Some of the most common fish found in the Topsail area, both inshore and off shore.
- Amberjack
- American Shad
- ballyhoo
- barracuda
- Black Drum
- Black Sea Bass
- Blue Marlin
- blue runners
- Bluefin tuna
- Bluefish
- Bonito
- cigar minnows
- cobia
- croaker
- Dolphin
- Drum
- False Albacore
- finger mullet
- Florida Pompano
- Flounder
- Gag Grouper
- gray trout
- Grouper
- King Mackerel
- Kingfish
- Little Tunny
- Mackerel
- menhaden
- Pinfish
- Red Drum
- Red Grouper
- Red Porgy
- Red Snapper
- Sailfish
- Scamp Grouper
- Snowy Grouper
- Spanish mackerel
- Speckled Hind
- Speckled Sea Trout
- Spot
- Striped Bass
- striped mullet
- Tarpon
- threadfin herring
- Tuna
- Vermillion Snapper
- Virginia Mullet
- Wahoo
- Warsaw Grouper
- weakfish
- White Grunt
- White Marlin
- Whiting
- Yellowfin Tuna