VHFC Striper Charter by Ed Valitutto

Posted on December 2, 2017 by VHFC

Dave Spendiff, Joe Felice, Alan Goracy and I were on a charter with Steve Purul Reel Fantasea on December 1st. We starting fishing off Harvey Cedars and had our limit (5 including one for the captain) of 28+” fish. None were over 43″ with the largest one ~20-25 lbs caught by Joe Felice. We caught about ten fish before the bite died. We then went off the north jetty with spot. We caught another 4-6+ fish each from less than 24″ to just over 28 “. We tagged 4 fish before heading back. It was a really nice trip with great weather.

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