Newest Member Lands Monster Striper

Newest Member Lands Monster Striper

VHFC’s newest member Carmine Tocci caught a monster striper May 10th while fishing with friends 2 miles off Barnegat Light. Weighed in at FHQ, Carmine’s striper went 42 lbs and had a length of 47 inches. Four anglers onboard landed four fish all over 40...

A DAY AND A NIGHT by Dave Spendiff

Got a late morning start after a little shoulder physical therapy and headed over to the bridges closest to ship bottom. Caught a small bluefish and a schoolie striper but nothing more, so moved north and finally made contact with a good concentration of large...
Surf City Blues

Surf City Blues

Bill Dabney joined me on Tuesday 9 May to hopefully get some bluefish blood on my new boat. A trip last week with Dave Spendiff, Bill and I started with calm winds that soon turned to 40 mph gales forcing us to limp back home. Dave couldn’t join...
Cobia and Barracuda in the Gulf by Basil Dubrosky

Cobia and Barracuda in the Gulf by Basil Dubrosky

On May 3, I left the dock at 7 AM and headed to a man-made reef that was located about 13 miles into the Gulf. We marked structure on the reef and hooked up with the reef anchor. Very few people grapple the structure here but my experience fishing NJ wrecks came in...