The blues

[Codaboy]

Got word yesterday. And some pictures today. The bluefish are here. I personally was hopeing they would have been a week or two longer, but a good time to get the kids out.

 

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[Codaboy]

Didn’t get a hit in an hour and a half of casting an Ava  A-17 and teaser rig into Manasquan Inlet on the incoming tide with a 30 knot crosswind this afternoon. I’ll catch blues Friday.

Raritan bay. Or the point pleasant canal. That's where I got reports from

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[Mallard1100]

Bring them on! I dream of them coming back in force like they were years ago. Take some pressure off the bass that are getting routinely pounded. 

[archer36]

18 minutes ago, Mallard1100 said:

Bring them on! I dream of them coming back in force like they were years ago. Take some pressure off the bass that are getting routinely pounded. 

Going back about 10 years and more, you could catch Blues in the Surf by the Leonardo Launch Ramp on every cast in April and May. Just fish the incoming and outgoing tide. Rods bent as far as you can see. No more. It's hit and miss at best. 

Edited April 28, 2022 by archer36

[Gunsmoke]

Still tough to believe Blues are no longer plentiful.   

[nmc02]

I absolutely love catching big gators on chunks....put a big chunk of bunker on and just keep letting out line. So much fun.

[SoxFan]

One of the best pound for pound fighting fish around!!!

[Bucksnbows]

I enjoy chasing blues along the beach with my flyrod until I’ve had my fill of catching. Then I slowly walk back in the direction they came from fishing a large deceiver fly low and slow and I pick up some great striped bass that are following the blue fish schools eating dead and injured bait.

[archer36]

18 minutes ago, nmc02 said:

I absolutely love catching big gators on chunks....put a big chunk of bunker on and just keep letting out line. So much fun.

Nothing like seeing them bust on a surface plug.

[BowhunterNJ]

32 minutes ago, nmc02 said:

I absolutely love catching big gators on chunks....put a big chunk of bunker on and just keep letting out line. So much fun.

Bluefish are like the sunnies of the ocean.

[nmc02]

21 minutes ago, BowhunterNJ said:

Bluefish are like the sunnies of the ocean.

The nerve........

[archer36]

25 minutes ago, BowhunterNJ said:

Bluefish are like the sunnies of the ocean.

Ounce for ounce, Sunnies are the hardest fighting fish in freshwater. 

[Bucksnbows]

27 minutes ago, BowhunterNJ said:

Bluefish are like the sunnies of the ocean.

That would be mahi/dolphin. Nothing grows faster and feeds more large predators than dolphin. 

[BowhunterNJ]

1 minute ago, Bucksnbows said:

That would be mahi/dolphin. Nothing grows faster and feeds more large predators than dolphin. 

I was just ribbin @nmc02 calling fluke the sunnies of the ocean the other day

[inletmike]

If you want to learn about bluefish read the book "blues" by John Hersey.  He does a great job of weaving the fishing and history of the Bluefish. 

 

Fun fact - no bluefish were caught in New England from 1780 to 1825. 

Think about that. 

For the detractors here's a quick link: https://mvmagazine.com/news/2005/05/01/o-bluefish-where-art-thou