Two Shorts Are Better Than One by Ed Valitutto

Two Shorts Are Better Than One by Ed Valitutto

Caesar Pesarini and Phil Kaplan joined me for a day of fluke fishing on the Thursday before Memorial Weekend. We started in Double Creek but the wind against the tide was too much. I went into High Bar where fishing the narrow channel was made even more difficult by...
Beatin’ the Drums by Larry Leary

Beatin’ the Drums by Larry Leary

Caught this beauty yesterday (5/14) evening fishing with my son Brian. What’s interesting, 8 years ago in the same spot we caught the same size Drum. I measured it at 30″ hoping VHFC had a contest for them but unfortunately not. Maybe in 2022! Then Brian...
Good Day Perch Fishing by Ed Valitutto

Good Day Perch Fishing by Ed Valitutto

While speaking with Dave Spendiff on Wednesday, he mentioned he would be trying for perch later in the morning and welcomed some company. I arrived at 10:00 and we fished until just past noon. We quickly had 15 for the table. Dave kept 3 and I kept the 12 shown in the...
Tough Day Tog Fishing by Ed Valitutto

Tough Day Tog Fishing by Ed Valitutto

With the honking west winds forecasted to finally slow down, I jumped at the invite for a day of tog fishing with Phil Simon. Our first stop was the Persephone, a tanker torpedoed just north of the Barnegat reef. My line barely reached the bottom before a...
Florida Fishing Summary by Ed Valitutto

Florida Fishing Summary by Ed Valitutto

This is a summary report for the 10 weeks my wife and I spent in Cape Coral in Southwest Florida. The photo shows a decent Spanish Mackerel I caught on a shrimp under a float. After I filleted it, I brushed EVOO and sprinkled blackening seasoning followed by 3 minutes...