The Boys Do It Again by Larry Leary

Posted on August 18, 2019 by VHFC

In the last Leary report from Saturday August 10th off Barnegat Reef titled, “Improved Fishing at the Northern Reefs”, the day ended on a sour note. During the return trip home before reaching the inlet, they struck something which damaged the lower unit and shut the motor down. As a result, they required a 3 hour tow from Boat US. Without tow insurance, that alone would have been over $1000!! Larry said they should be back on water by next weekend and thankfully there were no injuries.

On a brighter note, Brendan & Tyler weren’t going to sit around and loose any fishing days so they went out on the Carolyn Ann III on Friday. From the photo, they caught two very nice keepers. Congratulations to Brendan as he had the pool winner!

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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.

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