Member Reports

Offshore Bonanza by Larry Leary

Larry Leary wrote “my grandson Tyler, and his friends made an overnight trip to the Canyon Friday evening. Weather was perfect for venturing out on the ocean. They caught a mixed bag including Yellow Fin Tuna, Mahi Mahi and Tilefish.

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Fun Day on Barnegat reef and Inlet by Jim Healy

On Thursday 9/12, Mike Woodrow, Doug O’Brien and I headed out early for some fishing around the inlet and BI reef. We also wanted to get some peanut bunker on the way out and found them to be plentiful near

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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