They call it combat fishing. When the hard-fighting red drum feed offshore from the Outer Banks, devoted anglers daily line up shoulder to shoulder on the Hatteras Island shoreline to cast lines into ...

Practically any time of day and any time of year, you’ll find folks casting bait into the Atlantic, sticking their poles into a rod holder jabbed into the hard sand, and waiting. But this time of year ...

For hunters, September means deer season and dove hunts. For fishermen, it's time to grab those rods and reels and head to the beach. The next couple of months offer some great opportunities for ...

When saltwater fishing enthusiasts hear the term "Red October," they inevitably think of big bull redfish (red drum), caught while fishing the surf. But the surf certainly isn't the only place where ...

Inshore fishermen are reporting some excellent red drum, black drum, speckled trout and some flounder. Surf and pier fishermen are reporting red drum, black drum, puffer fish, Virginia mullet, a few ...

The past week saw great weather and calm seas for fishermen across our coastal waters. Inshore fishing is producing catches of red drum, flounder, speckled trout and black drum. Surf fishing is ...

"Any damn fool can catch a fish out of a boat." — Robert Ruark's "The Old Man and the Boy." I've never fished the Outer Banks. Tales of its surf fishing excellence abound, with slammer blues and ...

A few years ago, NOAA warned northern anglers that they'd better learn how to catch red drum since that southern species would be moving north with Climate Change. Yet, red drum remained almost ...

The northeast winds from hurricane Humberto were swirling off the coast of the outer banks of North Carolina, furiously kicking up the surf -- and red drum fish can't get enough of those unsettled ...