of the best times of the year for speckled trout and striper fishing. The specs are in […] The post Thanksgiving Fishing Report appeared first on...

Fishing has been pretty darn good considering the water temp in the river today was 91 degrees. There are some slot and overslot reds around and if you get in a productive area early enough they’ll be some topwater and fly action available. There have also been some scattered bull reds around. We aren’t really […] The post Dog Days of Summer appea...