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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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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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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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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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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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The following article was written by Phillip Gentry for Carolina Sportsman December 31, 2022. Go shallow for chilly water redfish Nothing speaks of cold water inshore fishing more profoundly than sneaking up on a tightly packed pod of redfish and attempting to pick them off one by one. Until they mature and head out into…
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The new logo was approved at the January 2023 Meeting. There will be more news on this soon!
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Wise lure selection can mean never being unprepared A Reprinted article from CoastalReview.org by 01/05/2023 by Capt. Gordon Churchill One of the things we get told by old-timers (of which, I must confess, I appear to be now) is, “Find the bait, you’re doin’ great.” Yes, if you find massive schools of baitfish and there are fish…
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ARTICLE FROM CAROLINA SPORTSMAN: BY BRIAN COPE INSHORE FISH ARE GETTING LETHARGIC; MATCH YOUR PRESENTATION December and January are great months for inshore fishing, but it does require some adjustments from anglers. Redfish and speckled trout both slow down considerably this month, but they’ll still bite properly presented lures. As cold water slows the activity levels…
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Captain Jacob Frick will be our guest speaker for this month’s Fishing Club meeting. Be sure to join us at 7:00 PM at the Pink Palace in the Sea Trail Community.