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...

LBI Fluke in the Surf

Here I am showing off the 21″ fluke I caught off the beach today.  I tried a good stretch of beach on the north end first thing this morning and ran into a lot of weed.  Ed Valitutto and John Steubing showed up and tried their hand at picking through the weed. ...

Solo Trip

When the fog finally lifted Wednesday afternoon, I decided to shoot out to Double Creek Channel to fluke-fish the outgoing tide.  Virtually no wind so my drift exactly matched the current.  The water was loaded with suspended seaweed but I connected with this nice...