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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, June 8, 2011

Fishing after school

Took my daughter Toddles out fishing after she got out of school. She caught three reds in short order. Two on topwater and one on a spoon. The largest one she landed was 29 inches. She had the first fish pull the hook by the boat and he was a beast. That fish left a whole in the water that looks like a person had fell in the water. We finished up a short trip by catching a few sheepshead on the way in.
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Monday, June 6, 2011

IFA Redfish Tour Charleston, SC

Hurricane Drew and I fished the redfish Tour event over the weekend in Charleston, SC. We covered a lot of water in two days of pre fishing. We found fish from Georgetown to edisto island and everywhere in between. We caught too many reds to count and many were over slot. We caught fish on topwater, soft plastics, and spoons. On game day we decided to fish an area where we thought the fish would chew the best on rising water when we had from checkout to mid day. Everywhere we had prefished the fish bit best on falling water. We wanted to make sure we caught fish early in the event our a spot was blown out and we didn't want to gamble on a short window bite on the falling tide. We hit our first spot and Drew started hot and boated our first fish a perfect 23" fish. We hit our next spot and i stuck a pig that was just a half inch over. The water was dirty from the wind so we hit our a spot. I stuck our second tourney fish a 22.5" fish but he was also skinny. it was 9:00 am and we had the rest of the day to upgrade. We caught about 20 more fish the rest of the day but every fish was just over 23". It was just one of those days where we just didn't get the right bites. Our a spot got dirty and blown out right before it was about to get right with the tide. We ended up finishing in 6th place with a little over 8 lbs. The finish put us in good shape for the team of the year race with us trailing two SC teams by two points with the last tourney on our turf .
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Great topwater action

Fishing has been great lately. The topwater action is on right now. Over 20 fish per day have been landed on topwater alone, with over 30 blowups daily. Many others have been caught on plastics and spoons. The fishing has really been incredible this past week. Now is the time to get out there and get in on the action while it's hot.

Shannon
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