Went out with my wife to try and get her on some reds but we found ourselves on a bluefish feeding frenzy. Had a great time at least caught a couple big ones. They were biting so good my wife stuck her toe in the water and caught one.
You might have Aflac on the phone after messing around with that toe in mouth photo op. Those blues have piranha like post mortem convulsions that can leave a mark.
good to see you bleeding them out and keeping them, I assume to eat. A lot of folks don’t realize what good eating they are. I lived in Fla back in the 70’s and a lot of people would just toss them up on the sand like trash, wouldn’t keep them or put them back in the water
The ones i bled out i ate the ones that arent i keep for bait. Through the whole year ive noticed all the fish i have caught prefer bluefish over everything else i throw out.
Man, you are dialed in. Good for you. Never caught a blue, just reel in bait with that half-moon bite mark from a blue.
“Apathy is the Glove into Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”, but really, who cares?
Size 3/0 circle with bait the size of a nickle. Keep your hands on the pole reel and jerk the rod as hard as you can when you feel the bite you will hook up 75% of the time. If you set your rod down you will hook up 5% of the time.