Member Reports
I’m Back by Marty Friedrich
Haven’t had much to report on lately as the flounder fishing hasn’t been that good. However, today we seem to have hit the mother load! We got our limit of nine fish from 19 to 251/2 inches with the largest…
Improved Fishing at the Northern Reefs by Larry Leary
Looks like things are improving on the fishing front. Brian took Tyler, Carter and friend Ryan north this morning. They had 4 keepers and a bunch of shorts.Tyler & Ryan proudly display their keepers in the photo. Tyler is also…
Fast Fishing Behind Holgate by Ed Valitutto
My grandson Nick came down for the Marine Science camp next week (his 4th year) and brought along a friend Tommy for his first time. They wanted to fish and much as I was tempted, I didn’t want to go…
Blowfish in Barnegat Bay by Ed Valitutto
With my grandson down for the week and the fluke fishing being short on keepers, we decided to try for blowfish. Andy Tonneson suggested anywhere near the Rutgers buoy just north of the BI buoy. We started with a fluke…
Friday Fishing July 26 by Phil Simon
Bob Dodds and I started out on my boat the Bay Fillet at the Dike near High Bar to fish the beginning of the outgoing where we found some shorts and a lot of greenheads. Bob and I and the…
Finally a One Man Limit by Ed Valitutto
VHFC member Alan Goracy, my grandson Nick and I went fishing on Monday 7/15 after hearing good reports from the Double Creek area. The weather was warm and the breeze was enough to keep the bugs away and still provide…
A Good Day Fishing by Larry Leary
Tough day today (July 9) trying to catch fluke. No grandkids today just several seniors trying to put something in the box. This has been a strange season – nothing on the drift except skates on bait. I had to…
Fluke & Flies by Dave Spendiff
I arrived at the Marshelder Channel around 7:00 am this morning in wind a lot stronger than forecasted – so what’s new! I started drifts across the channel due to the wind direction and used killies on my jig and…
Day and Night Fishing Report by Larry Leary
With lovely weather and favorable winds, my grandsons and I went out of Little Egg inlet and fished yesterday oceanside. We covered a lot of ground and only came up with 1-keeper fluke – a beauty at 23-1/2”. We also…
Another Tough Day Fluking by Ed Valitutto
The 2019 fluke season has been tough for me. I have gone numerous times with minimal shorts and only a few keepers. Today was a little better at least in terms of total fish count. Dave Spendiff, my grandson –…