First Beach Fluke

Club member Bill Bond and I decided to switch things up today and fish the beach for Fluke instead of from the sod banks. Bill was rewarded with a nice 18-1/2″ fluke. BTW, Bill is the VHFC walking billboard always wearing his club shirt went out fishing! We both...

Little Egg Reef Fluke

On June 23rd, Wil and Paul fished with me at LE Reef. We each had 2 keepers. I managed to catch a 23 3/4″ fluke that weighed 5 lbs and was 11″ across! Despite the heat, it was a beautiful day on the water.

Charter with Northland Fishing Charter

On Tuesday, I took my son-in-law, two grandsons and one of their friends on a fluke trip with Northend Fishing Charter. Capt. Tom Duralek gave us a memorable trip. We caught 58 fluke with 9 keepers – all in the 19 to 21″ range. Capt. Tom worked hard and...

Great Time at the Inlet

Doug O’Brien, Mike Woodrow, a neighbor and I headed up to the inlet early Tuesday morning. We immediately found Bluefish in the inlet. It was amazing, but they wouldn’t hit metal. Instead, they were devouring bucktails and sometimes top water. Overall, we...

Ocean Fluking

On June 21st, I made my first ocean fluke trip, I headed to Little Egg Reef on a beautiful day. My first drop only took about a minute or two before I had something big on the line. Wow – a 19-in sea bass and after that a nice 22-in fluke. Over the next couple...