Member Reports
They’re Back! by Dave Spendiff
The bay ol’ timers say the big blues come into Barnegat bay around the 21st of April each year – last year they were a little late, this year they were on time. Caught (boated) 27 of these yellow eyed…
2016 1st Bluefish by Dave Spendiff
I left the dock at 7:45 on Monday, April 18th and headed to the Oyster Creek Power Plant outflow. Bay temp was 53. As on the past few trips here, I was trying to catch a weakfish. There were at…
2016 Striper by Dave Spendiff
I left the dock at 8:00 on 4/14/16 and headed north to the Oyster Creek Power Plant outflow. Water temp in the bay was 50 and got warmer as I approached the creek, reaching 60.7 in the creek. I first…
Three Happy Anglers by Basil Dubrosky
A few years back, on a beautiful October day, 3 VHFC members ventured out on a wreck trip in search of Tog. Read about how the trip turned out… http://www.physics.upenn.edu/~wk/Bas-A-Wreck-Trip.html
WOW!!! by Dave Spendiff
Bill Dabney, myself and two of my friends, Bob and George, joined Capt. Steve Purul aboard the Reel Fantasea for a day of striper fishing. Little did we know when we left the dock Dec. 4th, that this would be…
Stripers on the Beach at Last by Ed V
Went striper fishing from the beach with my 9 year old grandson Nick on Saturday 29 November. Went to 6th street in Surf City to catch the 8:30 tide. Arrived at 7:00 to a decent crowd up and down the…
Happy Greg by Dave Spendiff
Greg Camilleri and I left my dock at 4:30am cleared Barnegat Inlet at 5:35 and went north to find bunker. We put a few in the live well and settled down live lining and snagging and dropping north of the…
Fishing with a whale by Dave Spendiff
On Monday 11/9/15, Bill Dabney and I left my dock at 4:30am and cleared the Barnegat Inlet at 5:35 heading north to the IBSP bathing beach area. We stopped on a pod of bunker, put a few in the live…
3 November Days – Dave Spendiff
Day 1) Went early Nov. 3rd with Mickey(future member) caught 5 BIG doggies, 4+feet – flat ocean! Day 2) Went solo 11/4 caught 3, one deep hooked and kept, radio chatter indicated bass blitz in Ortley Beach area. Had another…
Still Hammering Fluke by Martin Friedrich
By Martin Friedrich My fishing buddy Wil and I fished Wednesday 9/16 near L E reef and caught 7 keeper’s biggest was 23 inches 4 lbs. I fished today by myself got my 5 fish just north of the rutgers…
