Surf Series Trail

Welcome to the 2025 Surf Series Trail!

REGISTER ONLINE:

DOWNLOAD PRINT ENTRY FORM:

Click here to print out an entry form (pdf file) for the Surf Series Trail: 2024 Surf Series Print Entry Form

DOWNLOAD COMPLETE RULES:

Click here for a printable version of the Surf Series Trail Rules: 2024 Surf Series Rules

SURF SERIES TRAIL QUICK FACTS

One Division: Aggregate Weight Division

Aggregate Weight Division: This division adds up the total weight of up to five of your heaviest fish weighed in over the course of the five qualifying events.

The “up to five fish” can be from any event’s leaderboard species (including TWT fish) weighed in during that event; however, no more than one of any one species in any one event can count towards Surf Series points. For example, if you weigh in more than one bluefish over the weekend in the Pleasure Island Fall Surf Fishing Challenge, only your single heaviest of those bluefish will count towards Surf Series points, but you can have one bluefish, one sea mullet, and one pompano (etc.) from the Pleasure Island Fall Surf Fishing Challenge count towards Surf Series points, and you can have one bluefish count from multiple events (for example, one bluefish from Topsail Spring, one bluefish from Hatteras Surf, and one bluefish from Topsail Fall).

Qualifying Events:
Pleasure Island Team (up to 4 fish can count–bluefish, black drum, sea mullet, and red drum)
Topsail Spring Surf & Pier (up to 5 fish can count–bluefish, trout, black drum, sea mullet, and red drum)
Hatteras Surf Fishing Challenge (up to 5 fish can count–bluefish, black drum, pompano, sea mullet, and red drum)
Pleasure Island Fall Surf (up to 6 fish can count–bluefish, trout, black drum, pompano, sea mullet, and red drum)
Topsail Fall Surf & Pier (up to 5 fish can count–bluefish, trout, black drum, sea mullet, and red drum).

Aggregate Division Datasheet:
Click here for a blank Aggregate Weight Datasheet to help you track your own progress in the Surf Series.
Click here for an Example Aggregate Weight Datasheet to see how it would be filled out and tabulated at the end of the Surf Series.

Surf Series Trail Entry Fee: $100 per angler
Anglers still must pay to enter each individual event.

No Minimum Entry: Don’t have to fish all five events–fish as many events as you wish. Fishing more events, though, gives the angler more possibilities of upgrading weights.

Surf Series Trail Points: Point system is based on weight of fish in tenths (ex. 2.6 lb. black drum equals 2.6 points).

Surf Series Trail Total Payouts: $4,000 (based on 50 anglers)

Aggregate Weight Division Payouts:

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Five-Fish Aggregate	$1500	$1000	$750	$500	$250

SURF SERIES TRAIL QUALIFYING EVENTS

Event #1
Pleasure Island Team Surf Fishing Challenge: April 11 – 13, 2025
Available Species: Bluefish, Black Drum, Sea Mullet, Red Drum

Event #2
Topsail Spring Surf & Pier Fishing Challenge: May 2 – 4, 2025
Available Species: Bluefish, Trout, Black Drum, Sea Mullet, Red Drum (if in TWT)

Event #3
Hatteras Surf Fishing Challenge: September 26 – September 28, 2025
Available Species: Bluefish, Black Drum, Pompano, Sea Mullet, Red Drum (if in TWT),

Event #4
Pleasure Island Fall Surf Fishing Challenge: October 17 – 19, 2025
Available Species: Bluefish, Trout, Black Drum, Pompano, Sea Mullet, Red Drum (if in TWT)

Event #5
Topsail Fall Surf & Pier Fishing Challenge: November 7 – 9, 2025
Available Species: Bluefish, Trout, Black Drum, Sea Mullet, Red Drum (if in TWT)

CONTACT

Please direct all questions to Fisherman’s Post at (910) 452-6378, or you can send an email to surf@fishermanspost.com.