Something to be thankful for by Vince Sibona

Posted on November 19, 2016 by VHFC

John Lyszczarz and I left the dock at 6:45 am, Monday Nov. 14, 2016 on the SEA BONA and headed for the Barnegat Inlet. After clearing the Inlet, we headed north. At the Bathing Beach we saw a fleet of boats at Seaside. About a good mile from the fleet, I decided to slow the boat down and start trolling a few minutes before 8:00 am. Within a few minutes we had a hookup and boated our first bass. We had another knock down, but lost the fish. Nearing the fleet, we noticed no fish were being caught, so I turned the boat around and headed back to where we hit the bass. We got more hookups and caught more bass. We kept 4 bass, 2 each. We had a very good day. Bright sunshiny day with a light southwest wind and 2 foot seas. Water temperature low to mid 50’s. We picked up a little after 10:00 am and headed in. John’s largest bass was 45 inches long and weighed in at 38.12 pounds and my largest bass was 43 inches long and weighed in at 31 pounds. Something else to be thankful for at Thanksgiving.

Posted in Member Reports

Membership Form

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.