Two Just Made It by Ed Valitutto

Posted on June 29, 2021 by VHFC

The plan was for Alan Goracy and his daughter Lauren visiting from Vermont to join me for a day fluke fishing on 29 June. Unfortunately, a late arrival the evening before resulted in only Alan showing up at my dock at 6:30 AM. We departed and went to the North cut off DCC that had been a hot spot for us recently. Fishing was slow and I got one that just made it. We then headed to the area near the BI buoy where the SW wind and outgoing tide pushed us along along Oyster Creek. We each had a few shorts and again I caught a keeper that was 18″ on the nose! We then fished the flats between the BI and BB buoys with a group of 12 -15 other boats but caught only shorts. Any day on the water is a good day and this was no exception!

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