On November 16, I had a great tog trip with Wil, Paul and my buddy Bob. We ended up with 18 keepers before we ran out of bait after starting with 9 dozen crabs! Paul had a 10 lb 1…

Once again, I decided to drive to Barnegat Light and fish for tog off the bulkhead. This is the sixth time in 10 days that I have gone there. I’ve fished the same spot each time – just off the…

Fishing the day after our club dinner was tough, but I couldn’t say no to John Stuebing’s offer to search for Striped Bass. After rounding Holgate, we headed north and quickly found schools of bunker – but no predators were…

After hearing about all the tog being caught in the Barnegat Light area, I decided to give it a try on Monday 10/16. I stopped at FHQ for crabs, but when told they had mole crabs aka sand fleas, I…

With beautiful weather forecast, I joined John Stuebing for a day of sea bass fishing. John’s plan called for hitting the Boiler, a small wreck ~ 8.5 mi east of Little Egg inlet. We caught plenty of fish but the…

When Alan Goracy asked me to go fishing on Monday, I reluctantly said okay since Alan had to leave by early afternoon and I couldn’t last much longer than that. Last week, I was with a group of members who…

With great weather forecast, I joined John Steubing on his boat out of Tuckerton on Friday August 11 for a fluke trip. John wanted to fish 1-2 miles along the Beach off the first White Tower north of the red…

With nice weather forecast, VHFC members Alan Goracy, Caesar Pesarini and Ed Valitutto went out for a day of fluke fishing. Having heard Little Egg inlet had been hot, that’s where we headed. Drifting conditions were near perfect – the…

On Friday, July 7, VHFC members, Bob Dodds and Phil Simon with future member (procrastinator) Boston Bob, went out with Brett Taylor. The fishing (catching) was initially pretty tough. It was a strange bite. The fluke were simply holding onto…