Hot Afternoon Bite By Martin Friedrich

Posted on July 7, 2016 by VHFC

July 4th had my friend Paul out with me today. Started at the LE reef just managed a few shorts. We moved to the Rutgers bouy area, we caught 3 keeper’s and quite a few shorts. Early afternoon we moved SW into 45 ft of water. We landed on a nice patch of fish, we got 6 more keeper’s and more shorts than we lost count. Bait was Gulp, pink seamed to be best in the morning. After we move to the SW spot White was the hot color. Any member’s (+) who would like to fish outside with me are welcome we do share expenses. I am available most days my contact info should be on club roster.

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