North Carolina Fishing
Find out what's biting here in North Carolina! Click on the images to enlarge. For more information on fishing in North Carolina, or to book your fishing trip to Oriental, North Carolina, call or email us today!

Redfish:
Oriental North Carolina has some of the finest redfishing anywhere, but don’t take my word for it. World class anglers have fished with me over the years and they have all enjoyed their days chasing one of the South East’s most popular game fish. Bob Clouser, George Poveromo, Captain Gary and Wanda Taylor, Tom Earnhardt, and Fishy Fullum are a few of the hundreds of anglers who have taken redfish in our waters. Whether you are a light tackle angler, a fly fisherman, or a trophy hunter, join me from April to November for great day of redfishing.

False albacore:
The famed waters of Harkers Island are a short distance from Oriental. I offer full day trips for false albacore each November.

By what ever name; albacore, core, fat Albert, little tunny, they are a thrill on a fly rod. Try a late October or early November day on albacore and the next on redfishing near Oriental North Carolina.

Flounder:
Flounder fishing in North Carolina are available in our waters much of the year, typically from April into December. Most of the flounder we catch are in very shallow water and are taken in those same areas as redfish and seatrout. A big surprise to many anglers are the number of flounder caught on fly.

Giant Red drum and Tarpon:
The Neuse River and the Pamlico Sound are home to some of the largest red drum (redfish) in the world. Every summer from August through September huge 40 inch plus reds visit our area.

This is a trophy catch and release only fishery that is very consistent with successful fishing trips. We offer both full and evening trips for these giants. If you’d like, enjoy a day of tarpon fishing for 40 to 150 pound silver kings along with the drum or try a full day of July fishing for these great game fish. No need to travel to Florida!

Shad:
Don’t let cabin fever set in! Grab a fly or ultra light rod and catch a mess of shad. Nicknamed the “poor man’s tarpon”, these wonder silver game fish pull and jump. Spec Fever offers trips each March for hickory and American shad on both the Neuse and Roanoke Rivers.

Speckled seatrout:
The company’s name “Spec Fever” came from my passion for speckled seatrout fishing. North Carolina offers some mighty fine speck fishing! Our season starts in late March, much earlier than most. In the April 2004 issue of “Salt Water Sportsman” magazine Joel Arrington’s article “Spring Break Specks” points that out nicely, when it states “The spring speck fishing comes alive before other mid-Atlantic fisheries.” Late March, April, late May, June and mid-September to mid-December are the best time for speck fishing in our area.

Striped Bass:
North Carolina has several distinct groups of striped bass in its waters and we at Spec Fever try to take advantage of as many as we can. You’ll find us on the Roanoke River at Weldon, NC the first half of May each year for the spring spawning run of stripers. The action is hot and it is not unusual to catch 50 to 100 stripers per angler per day!

The Neuse River has its own population of striped bass and these fish are a target in the late fall and early winter. We often catch seatrout and even redfish in the same areas.

Giant oceanic stripers winter off North Carolina and they have been plentiful in the waters around Morehead City and Cape Lookout. We have fishing trips for the big boys. It’s a great chance to catch stripers over 20 pounds in North Carolina.

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