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  • MISTAKE #1: INCORRECT RIGGING  –  WHATKNOTS Soft plastic lures rigged correctly will move naturally through the water. Whereas baits rigged incorrectly will spin unnaturally and won’t entice fish to bite. When that happens, you won’t catch as many fish as you could. But incorrect rigging isn’t just about how you put soft plastic lures on hooks, but

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  • As reported by Alan Trojan Alan Trojan, Clint Morschauser, and Jeff Titus reported a good day on the water last Friday. They went out on a charter from the docks at Ocean Isle with Captain Tripp Hooks during a falling tide in the morning. The water temperatures were up to 64 degrees. Fishing live shrimp

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  • Spring Season Game Plan

    Last year I became a member of the Salt Strong Insiders Club (www.SaltStrong.com) and continue to find a wealth of information about inshore fishing on their website! Since coming to this area, I’ve found that information on their website has helped to kick-start my understanding of how the local fisheries differ from other places that

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  • Redfish Habits and Habitat

    There is a large winter fishery habitat from Dunn Sound, the upper Calabash River and the large flats behind Bird Island, according to Jeff Burleson (Carolina Sportsman, February 2022).  Guide Brandon Huskins of Any Tide Charters notes that redfish will congregate in areas where there is a 2-3 degree temperature increase occurring in the middle

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  • Check out this article on WCTI12=News

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  • When Spring arrives in North Carolina the waters around Sunset Beach are the usually the first to warm up. This is the time that a strong bite will pick up for red and black drum as well as some hold-over speckled trout. According to the calendar the first day of Spring is March 20th but with

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  • New Logo Information

    Several people have asked about getting the new logo. The Club will have hats and a few items available at the meetings but if you want to have shirts or jackets embroidered there are two options. First you may purchase items at the Carolina Shirt Company. Listed below are the items that you can purchase

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  • Ten Winter Fishing Tips

    The following tips are abridged from an article written by Phillip Gentry in the January 2020 issue of Carolina Sportsman. Fishing is a year-round sport, but weather, availability of bait, and fish migration and breeding patterns dictate a whole different approach with the changing seasons. Those who think only die-hard anglers fish during the winter are

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  • Welcome New Members!

    The January Club Meeting was well attended with 28 members present and Captain Jacob Frick gave this perspective on fishing in our area as well as some tips on gear and rigging. The Club welcomed 8 new members: Roman Poremski, Kevin Cassidy, Jeff Titus, David Tucker, Dean Cain, Donald Coldwell, Jimmy Sciascia and Robert Sasso.

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  • Dress Warm

    You might have noticed the recent pictures of January catches show that the anglers are bundled up! Temperatures on the water are a lot lower than on shore and the added humidity further lowers the “feels-like” temperature. The following article was slightly modified from an article written by Phillip Gentry for the December 2022 edition

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