Another Decent Day on The Jen-Jen by Larry Leary

Posted on July 20, 2022 by VHFC

We decided to fish today since the remainder of the week didn’t look like it was going to cooperate wind wise. I had a crew of 4 – me, Brian, Tyler and Mike, a friend. We broke the inlet around 8. and went north fishing various spots around the bathing beach. There wasn’t much of a drift, so my Rhodan trolling motor was a tremendous help.

We were able to box 8 keepers to 24”, which tired out Tyler – see picture. We also had 1 red hake and released a bunch of fluke over 18”. The bite was decent until the south wind shut it down. Water temperatures were between 64-68 degrees.

Looking forward to better days with decent winds!

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