North Carolina

MOREHEAD CITY – Starting Jan. 1, the slot limit, or size range, to harvest recreationally-caught striped bass in state ocean waters became fish more than 28 inches but less than 35 inches as an effort to reduce overfishing. Fishermen are allowed to keep one striped bass per day that does not exceed 35 inches according to the regulation, Proclamation FF-54-2019. The...

Chasin Tails Outdoors Bait & Tackle 709 Atlantic Beach Causeway, Atlantic Beach, NC 28512 (252) 240-3474 INSHORE/NEARSHORE: Speckled Trout action is still good, I’d say it’s not quite as good as we saw back in October with many 2 to 3lb fish just about everywhere you stopped to fish. But over the last two weeks, we’ve weighed some monster fish at the shop,...

Led by NOAA, federal and state Trustees released a final restoration plan and environmental assessment (PDF, 63 pages) for the Cooper River/M/V Everreach oil spillin Charleston, South Carolina. The plan includes a fishing and crabbing pier project that will improve and provide more fishing opportunities in the area. The project will be built at the Sol Legare boat landing on...

WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard is seeking input from commercial and recreational mariners for an assessment of navigation requirements in the vicinity of Shackleford Banks and Harker's Island, North Carolina. This Coast Guard Waterways Analysis and Management System (WAMS) study focuses on multiple waterways in the area between Beaufort Inlet and Core Sound, depicted on NOAA Chart 11545 above...

12th Annual Chasin Tails Outdoors Speckled Trout Challenge The 12th Annual Chasin Tails Outdoors Speckled Trout Challenge is off to a BIG start. Today (Sunday, Nov 24th) angler Ricky Baker weighed in a 7.60 lb Speckled Trout to take the lead. Baker said he caught this gator trout on a 27MR MirrOlure and said he would never forget that thump....

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is searching for a missing 72-year-old boater who was reported missing while sailing from New York to Florida, Saturday. Michael Bye was reported to be sailing aboard his 35-foot recreational vessel, the H.M.S. Me II. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s Fifth District command center were notified at 7:40 p.m., Friday that Bye had failed to make...

Chasin Tails Outdoors Bait & Tackle 709 Atlantic Beach Causeway, Atlantic Beach, NC 28512 (252) 240-3474 Inshore / Nearshore: Speckled Trout bite’s still going strong, we’ve seen a little different pattern this week with the crazy weather we’ve been having. Feels like summertime one day and fall the next, just like today nice and mild outside with no wind, then tomorrow’s going to...

Chasin Tails Outdoors Bait & Tackle 709 Atlantic Beach Causeway, Atlantic Beach, NC 28512 (252) 240-3474 INSHORE: The Speckled Trout bite has been just about over the top in our area, last year’s crop that was just under the keeper size has all grown up and making it pretty easy to catch a limit of nice trout ranging from 18 to 22 inches....

Post Hurricane report…  going to be straight up, I’m not going to report on things we haven’t seen with our own eyes since the storm, because a hurricane always changes things. But one thing for sure, fishing has been pretty good over the last few days!   Inshore / Nearshore: Speckled Trout Fishing has been great since the storm, we’ve been seeing...

Chasin Tails Outdoors Bait & Tackle 709 Atlantic Beach Causeway, Atlantic Beach, NC 28512 (252) 240-3474 Well, it’s hard to believe that our kids are heading back to school and Football Season's starting. But, with the heat we've seen this week summer has been far from over. Does look like we're going to see a little cool down this weekend with a...