Member Reports

Fluke Fishing Report for May 27 by John Kleban

Posted on May 27, 2013 by VHFC

It looked like it finally would be a nice day so my wife and I headed south in the bay. A neighbor said he heard reports of anglers catching up to 30 Fluke per day. Another neighbor said he tried…

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Fluke Fishing Report for May 17 by Vince Sibona

Posted on May 17, 2013 by VHFC

Jeff Barnhart and I left the dock at 6:45 am on the SEA BONA and headed out of Barnegat Inlet. We went just past and South of the Bi Buoy knowing that our drift would be North and we would…

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Winter Flounder Fishing Report for April 10, 2013 by Vince Sibona

Posted on April 10, 2013 by VHFC

John Lyszczarz and I left the dock on the SEA BONA at 7:00 am, got out to the bay and headed North under the Manahawkin Bridge toward Barnegat Inlet. We stopped about one mile short of Double Creek Channel, dropped…

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Fishing reports from Joe Filice.

Posted on April 8, 2013 by VHFC

Have been busy and neglected to file reports, so I combined three below.  April 8th and 9th,2013. Bonita Springs, FL Had two terrific fishing days. Yesterday we had two gag grouper and got broke off by another six. In addition…

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Winter Flounder Fishing Report for April 4, 2013 by Vince Sibona

Posted on April 4, 2013 by VHFC

John Kleban, John Lyszczarz and I boarded the SEA BONA and left the dock around 7:00 am that cold Thursday morning, around 32 degrees. We went a short distance out into the bay, anchored up, set out our chum pots,…

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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.