by John Stuebs | May 24, 2022 | Member Reports
After doing a lot of work in the yard today, I forced myself to get out for the high tide and fished from 2 pm till 5:20. I hooked up with a small 14” bluefish in 5 minutes and then nothing. I decided to wait two hours after the top of the tide before going home. So,...
by John Stuebs | May 23, 2022 | Member Reports
I fished the Spray Beach area on Saturday 5/21. Great deep water and nothing but dogfish. First three stole my bait but #4 paid the price. Bled and gutted, I made smooth dogfish nuggets. Not bad! On Sunday, I went back to Beach Haven. There’s nice deep water by...
by VHFC | May 22, 2022 | Member Reports
Our opening week trip for sea bass trip didn’t start too well. I was fishing with my son Shawn, neighbor Kyle and his boss Tony. One way to get a day off, is to ask your boss to come. As we started, that 1/2” increase to 13” looked like it would spoil our trip. Most...
by John Stuebs | May 12, 2022 | Member Reports
Bob Dodds invited me to join a Brett Taylor Fluke charter for Friday May 6th. However, due to incessant NE winds, we rescheduled for Wednesday May 11th for 4:30 to 8:30 PM. Brett picked up Bob, me and a third angler, another Bob, at Bobbies Boats in Barnegat Light and...
by VHFC | May 9, 2022 | Member Reports
My cousin Joe & I booked Capt. Brett Taylor for Wednesday night 4/27 for a 7-10 PM charter for bay stripers. It was cold with light winds so we fished a number of spots on the West side of the bay. Joe just turned 78, 8 months before me and has a few medical...
by VHFC | May 5, 2022 | Member Reports
Dave Spendiff joined me on opening day of the 2022 fluke season. We started at 1:00 in Double Creek to catch the start of the outgoing tide. The only bite was a blowfish taking a chunk out of my Gulp shrimp teaser. BTW, there were NO markers in DC as of Monday, We...
