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NJ219bands
04-27-2021, 11:23 PM
Made my first doubleheader fishing trip for this year today. Caught, tagged and released a 34” bluefish from a Central Jersey jetty this afternoon with a plain hook Ava A-17 then caught a yellow perch and warmouth in a Central Jersey Brook in the evening. Applied for my 53rd NJ Skillful Angler Recognition Award for the bluefish. It is illegal to release warmouth in NJ.
Gerry Zagorski
04-28-2021, 06:10 AM
That's a great bluefish there Band...First one I've seen reported this year. Best of luck with your Skillful Angler submission, I think you'll be on the leader board for a while with that early season fish!
Skolmann
04-28-2021, 10:06 AM
Nice bluefish.

I know of one other confirmed report of a #13 bluefish caught from the surf yesterday.

I plan on hitting my spring bluefish spots tomorrow.

Never knew that about warmouth being illegal to keep in NJ.
Capt. Debbie
04-28-2021, 11:35 AM
Great job.

A warmouth? Never heard of it. I guess we're lucky I didn't catch it? LOL



Made my first doubleheader fishing trip for this year today. Caught, tagged and released a 34” bluefish from a Central Jersey jetty this afternoon with a plain hook Ava A-17 then caught a yellow perch and warmouth in a Central Jersey Brook in the evening. Applied for my 53rd NJ Skillful Angler Recognition Award for the bluefish. It is illegal to release warmouth in NJ.
rwp2101
04-28-2021, 04:28 PM
A real gorilla blue right there!
NJ219bands
04-28-2021, 10:06 PM
Returned today and saw a lot of fishermen catch many big bluefish. Boats were in casting range of my spot but I managed to catch, tag and release a 26” bluefish with the spoon that I found in the rocks the previous day.
Skolmann
04-29-2021, 08:17 PM
Brought 8-10 over the wall today (old age making me lose count) as well as pulling the hooks on the same number and also dropping 2 trying to swing them in.
NJ219bands
04-29-2021, 11:54 PM
Caught, tagged and released 10 bluefish from 21” to 30” with metals this evening. They were still biting when I left. Tagged my 2,400th NJ bluefish. 29 were recaptured from Cape Cod Canal to Atlantic Beach, NC. Fishing in tomorrow’s 60 knot wind may be difficult.
RescueDogger
04-30-2021, 07:58 PM
Do blues bite in high winds? Had to work. Itching to get in on the gators.
RescueDogger
05-01-2021, 10:11 PM
Big blues in the river, right by the canal. Bone-colored SP minnow. I went full stealth on the 15-lb mono leader, they always seem to go for the rear hook and never get the line. I love this time of year.