Better Results Than Opening Day by Ed Valitutto

Better Results Than Opening Day by Ed Valitutto

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...
Night Striper Fishing by Bob Dodds

Night Striper Fishing by Bob Dodds

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...
Opening Day Bust by Ed Valitutto

Opening Day Bust by Ed Valitutto

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...
Unusual Catch for Me by Pat Presutto

Unusual Catch for Me by Pat Presutto

A beautiful day was called for so I rode the ocean front beaches scouting for new holes and cuts. Then I went to Graveling Point to meet some fishing comrades after getting some bloodworms from Ron at West Creek. Walking down to the point, I ran into another friend...
Grouper Fishing in Florida by Jeff Barnhart

Grouper Fishing in Florida by Jeff Barnhart

This year, I brought my boat down to our place in Punta Gorda on Florida’s West coast to do some gulf fishing. Unfortunately, keeper grouper require traveling out into the gulf to get legal sized fish and we went 40 miles outside of Charlotte Harbor last week. I...