Yearly Archives: 2017

Tog Fishing by Ed Valitutto

My neighbor had a reservation on the Osprey out of AC for tog fishing on Sunday 17 December. He couldn’t make it and offered it to me gratis for a past favor. This is a fantastic boat that winters down

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LBI Circumnavigation by Dave Spendiff

I fished solo and cleared BI at 7:15 and went straight out and slightly south. Picked up my first trolling fish of the year, I REALLY SUCK AT TROLLING, a 27 1/2″ bonus fish on white mojo’s. Had a hit

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Last Striper Trip by Ed Valitutto

I started the day planning on taking my boat out but a call from Alan Goracy regarding West winds and 2 ft. waves changed my mind. We left around 10:00 and were out the inlet by 11:00. We headed out

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VHFC Striper Charter by Ed Valitutto

Dave Spendiff, Joe Felice, Alan Goracy and I were on a charter with Steve Purul Reel Fantasea on December 1st. We starting fishing off Harvey Cedars and had our limit (5 including one for the captain) of 28+” fish. None

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Sea trout and a scare from a manatee by Basil Dubrosky

I left the dock at 8:30 A. M. and headed to the Sarasota North Bay about 5 miles away. When I got to my spot at 3 foot depth near a grass flat, I grabbed my spinning rod and was

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Cold weather fishing alien by Dave Spendiff

The fishing alien and his grandson, Mike, left the dock at 5am and broke the BI at 6:05 on 11/23/17 and headed north looking for bunker. We went all the way to Lavallette without finding any. Headed back south and

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A Goliath Hunts a King by Basil Dubrosky

On 11/18/17 Ray and I departed Siesta Harbor at 7:45 A. M. with calm wind conditions. We arrived at a reef about 10 miles off shore in the Gulf and began drifting jigs. I got 2 strikes and had my

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Sea Bass Opener by Marty Friedrich

I had a beautiful day on the ocean with fishing bud Wil catching a real mixed bag. We caught our 2 tog on a wreck and then went to the LE Reef. We caught sea bass, porgies, a trigger fish,

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FLUKE AND BLUEFISH by Dave Spendiff

Another beautiful day on the bay – water temp at 68 degrees, light wind and bait all over the place – a great day to go fishing. Went to the Ship Bottom bridge to try and catch some small stripers

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9/11 WEAKFISH by Dave Spendiff

It was a beautiful day today so I went out to my favorite spot and was lucky enough to catch three weakfish, three runt sea bass and a baby fluke. All of the weakies were about the same size and

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