Visit Hampstead’s Eastern Outfitters at 21241 Highway 17 N, Hampstead, NC, 910-270-2823, www.easternoutfitter.com. Eastern Outfitters also has a store in Jacksonville, 4819 Richlands Highway ...

North Carolina’s annual free fishing day was authorized by the N.C. General Assembly in 1994 and sponsored by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. It always falls on the July Fourth holiday.

Red snapper are a popular species for saltwater sportfishing. Lesley Maurice Davis Jr., who captains a fishing boat out of Atlantic Beach, said he has 70 people signed up each day hoping to catch one.

July 4 is “license-free” fishing day Fishing licenses will not be required around North Carolina to celebrate July 4, an annual “day off” scheduled by the NC. Wildlife Resources Commission.

SOUTHPORT, N.C. - A North Carolina man's catch of the day may actually break a world record! 30-year-old Connor Stone of Southport, North Carolina, caught a colorful puddingwife about 35 miles off ...

For more information on state record fish, go to the division’s State Saltwater Records webpage or contact the North Carolina Saltwater Fishing Tournament staff at [email protected].

For more information on state record fish, go to the division’s State Saltwater Records webpage or contact the North Carolina Saltwater Fishing Tournament staff at [email protected].

For more information on state record fish, go to the division’s State Saltwater Records webpage or contact the North Carolina Saltwater Fishing Tournament staff at [email protected].