Seabass Limits on the CAIII by Phil Simon & Ed Valitutto

Posted on May 17, 2019 by VHFC

How many times do you plan for a day of fishing and everything works out perfectly? Well today was one of those days! Phil Simon and I decided to go seabass fishing on the Carolyn Ann III one day after the season opened on May 15. When we arrived, Gina said they had a great day yesterday on the opener. Oh no! That’s almost the kiss of death. Should have been here yesterday!
Well that wasn’t the case. The weather was beautiful and the seas were perfectly calm. Best of all, we each limited out with 10 seabass and I had two small blues. What an enjoyable day and future great eating!

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Of the fifty United States, thirty-eight have a striped-bass record. New Jersey has the largest striped-bass record—a 78-pound 8·ounce whopper that was caught in 1982. The state with the smallest striped-bass record is Iowa. That landlocked striper weighed only 9 pounds 4 ounces and was caught in 1983.

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