Friday Fishing July 26 by Phil Simon

Posted on July 30, 2019 by kelli

Bob Dodds and I started out on my boat the Bay Fillet at the Dike near High Bar to fish the beginning of the outgoing where we found some shorts and a lot of greenheads. Bob and I and the greenheads then headed out to the Tires where at 0.5 knots or less the fish nibbled at our bait and the greenheads nibbled on my legs. (Bob was smart to wear long pants!) We managed a bunch more shorts, some sea robins, and one keeper. Greenheads seemed happy with the trip but I nailed them with a can of raid when I got back. We actually had a good time – and I know the fishing will improve. Cooked up the fluke fillets in some pancake batter, with some steamed crabs as appetizer. On to August! (Pic by Bob)

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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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