Another Tough Day Fluking by Ed Valitutto

Posted on June 28, 2019 by VHFC

The 2019 fluke season has been tough for me. I have gone numerous times with minimal shorts and only a few keepers. Today was a little better at least in terms of total fish count. Dave Spendiff, my grandson – Junior member Nick Rossi and I left my dock at 6:15 and headed South out of BHW. After a short drift in the middle grounds we headed to Marshelder Channel and stayed there until we departed back at 12:45. The total catch was 17 short fluke, one 18″ keeper, one 14″ weakfish and several birds, dogs and a skate. Great weather & great drifts made for a fine day on the water.

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