17 lb. fluke caught in Absecon Inlet from shore

[njbob49]

I just saw this on another site. It is better to be lucky than good some of the time.   The full article with a picture of the fish is on the Atlantic City press website.  I could not figure out how to post the link. I hope he was able to keep the racoons from eating it like a prior fish.    

Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 12:30 am | Updated: 12:36 am, Tue Jun 19, 2012.

Shep on Fishing: Egg Harbor Township father-son duo hooks Press-record 17.5-pound "other than boat" flounder By MIKE SHEPHERD pressofAtlanticCity.com | 0 comments

One of the largest flounder ever caught "other than boat" in the state may have been in Absecon Inlet on Sunday afternoon.

Phil Todd was urged by his 10-year-old son, Phil "P.J." Todd, to take him on a Father's Day fishing outing. It sure turned into a celebration when the 42-year-old Todd hooked into a 17-pound flounder.

Curt Riccardi measured it at a full 3 feet in length at Offshore Enterprises tackle shop in Atlantic City.

Todd said he and his son first tried the beach in front of Harrah's Resort and Golden Nugget Atlan-tic City but did not do anything there. So Todd drove over to the area between the William "Bill" Demones Jr. Atlantic City Seawall Fishing Complex and the end of the old Atlantic City Boardwalk. Just after noon, Todd rigged a big minnow, cast it out about 40 feet off the bank and rocks there, and the doormat was taken in by the old "big bait, big fish" trick.

"She was beat," Todd said of the fish when he got it on land.

The 17-pounder wipes out The Press Fishing Contest Other Than Boat record of 16 pounds, 8 ounces set in 1973 by Stan Staniszewski of Phila-delphia. The Press Fishing Contest and New Jersey State record is 19 pounds, 12 ounces and was established way back in 1953 by Walter Lubin while fishing off Cape May. Lubin's record is the oldest on The Press Fishing Contest books.

Tight Lines,
Bob G  

[Hunter 2]

That's cool Bob,   I hope to fish with you soon ,,  Eddie

[Pfishingruven]

Thanks for the story!  Great fish!!

Here is the link to the AC Press with pics

AC Press

 

[njbob49]

What I find so funny after reading the story again is that it is a 17 pound flounder, not fluke, and he caught it using a minnow, not killie.  We might live in the same state, but we have different terms for the same thing.    

Congrats to the lucky angler for a flounder/fluke of a lifetime.

Tight Lines,
Bob G  

[Ms Fish]

What I find so funny after reading the story again is that it is a 17 pound flounder, not fluke, and he caught it using a minnow, not killie.  We might live in the same state, but we have different terms for the same thing.   

Congrats to the lucky angler for a flounder/fluke of a lifetime.

Tight Lines,
Bob G 

I was laughing at my desk thinkin the exact same thing, I had to read it twice to make sure I didnt miss something!!! 
Here is another link too...http://www.onthewater.com/fishing/17-pound-south-jersey-summer-flounder/
 Kudos to him and what a catch!!!!

[Luna Sea 5]

 

[BrettM710]

 

[Mr Limpett]

[quote author=njbob49 link=topic=27594.msg235376#msg235376

 ...it is a 17 pound flounder, not fluke

I would prefer to call them Flounder, which they are. It gives them more respect than calling them Fluke IMHO.

BTW, can you imagine how you would feel when you got your first glimpse of that fish?!