Fluke Report

Posted on August 12, 2015 by VHFC

By Martin Friedrich on left, with help from friends Paul and Roy we put together a nice catch of flounder 5 lbs, 2-4 lbs, 6 over 20″. Total of 15 off the red tower in 55-60 ft of water on 8/2/15. Went back out on Thursday 8/6/15 to the same area, (no picture) me and friend Tim got our limit 10 largest 22 1/2″. Slower day fishing and fish were smaller. Second picture With my friend Wil our 10 fish 1-5lbs and 1-4lbs were largest this trip was July 24-15 off Surf City there were plenty of short fluke in the mix of all trips to keep us busy.

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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.

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.