For the second year, my wife Pat and I are down in warm Cape Coral in sunny southwest Florida. We arrived January 3rd and will depart on 28 February. As nice as everything is here, the fishing is still recovering…
For the second year, my wife Pat and I are down in warm Cape Coral in sunny southwest Florida. We arrived January 3rd and will depart on 28 February. As nice as everything is here, the fishing is still recovering…
What a beautiful day I had fishing on Sunday 18 November with my son Brian and grandsons Mark, Brendan and Tyler. We put 2 in the box and missed 3. All off Seaside with literally hundred of boats out on…
I’m glad we were able to get out today (9/6) and return to Little Egg reef. Unfortunately, the forecast would turn out to be way off. The National Weather Service had called for 2-3 foot seas at 10 second intervals.…
Once again, with good seas forecasted, Alan Goracy and I made another trip to the BL reef on Monday 8/27. And once again, he out fished me. Alan had three fluke and a Spanish Mackerel (we think) and I had…
With sunny skies, light winds and 2 foot or less seas, Alan Goracy joined me for a trip outside the inlet. For once, all predictions were accurate. We made the quick trip east of the inlet and joined about 150…
With the calm wind forecast, I decided to make a trip to the Garden State South reef. Unfortunately, my efforts produced lots of shorts – both fluke and seabass. But I did manage to land a nice 3 lb. sea…
With the bay keepers few and far between and very calm seas, Caesar and I made the trip outside to Little Egg Reef. We worked hard for about a dozen shorts and 3 keepers – 18, 19 and 21. No…
The Third Annual VHFC Fluke Tournament & BBQ was held on July 14th at the lovely waterside home of Donna & Vic Harris. The photo shows club president Ed Valitutto with tournament winners Marty Friedrich (1st) and Bill Dabney (3rd).…
If you read my earlier report, Nick, my grandson, still wanted to catch a shark. Since we had chum and bait from two days ago, Dave, Nick and I decided to do a repeat trip on Thursday July 5th. We returned…
Dave Spendiff offered to take me and my grandson Nick sharking on July 3rd. Since the outgoing tide in Great Bay wasn’t until 1:00, we decided to fluke first. The same spot – Marshelder Channel – that three days earlier…
