Member Reports
Helluva End to 2021 by Ed Valitutto
With my boat scheduled to come out today, Tuesday December 14 was my last fishing opportunity. With a great weather forecast along with manageable winds and waves, members Alan Goracy, Dave Spendiff and Bill Dabney joined me for our last…
Last Trip of the Season Pays Off by Phil Simon
Fellow VHFC member Dan Ludwig and I ventured out Dec 9 from Waretown for the tail end of the striper run in Dan’s boat the day before its scheduled haul out for the season. With a late start at 10:30…
Fourteen on the Troll and Four Casting Paddletails by Ed Valitutto
With perfect weather and low wave heights forecast for Sunday December 5th, Dave Spendiff and I decided to go striper fishing once again. Since we fished off the Red Tower on Saturday, we headed north out of Barnegat inlet and…
Action Off the Red Tower by Ed Valitutto
With the remaining fishing days dwindling, the nice weather and calm seas forecast for December 4th could not be passed up. Dave Spendiff joined me for a trip out Little Egg inlet to fish the waters off southern LBI. Also…
Stripers Finally Arrive Off Island Beach State Park by Ed Valitutto
With good striper action recently reported off IBSP and a decent weather / wave forecast for Monday November 29th, members Alan Goracy and Bill Dabney joined me for some striper action. We cleared the inlet at 6:45 and birds were…
Surf Report 15 November by Pat Presutto
I went out this morning at 4 am and immediately started catching dogfish. Two hours later had 8, first four were smooth then spiny. Caught the 39-1/2” striper shown below and released it. Stayed and got 7 more dogfish. Wind…
Thirteen Shorts and Two Keeper Tog by Ed Valitutto
With the fantastic weather forecast for Wednesday Nov 10th, Caesar Pesarini joined me for a day of tog fishing down at the southern sod banks. We started below the Rutgers building but the incoming tide was too fast and carried…
Too Many Shorts at GSN by Ed Valitutto
With a flat wave forecast for Sunday, October 24th followed by big waves for the rest of the week, Dave Spendiff joined me for a trip to the Garden State North reef. Despite the small number of boats remaining in…
Hilton Head Redfish by Dave Spendiff
I just finished a long weekend trip to the Savannah, GA area to visit two of my sons. I went fishing with my son Garth and his youngest son Carson on Saturday with a fair day of catching – both…
Four Man Seabass Limit by Ed Valitutto
Bill Figley invited Bill Dabney, Ron Roshelli and me to join him on Friday 10/15 for a seabass excursion. The weather was perfect and the waves were 2 ft or less as forecast. We departed Bill’s dock at 7:00 and…
