Member Reports
The White Perch Have Come Home by Dave Spendiff
After returning home from our daughter’s home on Friday, April 8th, where my wife and I had been staying for two weeks while our heating and hot water system was being repaired, I did the two most important things; first…
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…
Speckled Trout Limit in Cape Coral, FL by Ed Valitutto
I went out for a day of back bay fishing down in FL on Dragon Fly Charters. I had a blast! We started off cast netting for Pilchards and my guide made throwing a 20′ diameter net look like child’s…
My First Redfish by Ed Valitutto
As most of you know, my wife Pat and I are spending January through March in Cape Coral, Florida. Fishing has been a little slow due to the “cold Florida weather”. However, things are warming up and so is the…
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…
