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  • Flounder Season

    Southern Flounder Keeper Season for Public AnglersThe N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries announced on Wednesday the recreational flounder keeper season for this year will open at 12:01 a.m. Sept. 15 and close at 11:59 p.m. Sept. 29. The two-week season will still limit public anglers to a one-fish per person, per day bag limit and…

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  • TROUT SPAWN

    The speckled trout bite is hot around the North and South Carolina borders in June. This is the peak of the spawn. There are plenty of smaller sows and males that are legal keepers but If you catch some of the big sows that are loaded with eggs it might be a good time to…

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  • In case you missed it, last Saturday was the Annual Club Pier Fishing Event organized by Alan Trojan and the STFC Board of Directors. I arrived early for my very first try at pier fishing and landed a pompano in about two minutes. Bob Weiss, fishing near me caught a whiting soon after – he…

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  • The ‘general’ consensus is that live shrimp is the best and most universal inshore bait because shrimp are abundant in the inshore habitat and are universal prey for trout, redfish and flounder. It is also generally agreed that live shrimp are a more effective bait than artificial. Why? As a kayak angler, my livewell options…

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  • Cast Farther

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  • First of all, let me thank those that went to the Club meeting last Thursday.  It was very well attended.  I hope those that went enjoyed the excellent presentation by Captain Tim Disano from Tideline Charters.  Those that didn’t go missed something.  Missing a meeting is missing an opportunity for learning from those that have…

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  • Golfing for Bass

    The two largemouth bass that made the Leaderboard were caught on local golf course ponds. Maybe its time to try your luck?. The following article is excerpted courtesy of the North Carolina Coastal Federation at CoastalReview.org Golfing for bass — best use of a course is fishing, of course 05/11/2023 by Capt. Gordon Churchill As Thoreau would…

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  • Last week my 24-year old grandson sent me a picture of a bass that he had just caught near his home in Missouri. The bass was nice but his smile was priceless. In addition, it was especially meaningful to me for two reasons. The first was that it was important to him to share his…

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  • Hey Anglers – With the influx of new members to our Club and the warming climate, there have been a great number of new sign-ups for the tourney. The numbers have increased from 86 to over 112 competitors for the various fish species. More sign-ups mean that more places are awarded in each fish category!…

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  • .The weather is great now and Spring has arrived! Speckled trout are starting to show up in numbers and although the number of catches may not be as great as in the Fall, there is still plenty of action. The amount of bait that trout feed on is also increasing. Count these as small mullet,…

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