We had some keepers first thing this morning before we lost the drift. Ended the day with a much better keeper to short ratio than the past few days with some quality fish.
Fluke fishing was ok for us this morning with shorts and some keepers coming over the rail. Monday nights Bluefish trip was good again with 1-2lb Blues coming over the rail.
Paul Haertel of the JCAA details Saturday's contest as follows 22nd Annual JCAA Fluke Tournament - 50K Prize - 8 6 16 50,000 Cash for the largest fluke over 12 lbs in our doormat fluke category Drawing for G-3 boat, Yamaha motor and trailer 1200 cash first place prize for the largest fluke in each of our nine ports regardless of the number of entrants. The surf is about the same with good numbers of kingfish being caught, a lot of fluke (mostly shorts) at The Point, and some spike weakfish.
Atlantic Highlands fluke fishing August 2 02 August 2016 Capt. Tom Made both morning and afternoon trips again today. On the morning trip we fished in Sandy Hook bay.
August 2, 2016 8-2-16 Despite the weather, and faster drift today, we had some bigger fluke in the 5-6 lb. Nicky Kuvell took the pool with a fluke over 5 lbs.
Not the Hot action of yesterday but a good steady pic of shorts and keepers today. Tanya and her Dad were out yesterday and Dad had the hot hand with the keepers while Tanya, had shorts and a whole bunch of missed hits.
The guys and gals worked hard and were able to put some nice fish in the coolers to show for their efforts. Long time EB II regular Al Waranis, Trenton, NJ, celebrated his 93rd birthday fishing with a bunch of his EB II friends today and was able to take a couple of nice fish home for dinner.
Fishing was poor during the contest period as relatively small tuna caught the first day ended up winning a lot of money. Capt. Ron Santee reported good fluke action from his Fishermen out of Atlantic Highlands, but there weren't as many keepers and big fish as on Monday.
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