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A Morning with Greg by Dave Spendiff

We left Greg Camilleri’s dock early in the morning and headed for the end of the South jetty of Barnegat inlet in an effort to catch some bluefish. By the time we cleared the end of the South jetty it

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Two Just Made It by Ed Valitutto

The plan was for Alan Goracy and his daughter Lauren visiting from Vermont to join me for a day fluke fishing on 29 June. Unfortunately, a late arrival the evening before resulted in only Alan showing up at my dock

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Busy Weekend Fluke Fishing by Ed Valitutto

The last weekend in June was a good one for fishing. On Friday, I wanted to gas up my boat so I took a ride over to Morrison’s. I also took a rod with a few killies I had. My

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Another Decent Day at the North Cut by Ed Valitutto

Dave Spendiff and Alan Goracy joined me for a day of fishing the north cut off Double Creek channel. We started at High Bar but a strong current and a brisk crosswind made fishing the narrow channel difficult. We then

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It Was All Dave, Dave, Dave! by Ed Valitutto

Is there anything worse than a day where the only thing you caught was a short belly hooked fluke? Yes there is! It’s a day where the guy next to you catches four keepers and four shorts! Dave Spendiff and

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Best Ever May Bay Fishing by Bob Dodds

On Thursday, May 27th, I went with my friend Bob Long (will be joining our club) on a bay charter with Captain Brett Taylor. Brett knew the right shallow water spots and could get us to them with his low

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Two Shorts Are Better Than One by Ed Valitutto

Caesar Pesarini and Phil Kaplan joined me for a day of fluke fishing on the Thursday before Memorial Weekend. We started in Double Creek but the wind against the tide was too much. I went into High Bar where fishing

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Stellar Seabass Fishing on the Red Herring by Ed Valitutto

When Bill Figley called and asked if I would like to go fish for seabass, I couldn’t say yes quickly enough. I joined Bill, his son Nathan and Dave Spendiff yesterday (5/17) for an early morning departure. With the AC

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Sea Bass Opener by Marty Friedrich

I had a great day seabass fishing with Bill Dabney and my buddy Wil. After a long day trying, we finally got our limit of 30 keepers. My buddy Wil also caught a nice Ling. We all caught a load

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Beatin’ the Drums by Larry Leary

Caught this beauty yesterday (5/14) evening fishing with my son Brian. What’s interesting, 8 years ago in the same spot we caught the same size Drum. I measured it at 30″ hoping VHFC had a contest for them but unfortunately

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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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