Member Reports

Tough Day Tournament Fishing by Ed Valitutto

The first annual VHFC – BHM&TC Joint fluke tournament was held on Saturday June 30th and the results will be published when available. However, it was a tough day for VHFC. My boat – me, Dave Spendiff, Caesar Pesarini and

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Way Too Windy Conditions by Ed Valitutto

After a last minute fishing invite from member Alan Goracy, we left his dock Monday June 25th with strong NW winds and headed North to DC channel. We joked that despite the sloppy seas going out, the trip home would be

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Father’s Day Surf Fishing by Joe Filice

Took my son and grandkids to a cut in the bar I saw at low tide, hoping to score some stripers. Put out a bunker chunk on a PENN Slammer for my son. I loaded up my favorite Avet Reel

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Flounder Report by Marty Friedrich

I fished half a day on June 12th. It was very windy but managed two keepers – 181/2 and a 19. I fished again on Friday the 15th. It seems like the wind just will not stop. It was wind

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Fluke on maiden voyage in my new HOBIE 17” Kayak by Joe Filice

Took my maiden voyage on my new Hobie Mirage 17 Kayak with my grandson, Ben. Launched in Beach Haven and fished the incoming tide. First drift, Ben had a 22 1/2 3.26 lb Fluke on a killie. I had a

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Fluke by Aaron Allison and Craig Hotter

My friend Craig and I fished the north end of Barnegat Bay Saturday, June 9th on the outgoing tide. We caught our limits with the nicest fish at 6lbs on the dot and a second nice one at 4.78lbs. 

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Saturday June 2 by Marty Friedrich

Went out Saturday afternoon for the outgoing tide fishing Great Bay. I picked up two nice keepers – a 19″ and a 23″ along with a half dozen shorts

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Great Bay Fluke by Carl Wolfarth

Carl and a couple of his fishing buddies put together a nice catch of flounder on opening day. They had 8 keepers with the biggest 23 inches

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Great Surf Morning by Pat Presutto

I picked up another nice striper today (5/31) on the beach in Surf City. I caught it at 6:30 AM on a bunker chunk. My fish was 42.75 inches and weighed 28 lbs 1 oz. When I beached her, my

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Opening Day Flounder By Marty Friedrich

My two friends and I had a good first day of flounder fishing out in Great Bay. We caught our limit of 9 flounder and had about a dozen throwbacks. There were two nice fish at 22 and 1/2 and

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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.
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