Atlantic Beach, North Carolina

Fishing & Travel Destination

Atlantic Beach, a Central North Carolina fishing location, is known for both its inshore and offshore fishing opportunities. Situated on the Bogue Banks, Atlantic Beach offers a large amount of activities for both you, the fishing enthusiast, and those traveling with you. With a beautiful beach, museums, shopping, nightlife and golfing, your family and friends will be busy as you fish off our world famous coast on one of our wonderful fishing charters.

As a fishing enthusiast, you look for fishing charters that provide you with local information as well as strategies on how to catch the most during your fishing experience. Whether sport fishing or saltwater fishing, Atlantic Beach holds net fulls of fish ready to be caught! What are you waiting for? When fishing inshore whether on the creek, bay, inlet, or on the beach, king mackerels are abundant! Other fish that can be found in the inshore sport fishing experiences are dolphin, tuna, and red drum. Essentially, the summer time is best to catch red drums. The amount you catch depends on the temperature of the water. Many local fishermen report that the hotter the water, the less the fish will bite. Keep this in mind when booking a local fishing charter!

Bluefish, Spanish mackerel and flounder are easily caught throughout the year when sport fishing. Many locals find luck bottom fishing, jigging, light tackling or fly fishing to be successful techniques to catch the largest  amount of fish in the waters of Atlantic Beach. Some of these species include: bluefish, rockfish, trout, and kingfish. Near the shore (or just offshore), king mackerel are caught exclusively. Fishing charters are abundant in the area. Locals find the area to be a successful sport fishing and saltwater fishing location. Offshore fishing opportunities yields black sea bass, grouper and red-mouth grunts. Mahi-Mahi is also another popular catch. The best way to catch one is to troll the bottom of the surface . Other species that are caught include: wahoo, marlin, sailfish, blackfish and bluefin tuna, and kingfish.

Deep sea fishing experiences offered by fishing charters are an unforgettable experience. Come to Atlantic Beach, you won't regret it! The Crystal Coast is full of fish waiting to be caught!