See that picture? I actually caught a weakfish just like that, one night out on the dock.
We miss fishing! For 23 years, at precisely this time of year, Patty and I rented the same house on Long Beach Island, overlooking Barnegat Bay. We fished every day, weather permitting. After the first week of two, our fishing skills were back up to speed and won us some glorious fish dinners. Weakfish, blowfish, sea robins, fluke, eels, bluefish–wonderful!
But now it’s too far to go, and LBI has changed, and what we’ve got left are memories, good memories that never get stale.
(We caught some rather large sharks, too, but always let them go.)