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Post by Fishooked on Aug 16, 2009 20:38:00 GMT -4
 Go figure! I was never really expecting to, we stayed on Long Beach Island, which is a very narrow strip of land (about 5-6 city blocks wide) off of the coast of NJ. On one side of the island is the bay, and the other is the Atlantic. The bay is good for crabbing, and thats where I would normally go to go through the motions of attempting to catch saltwater fish, but since I don't know what Im doing I dont expect much. So one night after t-storms rolled through, there was about a 1/2 hour of daylight left. I had seen guys casting into the surf all week, so this time I figured I'd give it a try. I was throwing a metal jigging spoon, and just ripping it through the rough, when it started getting slammed right where the waves break -       So Im assuming they are bluefish (Im not sure) but they were schooling, and I must have nailed about 5 within a 10 minute period, and lost about 4 more. They weren't big, but just the fact I did catch something when I wasn't expecting too made it all worthwhile. After that I didn't get any more, nor did I on any subsequent days. But it was fun while it lasted! 
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Post by walter on Aug 17, 2009 8:55:18 GMT -4
nice serie of fishes  |
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Post by muskiehunter on Aug 17, 2009 9:16:46 GMT -4
I think these types of days are the best.When you don't expect to catch anything and you just hammer the fish ;D It seems that when you expect to catch fish they play the hide and not bite game   Well done Ted  |
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Post by Fishooked on Aug 17, 2009 18:32:52 GMT -4
I'm no expert, but I'm hoping bluefishbuster will see this thread and confirm that they are bluefish. I've gone bluefishing a total of twice in my life, and while everyone else on the boat was hauling them in left and right, I got skunked - wtf 
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Post by bluefishbuster on Aug 18, 2009 20:10:31 GMT -4
Awesome job!  How heavy were the blues? Anything breaking on the surface? One Rapala I've killed bluefish with many many times is the SSP. What pound test were you using? Those blues look to me like the taylors. The perfect set up for catching taylor blues is a 6' 6" medium action freshwater rod with a freshwater reel rigged with 8 pound test. How good did they feel while fighting them? They sure do put up a nice fight and pull hard right? |
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Post by Fishooked on Aug 18, 2009 23:10:23 GMT -4
Awesome job! How heavy were the blues? Anything breaking on the surface? One Rapala I've killed bluefish with many many times is the SSP. What pound test were you using? Those blues look to me like the taylors. The perfect set up for catching taylor blues is a 6' 6" medium action freshwater rod with a freshwater reel rigged with 8 pound test. How good did they feel while fighting them? They sure do put up a nice fight and pull hard right? I knew you'd be proud! Well, I had all my freshwater tackle, since I don't fish the ocean (its not real convenient, nor do I know what Im doing - I usually use a 7' medium spinning rod with 10lb test for everything - I didn't see them breaking the surface, the surf was rough and it was getting dark too. They did put up a good fight, although part of that may have had to do with pulling them out of the surf too. Hell if they are that close to shore most of the time I may need to go more often - when I do fish the ocean, I usually just use a metal jig or spoons, I figure you can't go wrong with anything with a flash to it. I sure made my vacation though, after getting skunked daily over on the bay side. |
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Post by bluefishbuster on Aug 18, 2009 23:50:07 GMT -4
Hell if they are that close to shore most of the time I may need to go more often - when I do fish the ocean, I usually just use a metal jig or spoons, I figure you can't go wrong with anything with a flash to it. Other than Kastmasters, Krocodiles, and Deadly Dicks, bluefish love plugs and topwater. Never know if you can be killing them with soft plastics instead of just catching a few on a spoon. Plugs they really like are all types of Bomber Long A's. They'll go after any topwater even if it's a soda can. I've killed them with inexpensive soft plastics that stripers love such as 4" curly tail grubs, 4" shads, Fin S, Slug O, and Super Fluke. Bluefish like it light while stripers like it dark. Best time of the day for bluefishing is sunrise and sunset. The bigger blues are active around that time while the snappers and taylors are more active during the day. |
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Post by zeroroaster on Aug 19, 2009 10:26:34 GMT -4
Awesome vacation bonus Ted!! Last time I was on the East coast it was still spring so we had to settle for lobster...I know we didn't catch it, but who cares...the lunch was awesome!! hee!hee!
Some day I'll have to get around to this bluefish thing, it looks like such a hoot.
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Post by tommi on Aug 19, 2009 14:08:05 GMT -4
Great fish on a super location.
Thomas
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