Inshore Bluefin

[Just Compensation]

Any sightings?

[rumster]

Saw a couple busting water off Asbury in about 45-50 ft of water 2 weeks ago. Pretty cool.

[Dino]

seems like the cape cod fall bite was good last month.. those fish should move through soon if the bait is there.

[tightlines]

Saturday on way back from offshore wrecks, saw them busting water about 10 miles out from MI. Threw everything we had but no takers. Really awesome sight

[Chrisper4694]

i had no idea there was a bluefin tuna bite around here in winter...do any party or charter boats target them?

[mahigold]

"Bite" is the key word!!!!!

[Flukinator]

I wouldn't call it a "bite" so much as a "Look at these hundreds of bluefin tuna breaking water! Why the hell won't they bite anything I throw at them or drag in front of them?!" :mad:

[Dino]

yeah its definitely not an organized fishery.. a few guides/charter boats will take you out looking for them .. basically you have schools of BFT migrating south from new england to virginia/carolinas.. they can take a track as far out as the shelf or as close as right up on the beach when they pass NJ. generally with all the bait moving south inshore off Jersey you get a few cracks at bluefins in late november and december busting sandeels and herring but the entire effort is tricky.. tricky to find them.. tricky to get a bait in front of them... and they are notoriously finicky when you do. a few get caught trolling ballyhoo .. a few on jigs.. and a few guys will run and gun them with stickbaits. they are mediums about 125lb average I would say.