Member Reports
Great Early Fall Fluking by Ed Valitutto
Two days after the VHFC Fluke trip, I decided to give it a try on my boat. Joining me were John Stuebing and Bayside Dave. Shortly after leaving my dock, we saw the telltale signs of peanut bunker and the…
Bottom Fishing Charter By Bayside Dave Etelman
On Tuesday 9/10/2024, a group of club members and a few guests went out on the Super Chic charter boat for some bottom fishing. After being canceled and rescheduled twice because of bad weather, it turned out to be a…
Labor Day Weekend Fluke Fishing by Bayside Dave Etelman
Jim Healy took Doug O’Brien and me out on his boat on Saturday morning 8/31/2024. We targeted fluke using live minnows and peanut bunker in Barnegat Bay. Drifting the west side of the dike in High Bar Harbor, fishing was…
Another Successful Day by Bob Dodds
On Tuesday, 8/27, club members, Bob, Bill, Boston and John joined Gino on the Kev n Ash for a productive but rough day. The weather and seas were perfect, but the fluke were challenging!! I don’t know about other club members fishing…
Bluefin tuna trip by Jerry Nichols
Great trip on Friday, August 23 with John Stuebing and Pat Presutto. John had invited us to join him on his boat, the Salty Dog, for a tuna trip out of Tuckerton but we got reports of bluefin being caught…
FINALLY Got ’em Good by Bob Dodds
After weeks, no make that months of frustrating weather & a poor fluke bite, accompanied by several VHFC members, we finally had a great day. On Friday, 8/23, I, Boston Bob, Bert, Bill and James went out with Captain Greg Carr on…
Great Fuke Trip by Marty Friedrich
Saturday’s trip was a banner day! I had Wil, my neighbor, and my friend Rick who’s a new member. It was nonstop fishing. The shorts were more than we could count plus many short sea bass. We ended up with…
Got Outfished by Dave Puzak
My daughter caught her first keeper trigger fish and I didn’t catch a thing. We had a great morning on the water in the barneget bay. Tried fluking and blackfishing but no luck. So we decided to take a dip…
First Day of Tog Season on the Barnegat Inlet Jetty by Bayside Dave Etelman
I went out to the walkway this morning for day one of tog season. The bite was non-stop from 6am to 9am, and I left them biting. I went through 100 sand fleas and landed over 30 tog and one…
Tri Club Challenge by John Stuebing
Our First year in the Tri Club Challenge is now in the Books. As a club we came in second place behind the Forked River Tuna Club. As a Club, our top 10 fish weighed in at 27.93 pounds. Top…
