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Captain Rennie Clark Jr has been fishing the coastal waters of NC for thirty years. He has fished the entire coastline of North Carolina. His vast experience and knowledge of saltwater fishing has led him to test his skills against the best inshore fisherman from North Carolina to Louisiana. His experience fishing coastal waters all up and down the east coast has given him the ability to find fish under any conditions even in new waters. Captain Ren has fished as far north as Wells, Mainen to the Florida Keys. Whether it comes to catching striped bass, redfish, trout, or any of our other coastal game fish you can count on Captain Ren to put you on them. Tournament Trail Charters offer inshore/near shore charters from the Brunswick County Beaches to the New River and all areas in between. Rest assured whether you are a seasoned fly angler or a beginner you will have a great day on the water.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Fishing the past two days














The wind has been tough but we have managed to put a few fish in the boat. I had a family of four on the boat Tuesday and we stayed local and fished structure and deeper water. Picked up a few blues, a flounder, and a couple nice reds. Not bad for the conditions.
Today wind was howling from the start. Decided to hit the flats even thought the conditions were difficult for sight fishing. Picked off a couple reds early on soft plastics. Then we got a short flounder. Decided to move and hit a creek and two flats. Stuck a pig and had a break off then we moved back to a flat that was in the lee. Stuck two more fish to finish the day as the winds were near 30 mph. Not a bad couple of days given the conditions. As always all fish were caught on artificials.
The fish are finally starting to move around and break up out of the large schools they have been in all winter. The bite has really picked up this week with the warm nights we have had the past couple of weeks.


Tight lines,
Capt Ren

Monday, April 18, 2011

Topwater reds with Toddles

27 incher that crushed a skitter walk The topwater bite is on. I took my 10 year old fishing this morning since she was out of school today. It didn't take long. Withing five minutes of splashing the boat we were hooked up with an upper slot red that crushed a skitterwalk topwater lure. It is nice to see that the fish have broken up from the larger schools and are filtering out in the marsh grass and feeding. We got another red on topwater within ten more casts. We left that bank and hit another bank I have not fished in a long time. We caught fish all along the edge of this flat on topwater and my daughter got them on gold spoons. The bite was hot and we left this flat without beating up the fish. Here are some of the pics. Book your trip now for May for I only have a handful of openings left for the month. This is the time of year you want to be on the water-the fish are starting to really chew and there are not many boats on the water. Tight lines, Capt Ren