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The Leary Clan Strikes Again by Larry Leary

What a beautiful day I had fishing on Sunday 18 November with my son Brian and grandsons Mark, Brendan and Tyler. We put 2 in the box and missed 3. All off Seaside with literally hundred of boats out on

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Fishing on The Jen-Jen by Larry Leary

On Nov 11, Brian took Tyler,Carter & Brendan out striper fishing. They fished by Lavallette and kept 5 bass. The largest was caught by Carter and weighed 26.96 lbs at FHQ. They released another 7 fish caught on trolling mojos

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Bass in the Bay by Carl Wolfarth

Despite the lack of reports of stripers in the ocean and the continued strong winds and wave action, Carl Wolfarth fished the back bay and caught this monster 39 lb / 44 inch bass drifting eels!

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Porgies! Porgies! Porgies! by Ed Valitutto

            The VHFC Bottom Fishing Trip was held on 25 October on the Dauntless out of Point Pleasant, NJ. Members Marty Friedrich, Caesar Pesarini, Diana & Carmine Tocci and Ed Valitutto enjoyed lovely fall weather

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Final Days by Marty Friedrich

I got out Monday the 17th and took my buddy Paul on the final week of fluke season. It was a little bumpy on Little Egg Reef. I managed to get my three keepers but Paul wasn’t so lucky. We

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Jen-Jen Does It Again By Larry Leary

I’m glad we were able to get out today (9/6) and return to Little Egg reef. Unfortunately, the forecast would turn out to be way off. The National Weather Service had called for 2-3 foot seas at 10 second intervals.

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Two Unbelievable Days at Little Egg Reef by Larry Leary

Larry Leary, my son Brian and my grandkids went out fishing this Labor Day weekend. On Sunday we caught 11 keepers and on Monday we outdid ourselves with 15 keepers. The pictures in this report were all from Monday’s trip.

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Another Great Fluke Trip on Jen-Jen by Larry Leary

Brian Leary & the grandkids fished the Beach Haven Marlin & Tuna Club Fluke Tournament and lost third place by only 4 oz! Still a great effort by them. Since the winning tournament fish were caught at the LE Reef,

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Another Good Day at BL Reef by Ed Valitutto

Once again, with good seas forecasted, Alan Goracy and I made another trip to the BL reef on Monday 8/27. And once again, he out fished me. Alan had three fluke and a Spanish Mackerel (we think) and I had

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Nice Day at Barnegat Light Reef by Ed Valitutto

With sunny skies, light winds and 2 foot or less seas, Alan Goracy joined me for a trip outside the inlet. For once, all predictions were accurate. We made the quick trip east of the inlet and joined about 150

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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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