Three Days of Fishing Over Father’s Day Weekend by Larry Leary

Posted on June 20, 2023 by VHFC

On Saturday (6/17), The Jen-Jen fished the Tires on Barnegat Reef. Strong winds made it a bit rough for the crew, so we came back inside Barnegat Bay and kept 4 nice fluke. When we came back to dock, a neighbor had roughed it out at the Tires and had 6 nice keepers. Go figure!

On Father’s Day, my crew were all VHFC members – Brian, Addison, Tyler, Sean and Bryson. Besides the 26-3/4 bluefish by Brian, we only had 1 keeper fluke and some cocktail blues in the inlet which kept the youngsters interested.

On Monday we decided to go south to the AC reef. On board with me were Brian, Carter and friend Jimbo. We had lot of action with short fluke and 4 nice keepers to 23-3/4” along with a few sea bass. It was a great day until we got close to the old Beach Haven inlet where a wall of fog greeted us. Fortunately, it cleared out as we got further into the bay.

Tomorrow a day of rest!

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