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NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports and Information => Traveling Angler- Out of State Reports => Topic started by: harbison on July 26, 2021, 02:16:28 AM
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slt Fishing the Big Buck Moon
For many that big full moon is very special:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/16(98).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/38984d4d-c390-4fc0-8d48-8bfbe010a1d0)Friday, July 23, 2021, the Florida Fisherman ll will be...(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/1(201).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/18dffd1d-3359-4f82-9489-9b40a288c972)This is serious fishing for serious fishermen/women. Many families love fishing together:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/2(15).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/b306c692-0a70-4d54-9b41-57a74eaca417)The family that fishes together stays together:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/3(168).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/dbf93c4a-97cb-4c15-833f-02942193a998)Due to red tide live pinfish are not available. The boat supplied Threadfin Herring provide an excellent bait:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/4(154).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/3ba87e08-401a-422f-b987-570b6697775f)Many of Hubbard's best Captains were mates for years before earning their 100 ton license. Captain Rich is one of the newest:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/5(147).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/00e70442-057d-4ed9-9e5e-60b793270ea8)Will McClure was the first mate on the Florida Fisherman ll for over ten years. We do not call him Will any more; we call him...(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/6(139).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/cf957115-6835-4ef5-b800-7da9904ac853)The Gag Grouper are running BIG:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/7(131).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/96005bd8-998a-44aa-9376-4d93a6d792a5)Gag season will be open until the end of the year. As the weather cools the Gag fishing will be even better. This time of year squalls are usually short-lived but very wet. Some weather-the-storm while others take full advantage of that dry ever so comfortable bunk:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/8(124).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/7e5bb6f7-64d7-40d7-ab17-659be4777497)American Red Snapper season is all but over; it has been a good one.Part of the Big Buck Full Moon ARS catch:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/9(116).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/8a54cbba-692f-4c40-b019-d6fcdadc357a)This is our Florida. As one season closes, another opens. August... Are you man/woman enough for this?(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/10(118).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/fcb7db44-1e4b-4fb3-8536-a0ef4195a5b6)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/17(88).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/ab31b454-f509-47f8-afae-faf272a94ee4)Back at the dock:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/11(47).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/c355a999-3a63-445b-94a3-ba65987791c3)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/12(39).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/471e9def-81b9-41e2-9625-437b713203b1)Many who like to fish also hunt:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/13(113).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/1f2123c3-7059-4b76-b1d3-33922a0f1dd5)I trailed this BIG Buck for hours in the very cold deep snow covered high mountains of Jackman, Maine, before unleashing the awesome power of my BAR 7mm Mag:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/14(100).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/53406233-8e35-484f-aa0e-b27da4704426)For a Florida native just seeing snow was a thrill never to be forgotten. Harvesting a Maine whitetail deer was, is, a thrill words could never describe. As we know all too well every day is a challenge, but we have so much to be thankful for:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/15(100).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/6a754915-3050-4933-9a65-5f6e10ea829a)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/18(81).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b18f1543-cf4a-494c-93a1-4530eabb3888/p/7f289b0e-2139-40d1-a5d5-41fc4f37cd54)creditsCaptain Dylan HubbardMarco Ciofaio