The state has canceled the 2024 Southern flounder season for recreational fishermen, saying the group took more of the fish than it was allowed last year. Fishermen question the numbers and say ...

North Carolina canceled the 2024 recreational flounder fishing season due to concerns about overfishing, sparking controversy among recreational fishermen. House Bill 442, which would have mandated a ...

For being a relatively small fish, the flounder sure knows how to stir the pot at the coast and up in halls of power iin Raleigh. After years of acrimonious debate over how many of North Carolina's ...

Fall fishing season along the North Carolina coast will look different this year, with a first-ever ban on the recreational harvest of Southern flounder. Instead of allowing one flounder per person, ...

Large shrimp are being caught in the Halifax River. Panfish and sunshine bass are active in the St. Johns River. Beach renourishment may be impacting surf fishing. When it comes to stitching those ...

December is the month we make the transition away from bait fish, and shrimp becomes the primary diet for most fish. Apart ...

When it comes to stitching those lips together, international spies and underworld mobsters have nothing on a commercial fisherman. Case in point ... Last week, it wasn’t easy getting confirmation of ...

Activists fighting a ban on inshore shrimp trawling brought local shrimp to the North Carolina legislature in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. The North Carolina House will not take up the ...

The North Carolina Senate voted for the measure Wednesday. A final vote is scheduled for Thursday. Some coastal Republicans are adamantly opposed. The North Carolina Senate voted for the measure ...

The month of April brings changes to the saltwater fishery, as the calm winds and clear waters complete a change to spring. Charleston Harbor water temps just above 60-degrees at the start of April ...

Jake Markris has lived along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay on Alabama’s Gulf Coast all his life. It’s a renowned saltwater fishery, and one of only two places on Earth where anglers can witness an ...