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Awesome Weakfish by Larry Leary

My grandson, Tyler, made it happen today June 14 fishing the south jetty in Barnegat inlet with this Tide Runner weakfish!! The second photo shows the fish at almost 24″. Believe it or not, but Tyler had an even bigger

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Top water action off the sod bank by Dave Etelman (Bayside Dave)

I went fishing off a sod bank in Holgate this morning and made my first cast at 4:45am. I was throwing a Tsunami Talking Popper with a 9′ Century Rods Surf Machine paired with a Van Staal VSX 150 spooled

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Great sea bass Trip Fishing Solo by Marty Friedrich

Headed out by myself at about 8:00 to some inshore wrecks and pieces of debris. I caught my limit of sea bass with the largest 18″ and then headed to the LE reef to try for some flounder.  No luck

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Beautiful Day on the Water by Larry Leary

What an absolutely gorgeous day on the water with Brian, Sean & Bryson and friend Jimbo. We left the dock @ 6:30 and fished between the BI & BB buoys for a couple of shorts and a ton of frustrating

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Two More Days on the Beach by Joe Filice

Took my buddy from Delaware down to my spot on Saturday and fished for 3.5 hrs. Couple of Dogfish and nothing more. We went back down Sunday Morning at 5:00. I baited a single 10/0 with salted clam and put

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Wreck Fishing on The Jen-Jen by Larry Leary

The Jen-Jen left the dock at 6:00AM and we headed North. My crew was all VHFC members – Brian & Tyler Leary, Sean & Bryson Wyatt and of course myself. We fished several wrecks and were pleased with the results:

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There are Some Weakfish Around This Year by Ed Valitutto

With both a beautiful day and a need for gas, I decided to go south into the middle grounds and then hit the gas docks. After several long drifts without a bite, I decided to head over to get gas.

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Two Days on the Beach by Joe Filice

Fished the surf in Beach Haven on Thursday morning. Hit the beach at 4:30 fishing clams on a Hi-Lo rig and bunker chunk on a single 10/0 circle. Five large dogfish. Just before getting ready to leave, the bunker rod

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Bonus Tag Bass by Ed Valitutto

I fished the Surf City beach at 6th street on Monday afternoon (5/23) and all I caught was one small 20″ striper. But I watched someone one street south land and return 3 bass. So today I went to 5th

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Striped Bass Caught Today May 23 by Pat Presutto

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

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Fishing Facts

Of the fifty United States, thirty-eight have a striped-bass record. New Jersey has the largest striped-bass record—a 78-pound 8·ounce whopper that was caught in 1982. The state with the smallest striped-bass record is Iowa. That landlocked striper weighed only 9 pounds 4 ounces and was caught in 1983.
There’s something fishy about beer these days. Fish Tail Ale is popular as ever, and New Jersey’s Flying Fish Brewery is one of the state’s largest specialty breweries. There’s also Washington’s Wild Salmon Organic Pale Ale, Florida’s Land Shark beer, Delaware’s Dogfish Head beer, and two versions of Stingray beer—a lighter version from the Cayman Islands and a dark beer from Canada.
The triangle fly is probably the most unusual of saltwater flies. It’s one of the few, if not only, flies tied to a treble hook. It’s also barely a fly at all, because hardly any material is used. It is complete after tying the two straw pearl twinkle flashes and the tiny tuft of natural squirrel, leaving an entire hook fully exposed. Incredibly this barebacked treble fly is a knockout when it comes to sea trout.

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