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Giant Red Drum Under a Popping Cork: A Fish Story

Today we have a real fish story to tell. Check this out: We were casually fishing along a 2-3 foot sandy shoreline in the lower Pamlico River area beating some stumpy banks and small marsh points for puppy and slot … Continue reading

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Red Tide on the Pamlico

Here are some pictures from the last week.  We’ve had consistent catches of puppy and lower slot limit drum with some trout mixed-in.   It seems like the drum are scattered everywhere.  Lots of excitement throwing popping corks and seeing them … Continue reading

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Great Spring Redfishing on the Pamlico River

An old friend of mine from the days at Oregon Inlet came fishing with me today and we found what we were looking for.  Great action on the puppy and lower slot (18-20″) reds today.  We found scattered fish just … Continue reading

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Pamlico Drum Report

Terry and Tina had an excellent trip catching their first North Carolina giant red drum.  We started out catching a couple of fish each and then each pulling a fish off (which doesn’t happen very often as the circle hooks … Continue reading

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My Old Tarboro Neighbor Catches First Giant Red Drum

Justin Barnhill and his faithful fishing buddy Al came this morning in search of some giant reds on the Neuse River.  We have been consistently catching high single digits/low double digits the past couple of days, but we fell a … Continue reading

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Pamlico Sound and Neuse River Giant Red Drum Fishing Report

Mike and Rick really put a hurting on the drum this morning.  Conditions were a little choppy and the wind was blowing about 20 knots out of the NE…….favorable conditions for drum fishing.  I went right back to where I … Continue reading

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Pamlico Sound Giant Red Drum Fishing Report

John and Brice ended up with all they needed this morning.  We caught a total of 9 fish and came in a little early.  The early morning was calm but the wind whipped up out of the NE to make … Continue reading

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World Class Big Drum Fishing

Well, today was one for the record books.  We had our first bite not 5 minutes after getting our anchor out and pretty much caught fish the rest of the trip.  Charlie and Larry really got their fill on some … Continue reading

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Pamlico Sound Giant Red Drum Fishing Report

Justin and John and the boys got their fill on some giant reds this past Monday before school started back.  The boys were really happy.  Lots of high fives and smiles were accompanying some of these pigs we caught.  None … Continue reading

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Great Mixed Bag Today on the Pamlico River

Davie and his boys had some great fishing today with mostly a mixed age class of stripers, including some nice fish pushing in the mid-20′s. (inches that is) and what I would call a scrappy mixed bag consisting of some … Continue reading

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