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Summertime is tripletail time

Most inshore anglers beat the shorelines and oyster beds for a limit of speckled trout, reds and flounder through the summer. But very few anglers target the best-eating and hardest-fighting fish roaming inshore waters. And that’s the feisty tripletail. […]

Inshore Fishing

Tale of the tripletail

A less frequent, but decidedly unique angling opportunity around Hilton Head is tripletail. The fish are found along the coast in most, but not all, tropical and subtropical areas. […]

Inshore Fishing

Tripletail Fact Sheet

Tripletail (lobotes surinamensis) is a warm-water fish, usually found in tropical regions, but scattered as far north as Massachusetts while drifting in the Gulf Stream or its eddies. […]

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IGFA World Record on Tripletail

The International Game Fish Association has awarded a World Record for a Hilton Head fishing guide. Already aware that a potential world record for 20-pound tippet could be found in the southern coastal waters of S.C., Captain Brian Vaughn cast his fly rod at the 16.8-pound tripletail and boated the fish that beats the 15-year old record by .2-ounces. […]