Member Reports
It’s a Jungle Out There by Dave Spendiff
I made a trip to the Oyster Creek outflow hoping to pick up a few stripers. Mill creek was 45 degrees, the bay 42.5 and Oyster creek 53 when I arrived and 56 when I departed around 3pm. I marked…
Early Season Bass by Dave Spendiff
Ed Valitutto and I made a very cold ride in my boat to the Oyster Creek power plant outflow to do some striper fishing. We marked schools of fish hugging the bottom in the creek and I kept feeling hits…
Small jigs for big fish by Basil Dubrowsky
I noticed that the snook were taking small glass minnows at night under the green light at our condo fishing pier here in Florida. When I was shopping at Walmart I saw these small crappie jigs. First 2 casts last…
Nice Catch in Florida
Jim Hutchinson Sr and his wife spend the winter down in Pine Island Florida near Ft Myers. On a recent trip, they caught a lot of smaller fish along with two nice keepers – a sheepshead and a black drum.…
Florida Fishing by Basil Dubrosky
On February 6, Ed Valitutto, who was spending a few months in Cape Coral, joined me in Sarasota for some fishing. We departed the dock at 9AM and headed out to the North Bay. A NE breeze took care of…
Tog Fishing by Ed Valitutto
My neighbor had a reservation on the Osprey out of AC for tog fishing on Sunday 17 December. He couldn’t make it and offered it to me gratis for a past favor. This is a fantastic boat that winters down…
LBI Circumnavigation by Dave Spendiff
I fished solo and cleared BI at 7:15 and went straight out and slightly south. Picked up my first trolling fish of the year, I REALLY SUCK AT TROLLING, a 27 1/2″ bonus fish on white mojo’s. Had a hit…
Last Striper Trip by Ed Valitutto
I started the day planning on taking my boat out but a call from Alan Goracy regarding West winds and 2 ft. waves changed my mind. We left around 10:00 and were out the inlet by 11:00. We headed out…
VHFC Striper Charter by Ed Valitutto
Dave Spendiff, Joe Felice, Alan Goracy and I were on a charter with Steve Purul Reel Fantasea on December 1st. We starting fishing off Harvey Cedars and had our limit (5 including one for the captain) of 28+” fish. None…
Sea trout and a scare from a manatee by Basil Dubrosky
I left the dock at 8:30 A. M. and headed to the Sarasota North Bay about 5 miles away. When I got to my spot at 3 foot depth near a grass flat, I grabbed my spinning rod and was…
