Nick does it again

Posted on June 2, 2017 by VHFC

Our Friday morning fluke plan was to return to just south of the Oyster Creek buoys by BI and start drifting. Just past the #42 marker, I saw birds working and fish breaking the surface. I quickly changed from a jig to a spoon on one of the fluke bay rods and started casting. Immediately I hooked up and turned the rod over to Nick. After that, I casted and Nick did all the catching. He probably had 10 hits with several hook ups including a double – one on the jig and one on the teaser. All were ~ 2-3 lbs and we kept and bled 3 for dinner.
We left them biting to go for flounder. In about an hour and a half before the wind shifted southeast, I had 4 shorts and Nick caught 5 with one at 18″ and one at 19″. All were caught on Gulp and all but one of the 9 fluke were on the jig. A short trip but still very nice!

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