Father's Day Blues

[JFC1]

My spring fishing has been a little difficult due to a medical issue, but I got cleared 2 days ago and promptly went out all night long for stripers in the back bay. Got skunked my first night back. But the blues came in early today, for a Happy Father's Day and return to catching! I hooked into 10-12 gators, landed 7. Biggest kept was 35", 11lbs

[BowhunterNJ]

Nice catch!  Not my preferred table fare but a lot of fun catching 'em!

[JFC1]

2 minutes ago, BowhunterNJ said:

Nice catch!  Not my preferred table fare but a lot of fun catching 'em!

If you bleed them out well and get them into ice quickly they're just about the best fried fish...

And here's an awesome blue chowder recipe. Seriously 

https://fearlesseating.net/bluefish-chowder-recipe/

[Buck154]

Nice. Love catching them on top water

[vdep217]

25 minutes ago, JFC1 said:

If you bleed them out well and get them into ice quickly they're just about the best fried fish...

And here's an awesome blue chowder recipe. Seriously 

https://fearlesseating.net/bluefish-chowder-recipe/

Same with Spanish makeral and Bonita bleed them get them in an ice slurry fast and they make great sushi.  I don't care for bluefish at all except fish cakes 

[hunterbob1]

1 minute ago, vdep217 said:

I don't care for bluefish at all except fish cakes 

Cheeks

[BowhunterNJ]

Cheeks are ok.  Bleeding any fish helps tremendously, then immediately on ice.

My eating list for local fish:

1. blackfish
2. mako
3. tuna
4. sea bass
5. mahi
6. winter flounder
7. summer flounder

...

    97. Penzoil
    98. Quaker State
    99. bluefish

 

I don't know how you guys eat bluefish unless they're masked with a lot of seasoning or maybe the little snappers.  Those big gators

 

[vdep217]

3 minutes ago, BowhunterNJ said:

Cheeks are ok.  Bleeding any fish helps tremendously, then immediately on ice.

My eating list for local fish:

1. blackfish
2. mako
3. tuna
4. sea bass
5. mahi
6. winter flounder
7. summer flounder

...

    97. Penzoil
    98. Quaker State
    99. bluefish

 

I don't know how you guys eat bluefish unless they're masked with a lot of seasoning or maybe the little snappers.  Those big gators

 

Shark bait

[toxo]

The smaller ones are good smoked.

 

[BowhunterNJ]

I will say my one coworker loves bluefish. The more oil the better.  His favorite part is the bloodline of the fillet.   So it all depends on the individual

[JFC1]

1 hour ago, Buck154 said:

Nice. Love catching them on top water

Exactly. The Little Doc was slamming it today

[hunterbob1]

7 minutes ago, JFC1 said:

Exactly. The Little Doc was slamming it today

Who is the little Doc

[Cousin Brown]

Nice

[Gobblengrunt]

Nothing is more fun then catching big blues

[Buckeyes11]

 Can’t beat the fight of a bluefish! Well done!