The Tires are Producing by Phil Simon

Posted on July 24, 2021 by kelli

I fished the bell buoy and the tires on Friday July 23 with my friend Dave. We even had to use the trolling motor to slow the drift as the wind was moving us along at 1.8 – 2 mph. We picked up a lot of shorts at the bell buoy and I managed one modest keeper at 18.5. We then moved up to the tires (along with the fleet and the Miss Barnegat Light) and had a pretty steady run of shorts and sea robins. But I was able to pull up a really nice fish which measured just over 24′ and weighed in on my digital scale at 5 lbs 8 oz. I have to say it’s the biggest fluke I’ve caught since moving my fishing trips ten years ago down to the Barnegat area from the Shrewsbury/Raritan area. Let’s hope this is a good sign for this year’s fluke fishing.

FYI, on the way back, we were stopped by Fish and Wildlife in front of the lighthouse. When the officer boarded and opened my fishbox, I was rewarded with a “Wow, no need to measure that one!”. But he was diligent with the other one, which was just over the minimum.

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