Club History
How HHISFC came to be
The Hilton Head Island Sportfishing Club was founded back
in the early 80's by a group of local charter captains led by Capt. Fuzzy Davis
and Capt. Marty Pinkston for the purpose of building offshore artificial reefs.
Their first project was the construction of the Fishamerica Reef using the concrete
rubble from the old Hilton Head swing bridge.
Sometime after the building of the reefs, the sportfishing club started to fade.
Russell Patterson, a local attorney, stepped in and revived it and created the Hilton
Head Reef Foundation as a tax deductible arm for further artificial reef construction.
Since the inception of the Reef Foundation, the sportsfishing club has grown considerably.
The club focuses more on sportsfishing techniques and networking local fisherman,
while the HHRF has remained at the frontline of marine fishery conservation.
The two groups function together, remain closely linked, and continue to grow.