FLUKE FISHING REPORT FOR AUGUST 30, 2014 BY VINCE SIBONA

Posted on September 5, 2014 by VHFC

I went fluke fishing with Jeff Barnhart on the REEL DEAL. We left the dock at 6:45 and headed for Little Egg Reef. We had our lines in the water before 8:00. Beautiful day with a light south wind and 2 to 3 foot seas. Water temperature in the low 70’s. We started catching fluke right away. We made 5 or 6 drifts, catching fish on every drift. For bait, we used different combinations of gulp, squid and fresh spearing. We fished untill 2:00 in the afternoon. Our catch for the day, 5 nice keeper fluke and about a dozen shorts. I caught a 22 1/2 inch fluke that weifged in at 3.65 pounds. We had a very nice day.

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