Member Reports

Hail Caesar by Ed Valitutto

Caesar Pesarini and new member Alan Goracy joined me for a day of fishing for the fluke contest. We started out at the LE inlet and quickly had 3 fish in the box but none were likely contest winners. Despite

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LE Reef Report by Marty Friedrich

I fished Little Egg Reef on August 16th and 17th with my neighbor Tim and limited out both days. Tim had a nice 7 lb on the 16th and I caught the heavy fish the next day at 5 lb 7 oz.

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Slow Day at Barnegat Reef by Ed Valitutto

Dave Spendiff joined me for my first trip in my new boat and GPS outside the bay to the BL Reef. Dave was kind enough to upload all his waypoints and “secret spots” into my GPS – now available for $10

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Banner Day for Marty & the Gang

Marty Friedrich had the gang out on August 10th. We hopped around a few wrecks ending up at the Garden State South to finish the day. We had 10 keepers including a 61/2 lb and two 5 pounders. Most of the other fish were 19

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Solo trip by Marty Friedrich on August 6

I headed out by myself this morning to Little Egg Reef and got my three Keepers – 181/2, 19 and a 23. What’s really surprising is that it only weighed 4 lb 1 oz but it was long and skinny gave a good

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Friday August 4 Report by Marty Friedrich

Was at my spot at the Garden State South again today with my neighbor Dominick and caught our limit of 6 fish before lunchtime. We did fish for a couple more hours after that but it was catch and release. Fortunately

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Full count by Marty Friedrich

I’ve had a little lull in the fishing since my last report. August 1st we were back out at the Garden State South and the bite was on. Two crew members and myself got our limit at 9 fish with

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1st keepers – Dave Spendiff

Yesterday, the 1st of August, I went out early to try a couple of deep holes I found while blue fishing this Spring. Both are in deeper than 25′ near the shore along LBI north of the 72 bridge. I

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Bass and Blues by Dave Spendiff

It has been near impossible to get out and fish lately with the extreme heat, wind and thunder storms. My son and his family were up from GA and a night fishing trip for stripers was not possible so we

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Mixed Bag at LE Reef

Bill Figley and I (Bill Dabney) fished the LE Reef on Friday.  We ended the day with a smorgasbord of 4 keeper fluke, 10 shorts, 3 small bluefish, and 1 keeper seabass.  Fish will definitely be on the menu next week.

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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.
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