17-pound South Jersey Summer Flounder

By Jimmy FeeJune 19, 2012

Last week, we posted about an Atlantic halibut that attacked a mackerel bait intended for striped bass in Boston Harbor, and this weekend, another remarkable flatfish was caught. In Atlantic City, NJ, a summer flounder that was nearly as big as last week’s Harbor halibut hit a live minnow fished from an Atlantic City Beach.

monsterfluke — The 36-inch, 17.5-pound fluke caught from the Atlantic City surf on Father's Day.

While most of us are used to catching fluke an inch or so shy of the 17.5-inch minimum size, Phil Todd’s Father’s Day flattie more than doubled it. The fish, which weighed a whopping 17 1/2 pounds, was just a couple pounds off New Jersey’s state record set in 1953. For more details on the catch, check out this week’s Shep On Fishing in the Press of Atlantic City.

Jimmy Fee

Jimmy Fee is the Editor of On The Water and a lifelong surfcaster and offshore angler with more than two decades of experience covering fishing across New England and beyond. He has chased striped bass from Maine to Cape May, bringing first-hand insight and on-the-water experience to every story.

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