Alber Lluis (@HogHeaven) caught and released this 36-inch striper in Cape May earlier this year while throwing a lime-colored 5-inch NLBN paddletail on the first hour of outgoing tide.A 40-year-old Bob Hahn metal lip got it done for Robert Fort during the spring run in Monmouth County.Ahh, memories (and nightmares). Ed Plichta got into the bluefin this summer aboard his Tuna Kahuna out of Barnegat Inlet, prior to the controversial closure of the angling category season.Capt. Jeff Evans took 16-year-old son Will Evans and Cheryl Siminink out for a successful day of fluke on the last Saturday in June.Ryan Jacob was fishing a knife jig just off Sandy Hook this summer and was surprised to find this pollock on the other end of the line.Jack Byrne caught his very first ever striper in North Wildwood this season while fishing with clam. Photo courtesy of Vincent Voiro.Brad Weil (@bradweil) with a 49-inch striper caught on June 10 at the Shrewsbury Rocks, and safely released it just after the photo was taken.Retirement has its advantages, and apparently so does a trip to the grocery store. Richard Koeppen caught this big channel cat in a Toms River lake while fishing with a piece of hot dog. Guess cats actually do love dogs!Eleven-year-old Zayne Laudermilch was fishing with his dad and Jared Morgan over the summer, and hand-cranked this 23-pound golden tile by himself, the biggest of the five-man limit on the day.Charlotte Granieri shows off her 21-inch fluke caught aboard the family boat the Summer Wind out of Cape May over the summer. Photo courtesy of proud grandad Steve Granieri.Shawn Smith had a fantastic day “near a church in Monmouth County” on the first ocean fluke trip aboard his father’s new center console, Fishin Fool II. “In total we landed 10 keeper fluke, six triggerfish, and three sea bass,” Shawn reported.Steve Biserta hit the Monmouth County beaches at sunrise back on the Fourth of July and plugged up a 21-inch fluke on an SP Minnow.
