Fantastic Day on The Jen-Jen by Larry Leary

Posted on August 27, 2021 by VHFC

What a day to say the least! We left my dock at 5:15 Thursday morning (8/26) and headed south to Garden State South. This was the most fishermen ever on my boat (7). Included were VHFC members Brian, Tyler, Carter, Brendan, myself and guests Jimbo & Luke. Thought I was on a party boat except we had all experienced anglers.

We had to catch over 100 fluke and kept 17 to 25-1/2” but couldn’t beat Marty’s August FOM!! Stay tuned it’s still not over! We also had 2 nice Sea-bass in the mix. We were back at the dock by 12:45 for several hours of clean up! Well worth the early trip!

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