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. He grew up fishing the bridges and beaches of Southern New Jersey before moving to Cape Cod in his early 20s. He's pursued striped bass from North Carolina to Massachusetts. He began with On The Water in 2008, and since then has covered a variety of Northeast fisheries from small pond panfish to bluewater billfish in the through writing, video, and podcasting.

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