Glory Days Let's Hear Em

[NoLimit]

Heated hand rails from Atlantic Highlands to Brielle and burlap bags full of baseball bats

[nmc02]

Bluefish trips that were nonstop w gators.....the night I jigged 27 yft myself in the spencer, 4 sword night in the hudson.

[BCinerie]

Oh the memories, always
Started with mackerel fishing in April , then to flounder in the manasquan off the wall! Then fluke all
Summer drifting the Mantaloking bridge area the mouth of canal catching enough for the entire neighborhood. Crabbing off my parents dock and catching enough crabs to sell
To the tourist for .50
Each. 7/8 inch jimmies. In between the that would gonsee Capt Bob on the Gambler for our bluefish outings. Fished the old bengal banana or a bunker back over chum. In the fall we caught false albacore as well. I remember a chilly fall
Trip on the Gamblwr and Capt mike from gambler probably 1980/1982 ish caught his first
false albacore on a smelt. Then The yellowfin at the Bacardi 1986/87. Sailed with john Larson on deep adventures 2. 150 for a trip
And selling the tuna for 2 bucks a lb for extra money. Strippers were a ghost fish. There used to be so many party
Boats sailing would clog the inlet. I still
Like watch the few left go IU t when I visit.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Ok so one day burnt in my memory for ever...

Me and Russ, 2 sales people who usually have flexible schedules.. He is free this particular day but I have an I have an important confernce call I cant miss but I wanna fish too so I tell him” I’m in” and will take the call on the boat....

We’re out by Keyport early morning on a blue bird spring day and so far nothing happening....

I go down in the cabin, close the hatch to drown out the sounds of the seas and start my call... A few minutes later Russ is hooking up fish after fish, opens the cabin door and hands me a pole with a Striper on.. Russ laughing his ass off and people on the call asking “what’s so funny and what’s that noise” ?

Sad to say Russ passed away suddenly a few years afterwards but I still can remember him and this day like yesterday..

Sandworms were the ticket that day as were me and Russ.....