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Fish Hawks Blowfish Trip 8/22/26

The Fish Hawks Saltwater Anglers Club has once again offered a Blowfish trip on the Barnegat Bay for our Vets. This trip will launch from Key Harbor Marina in Waretown, NJ. Thanks to the Gold Star Mothers of New Jersey this trip will be catered. Currently we are looking at 14 spots and this is a First Come, First Serve and guaranteed attendance event. Sign up using the form to reserve your spot and we will contact you with additional details.

Date: 8/22/26

Arrival Time: 7:30 am

Check-In Time: 8:00 am

Orientation /donuts/bagels 8:00 am-8:30 am

Departure: 8:30 am

Fishing Time: 9:00-12:00 Fishing time (Approx.)

Fish Weigh In and Cleaning: 12:00-12:30

Lunch and closing remarks, photos: 12:30-1:30

All fishing gear, bait and ice are provided.

Where: Key Harbor Marina 2 Point Rd. Waretown, NJ (meet by the pool)

Catered lunch courtesy of Gold Star Mothers Department of N.J.

How Many: 14 Veterans

Details: Additional details to follow

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Please view some pictures from our previous trips. Take notice of the smiles on the faces of our veterans. Those smiles were bigger than the fish we caught!

Man holding a flounder fish on a boat with fishing rods and an outboard motor in the background.
Person holding a fish on a boat with ocean background, wearing an orange shirt and straw hat.
A small white motorboat on open ocean with a cloudy sky.
Man holding a fish on a boat with a fishing rod, wearing a blue shirt and sunglasses. Another person in the background wearing an orange shirt and straw hat.
A person holding a fishing line with a hooked fish on a boat.
Man on a boat holding a caught fish, wearing a bright orange shirt and straw hat, with ocean in background.
A long, silver fish on a white boat deck next to a yellow measuring tape and a sneaker in the bottom left corner.
Person holding fish on a boat while fishing in the ocean.
Person wearing a cap and sunglasses fishing on a boat, holding a fishing rod with a small fish caught. The boat is on the water with an outboard motor in the background.
Two men fishing on a boat in open water, one in a blue shirt holding a fishing rod and the other in an orange shirt and straw hat sitting with a fishing rod.
Person sitting on a boat, fishing in the ocean, wearing a white long-sleeve shirt, dark shorts, and a black cap.
Person holding a flounder on a boat at sea.
Person holding a fish on a boat in the ocean under a cloudy sky.
Person on a boat holding a small shark
Two people on a fishing boat at sea during daylight, with fishing rods in view.
Man holding a large flatfish in a parking lot with buildings in the background.
Sign reading 'Vitamin Sea Charter and Open Boat Fishing, 917 439 6448, Capt. Frank Masseria' with fishing rods below it.
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Person holding a fish on a boat, wearing a hat and sunglasses, with a fishing rod in hand, on a lake with greenery in the background.
Two men smiling on a motorboat docked by wooden pillars on a calm lake.
Group of people on a fishing boat wearing "Operation Hook It" shirts, with fishing rods and a net visible.
Group of people on a fishing boat, wearing masks, with fishing gear and equipment visible on deck.
Three men on a boat with fishing rods, wearing casual attire and face masks, engaged in conversation.
Man on a boat holding a fish and fishing rod with a group of people in the background.
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Two men wearing camouflage caps and sunglasses looking at the ocean, with "Operation Hook It" shirts featuring sponsor logos.
Man with beard and sunglasses holding a fishing rod on a boat, wearing a "Operation: Hook It" t-shirt and camo cap, with ocean in the background.
Two men outdoors wearing hats, with one in the foreground slightly turned back and smiling.
Man fishing from a boat on the ocean, wearing sunglasses and a gray t-shirt.
A group of people wearing matching gray t-shirts and posing in front of a truck in a parking lot.
Two smiling people wearing casual clothing, one in a pink cap with 'Indiana' and the other in a gray shirt with a design and 'Recalibrate' on the sleeve.
Two people wearing hats and T-shirts standing by the ocean, one in a white bucket hat and the other in a pink baseball cap.
Three men posing on a wooden dock with four large fish, two of which appear to be mahi-mahi, freshly caught and displayed in front of them.
People wearing hats and gray shirts on a boat, one holding a drink

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