Still Some Fluke Around Inside by Ed Valitutto

Posted on July 27, 2021 by kelli

My grandson Nick and his friend Pete were down last weekend (7/24) for some fishing. Dave Spendiff joined us and we fished Little Egg Inlet out by the island off the channel. With few greenies annoying us, we caught 20 shorts, two keepers, a bluefish and a large ray that Nick battled for 10+ minutes until I could gaff it and remove the jig. Later that afternoon, the boys went foraging along the bank on Mill Creek Road and caught 4 soft shell crabs which I cleaned and fried up with the fluke!

On Monday (7/26) after I returned from a car appointment, Alan Goracy joined me for a late morning quick trip to Double Creek. We fished the North cut but only caught a dozen shorts. The one lone angler fishing there, reported he had 2 keepers at 19 1/2″ each. We moved to the South cut which is just a short distance along DC heading away from High Bar. We caught another dozen shorts until Alan caught a nice 21″ keeper and I followed on the next drift with one at 18 1/2″. Great day with nice drifting conditions.

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