Big Biscuit Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Saved me from a skunking last night. Ran into a pack of gorilla blues and had some fun for an hour, but I ended up sacrificing a bomber plug to them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albacized Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Except for bonito/albie season (where hooking a blue on a small metal, unweighted soft plastic or a small bonito/albie fly means a bite off), I love catching bluefish - especially big ones...Nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Biscuit Posted September 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Don't know why people bad mouth them so much. They are ship load of fun to catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Ackwards Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Don't know why people bad mouth them so much. They are ship load of fun to catch.   They are a lot of fun to catch. They also destroy sluggos or any soft plastics, crap up the boat with scales, throw up what they were eating all over the boat, taste like ****, bite, destroy equipment, loaded with PCBs and other bad chemicals, taste like crap, but they are fun to catch. Just remember, before releasing them to slit their throats first. fishinambition Posted June 30 ·After a decade and a half of trolling and disrupting the website, frank's finally fed up with Tim's bull****    Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HugeDinghy Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 everyone hates bluefish                                   until they are three hours into a skunk bosnae 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Biscuit Posted September 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 everyone hates bluefish                                  until they are three hours into a skunk   Saved me from getting skunked many a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTswf Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 blues are awesome to catch, after years of hearing how gross they are I finally had a smoked blue, it was fuxking delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striperswiper06437 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I was fishing eels last night so I was not liking the blues being around. I did manage 8 stripers, all keepers, most in the 34-38 inch range with a couple in the low 40 inch range. All of my eels eventually got cut to pieces except 1 eel that held together even after being zip tied to the hook and still took nice fish. It all started last year during a terrible thunderstorm, when I locked myself out of the house. Shelving myself with a large piece of sheet metal, I ran for cover under the tallest tree I could find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linesider82 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Forgot that it's like someone sneezed in your hand! But honestly, they are fun to catch. Especially on live bunker under a Gatorade bobber 30' in front of you. He just took it's tail off.... Jack-knifed 4' away and came back for a hook set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Ackwards Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 Boofish are at their best when used to fertilize your garden. fishinambition Posted June 30 ·After a decade and a half of trolling and disrupting the website, frank's finally fed up with Tim's bull****    Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brushfly Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 Love 'em. Especially on surface poppers or flies. got a good handful last few trips via poppers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Biscuit Posted September 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Love 'em. Especially on surface poppers or flies. got a good handful last few trips via poppers. Â Great pic brushfly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergal Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Don't know why people bad mouth them so much. They are ship load of fun to catch. Â As long as they're 10lbs or over, other than that they are a major pain in the ass ASMFC - Destroying public resources and fisheries one stock at a time since 1942. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redredworm Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 I love catching blues. The bite was on last week in Fairfield, not so much this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldwin Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Big blues are a blast to catch on flies or poppers. As for eating them, I either do them smoked or as described below: Leave fillets skin on lay fillets down on a wooden plank, skin side down sprinkle with salt, pepper and paprika to taste (or vary this with cajun seafood spices or whatever the voices tell you) lay raw bacon strips over fillet, pretty much covering it lightly hammer roofing nails through bacon strips and fillets to anchor them to the plank stand plank upright in fire pit, about 2' from a good base of hot coals drink beer drink more beer enjoy fillets  Best bluefish ever. Drains the oils from the bluefish, replacing it with bacon grease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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