I just want to say that I enjoy your "vintage" fishing photos you use as your avatar. Thanks.

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Thanx NewAngler, I'm glad you enjoy a blast from the past.

Don't encourage me though, or I'll break out the 'real old' stuff ;D

Roger

I think that would be cool as hell.

 Don't know how "cool" Hell is ;D! I would sure like to see more of 'em though ...

skillet

Its pretty cool. If you didn't know already, skillet.

Glad other people enjoy them as well.

NA, WHAT DO YOU MEAN "ALREADY".....HUH ;D?

skillet

It means if you didnt know how "cool hell" was, its pretty cool.

great photos AND great posts, thanks RoLo, always enjoy your writings.

Those are not vintage...they were from last week.

Yes. I've liked them too. Fun sharing in Roger's many triumphs.

agreed here as well,

i've always enjoyed seeing them myself.

Thanks for changing your avatar, Roger.  I was getting tired of the 1970s adult film actor holding the fish.  

I like seeing the Mrs. with some of her prized catches, too!

;D ;D ;D

Thanks for changing your avatar, Roger. I was getting tired of the 1970s adult film actor holding the fish.

Thanks for changing your avatar, Roger. I was getting tired of the 1970s adult film actor holding the fish.

I shouldn't poke fun.  I've been guilty of that style myself.  

Below are a few vintage photographs dating back between the early 1970s and the late 1980s

1970s This 'was' the legendary Buglight at the point of Sandy Hook, New Jersey

The viewpoint is Raritan Bay facing eastward over the ocean (note the rip current beyond the shipwreck.

Early 1970s Winter Flounder Navesink River, NJ

A doubleheader on a tandem rig using bloodworms for bait (April).

Early 1970s - Striped Bass - Sandy Hook

This is Lois's first striped bass, which weighed 22 pounds.

By Jersey standards (which holds the world-record), this fish is just above a "schoolie".

We did best at the "Can Grounds", but the C-1 can was pulled about 30 years ago, and it's now called "Officer's Beach".

Late 1970s Black Seabass Shrewsbury Rocks, New Jersey (off Monmouth Beach)

Seabass and Blackfish (tautog) are exceptionally tasty (but no better eating than largemouth bass)

Early 1980s Weakfish (northern seatrout) Cow Buoy of Ambrose Channel, NY

My daughter Dawn with her largest seatrout. She had a little trouble suppressing her pride...LOL

To my knowledge, our boat was the first "Predator" on the Jersey coast.

We participated in the 1979 Shark Tournament out of Manasquan, NJ., and when the MC announced our boat

he pronounced the name Pree-DAYter and nobody flinched.

We were a tad ahead of our time, because many Predators promptly followed, including the "Predator" boat line.

Early 1980s Bluefish & Bonito Out of Shark River, NJ

On this day I was trolling umbrella rigs on the "Klondike Bank" off Belmar, a spot familiar to every Jersey salt.

Mid 1980s - Bluefish - "Mudhole" (The "mudhole" is a bluefish hotspot fed by Hudson Canyon currents)

Bluefish are the piranhas of saltwater, and when you hook-up with a blue weighing in the high teens

it's like being hooked to a scuba diver with frog fins! (Time to lose the spinning gear)

When we moved from Jersey to Florida we knew we'd be leaving the "slammers" behind (Florida is chiefly "chopper blues")

For comparison sake, this is our daughter Dawn with a small "chopper" blue.

Late 1980s Summer Flounder (fluke) Elberon, NJ

A pair of doormat fluke from the Elberon Rocks, a spot locally referred to as the Pink Church (probably long gone)

Roger

 Thanks for your memories ...

skillet

I have a lot of respect for you Rolo... Good to see ya back.

I have a lot of respect for you Rolo...  

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nice fish. Tell me though were those sea bass ill tempered?