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  • This BITE is still ON …

    Club Members Dwain Benton and Roy Coffey holding some of their catch from this past Saturday. They were on a charter with Captain Tripp Hooks. The larger fish statistics are 7 lb. 15 oz, 28″ and the smaller fish is 23-1/2″. They were both caught at the jetties on live shrimp. This is two of…

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  • Fishing School Opportunity

    I know that all of our Sea Trail Fishing Club Members are not on the STFC FaceBook site so I am re-posting these opportunities. I am planning on attending the Wilmington event on March 9th. Feel free to contact me (immikeru@gmail.com) if you want to ride-share to this event. Fishing School Opportunity Fisherman’s Post, the media group…

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  • Fresh Out of the Water

    6.5-pound sheepshead. 22.25″

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  • Sailing out of Sunset Beach chasing Black Drum on January 29th A little further north at Cape Lookout, courtesy of The Carolina Sportsman. Black drum and sheepshead run together in Cape Lookout area February’s hot fishing in the Cape Lookout area is made up in large part by black drum and sheepshead, and anglers can…

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  • Meet Alan Trojan

    Note from Mike: Alan was one of the “Founding Fathers” originally recruited by Steve Heins when Steve first envisioned a Sea Trail Fishing Club. Since then he has been notably the most active and diligent member of the club, serving as both Treasurer and Secretary. Here is Alan’s story…….. I was born in Burlington, NC and…

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  • At the Sea Trail Fishing Club Meeting on Thursday, Harold Golding gave a presentation on his methods for catching Flounder, Speckled Trout, Red Drum, Black Drum and Sheepshead. The meeting was attended by almost 50 members and guests. Harold came to the Sunset Beach area 12 years ago. He fishes almost every day and says…

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  • Here is a 4-pounder caught by our member Terry Dremmel’s friend Tom Mears. It last Thursday (January 18, 2024) in the Intracoastal Waterway in South Brunswick County in 4 ft of water using a coffee-colored paddle tail plastic with darker brown spots on it.  Tom and friends have been doing very well with that lure that…

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  • By January, redfish in South Carolina’s lowcountry are gathered up in huge schools, where they patrol the skinniest water they can find. They do this for two reasons: to stay away from flipper as much as possible, and to stay in the sunlight for the warmth it offers. Many anglers troll up and down main…

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  • Jim started fishing as a young boy with his dad on the lakes in North Jersey.  “Dad wasn’t a very good fisherman, but he was persistent, and instilled a love of the water on myself.” Like many of us, his first angling equipment was the classic Zebco spin-cast outfit. Jim and a childhood friend used to…

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