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Fall Bottom Fishing Trip by Bayside Dave

Tuesday, October 8th, 23 of our members and guests went out on the Mary M IV for a bottom fishing trip.  The forecast for that day was 4 – 5 foot seas, but after we left the inlet and started heading

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Rough Surf Fishing for Bluefish by Bayside Dave

The morning of October 1st, I met with Ed Valitutto, John Steubing, and Alan Goracy at Surf City Bait & Tackle.  We picked up bags of fresh mullet, mullet rigs, and headed out to the beach mid-island.  The tide was

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Fun Day on Barnegat reef and Inlet by Jim Healy

On Thursday 9/12, Mike Woodrow, Doug O’Brien and I headed out early for some fishing around the inlet and BI reef. We also wanted to get some peanut bunker on the way out and found them to be plentiful near

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Bottom Fishing Charter By Bayside Dave Etelman

On Tuesday 9/10/2024, a group of club members and a few guests went out on the Super Chic charter boat for some bottom fishing.  After being canceled and rescheduled twice because of bad weather, it turned out to be a

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Labor Day Weekend Fluke Fishing by Bayside Dave Etelman

Jim Healy took Doug O’Brien and me out on his boat on Saturday morning 8/31/2024.  We targeted fluke using live minnows and peanut bunker in Barnegat Bay.  Drifting the west side of the dike in High Bar Harbor, fishing was

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Another Successful Day by Bob Dodds

On Tuesday, 8/27, club members, Bob, Bill, Boston and John joined Gino on the Kev n Ash for a productive but rough day. The weather and seas were perfect, but the fluke were challenging!! I don’t know about other club members fishing

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Bluefin tuna trip by Jerry Nichols

Great trip on Friday, August 23 with John Stuebing and Pat Presutto. John had invited us to join him on his boat, the Salty Dog, for a tuna trip out of Tuckerton but we got reports of bluefin being caught

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FINALLY Got ’em Good by Bob Dodds

After weeks, no make that months of frustrating weather & a poor fluke bite, accompanied by several VHFC members, we finally had a great day. On Friday, 8/23, I, Boston Bob, Bert, Bill and James went out with Captain Greg Carr on

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Great Fuke Trip by Marty Friedrich

Saturday’s trip was a banner day! I had Wil, my neighbor, and my friend Rick who’s a new member. It was nonstop fishing. The shorts were more than we could count plus many short sea bass. We ended up with

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Got Outfished by Dave Puzak

My daughter caught her first keeper trigger fish and I didn’t catch a thing. We had a great morning on the water in the barneget bay. Tried fluking and blackfishing but no luck. So we decided to take a dip

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