Member Reports
Some Success on The Great Bay by Bayside Dave Etelman
Wednesday July 3rd, I went out on the Great Bay on a friend’s boat for fluke. It was a slow bite but we found a few fish in the deep water behind the stink house. Bucktails tipped with pink and…
Short trip for Grandpa by Tim Naples
I took my 87 year old grandfather out for a brief trip on Friday (7/5). We only spent a couple hours on the reef, but we managed a nice keeper sea bass and one keeper fluke. It was nice just…
Great Fluke Catching on the Reef by Tim Naples
We headed out for fluke on Sunday and were greeted with dense fog on the way out. But we pressed on, and the fog began to clear about a mile from the reef. We started off with a good bite…
Tuna Trip by Tim Naples
After loading my boat for tuna fishing Tuesday evening, my slip neighbor convinced my buddy and I to join him on his 40′ sportfish for a trip out to the canyon. The last minute change of plans worked out, as…
Great Bay Fluke by Marty Friedrich
I took my neighbor and his grandson out for some fluke fishing in Great Bay on July 5th. They had a banner day as they both limited out with multiple 20-in fluke and one 5 lb beauty! Our total count…
Fluking on LER by Ed Valitutto
I joined John Stuebing on the Wednesday before the 4th for an ocean fluke trip to LER. Weather, winds and drifting conditions were near perfect, but we really had to work for the fish. Total count was about a dozen…
Finding Fluke in the Great Bay by Dave Etelman
Wednesday I went on a friend’s boat fluke fishing in the Great Bay. It was a slow bite but we found fish in deep water. Bucktails tipped with pink and white Gulp jerk shads and live minnows were getting it…
Windy and Foggy Ocean Fluke Trip BY Tim Naples
We headed out Saturday to try for some keeper fluke. I decided to try the ocean but on the way out the inlet, a buddy radioed that the water temp near the beach was 52 degrees. I was originally going…
FLUKING ON REELREACTION CHARTER by Joe Filice
Took my son-in-law and two grandsons out for Fluke with Capt. Bret Taylor on 6/21. Action started off hot with Braden landing two keepers within the first half hour. After weeding through a lot of shorts, I landed an 18…
Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad by Ed Valitutto
John Stuebing invited Pat Presutto and me for a day of Fluke fishing on LER. Despite near perfect weather, the recent spell of southerly winds has cooled the waters and the fluke have gotten lockjaw. John had 5 shorts and…
