Giants

[formakos]

Anyone heard of a couple of giants being caught just off the beach around Pt. Pleasant?????

[Captain Rich]

Way offshore, no where near the beach.

[hammer4reel]

way closer to the beach than offshore

[Reel Class]

There've been a few BIG fish hooked on bunker spoons and mojos the last week and a half that have dumped/smoked regular wire reels and in some cases spooled them. These are not bass OR bluefish.

The last 3 trips, I've spotted small packs of tuna and yes they were bluefin -- didn't get a clear look at them but they were decent sized fish... Did we see Giants? I don't know about that...

Last Sunday we were one of the boats that had a monster hit on a spoon that dumped a 113 and spooled us as we were backing down on the fish... The leader BROKE (80# leader!) just below the swivel and the swivel's eye was bending. We've caught plenty of big bass and bluefish on bunker spoons and what happened Sunday was MUCH larger than any bass or bluefish that we've hooked while pulling around a spoon. It was a big fish and I'm going to assume is was either a thresher or a BFT - we never got a look at it. My neighbor Dan McGivney who is an extremely seasoned shark fisherman also said it could've been a porbeagle with the cool water temps - so those are my guesses.

A buddy of mine also got spooled yesterday on a spoon. And finally, I've heard rumors and seen a couple of pictures of some bluefins caught - so who knows?

[Reel Class]

And by the way, these sightings have all been within the 3 mile line

[Gerry Zagorski]

Hmmmmmmmmm.

[Captain Rich]

The fish I heard that were LANDED were over 30 miles off the beach.

[hammer4reel]

The fish I heard that were LANDED were over 30 miles off the beach.

tuna over 100" have been landed less than 15 off, in the last 2 weeks.
But hey what do we know , were actually fishing here .


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[Treble Hook Jim]

There was a 600lb bluefin caught 3 miles off Pt Pleasant last week. Yes, I saw it.

[Captain Rich]

"But hey what do we know , were actually fishing here ."


I'm fishing up here now, so you can drop the attitude. One of our local boats went out 3 days ago, good fisherman, specifically for bluefin, but didn't see any. The 3 fish that I know were caught were 30-50 miles off.

[thefishermanmechanic]

Was out for cod on a sponsor on friday, and there were bluefin caught where we were and saw them being brought off boat in point pleasant !

[Dino]

yeah theres nice bluefins inshore right now barneget to squan area

[SaltLife1980]

Pretty wild that they are in that close