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Captain Rich 02-03-2024 07:17 PM

Couple of Visitors from NJ
 
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Both the clients and the fish !!!

Ol Pedro 02-03-2024 10:00 PM

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Capt., I'm confused are those Bluefish?

Captain Rich 02-03-2024 10:04 PM

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Yep !! They are kind of a novelty down here, especially the big ones. See how light colored they are ? That's from swimming over white sand, they blend in. Also down here they are eating different forage fish, no bunker here, so the meat is lighter in color. They tell me the smaller ones are good to eat because of that. I haven't found any small ones. How you doing ??

Shaaaarky 02-03-2024 11:20 PM

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Was pier fishing yesterday and it was a massacre. Of the 30 blues (all 10-17#) I saw hooked, I might have seen 5 landed. The rest were inhaled by big bull sharks that were fighting over them. Just crazy fishing overall!

Ol Pedro 02-04-2024 11:00 AM

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How you doing ??[/QUOTE]

Good, I'm preping for Crappie, possible dockwork, and selling at the fishing flea market. Going shooting this week. Nothing like sending a few rounds down range. Hope Grandson doesn't beat me again. I have some rod repairs for the boat coming up. Retirement is great!
Funny how they say the same things that we say about Bluefish even with the different forage. You should be an expert at catching them as they were our bread and butter up here. I miss those bloodydecks and filleting for hours.They do fight hard just not what I have gone to Florida to fish for but you take what's there.
Are you going to target them and get in on a new fishery? Get your nitch going before the others catch on? The new reef donkeys!! Is there a limit on those toothy devils? You could buy a larger boat and do open party day and night like we do up here.

cletus109 02-04-2024 04:53 PM

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haven't seen a chopper in quite awhile.......fun fishing but beware of teeth

Captain Rich 02-04-2024 06:08 PM

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3 per person, 12 " minimum. No I'm going to stick with the normal Fl stuff, they just show up occasionally in the winter down here.

John D. 02-04-2024 08:47 PM

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After Sandy, the large schools AND large blues have all but vanished from the NJ coast. Any head boats fishing for them will be during the day usually a few miles off the beach over the reefs and a huge one is 5-7#. I’m sure the stocks are solid, they are like cockroaches, but they just don’t stack up off our coast anymore especially the large ones.

FishingSinceIWasThree 02-04-2024 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Rich (Post 581026)
Both the clients and the fish !!!

Wow...I miss those blues here in NJ! Doesn't help the global warming scam...they should be moving north if global warming was true

NJ219bands 02-04-2024 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by John D. (Post 581044)
After Sandy, the large schools AND large blues have all but vanished from the NJ coast. Any head boats fishing for them will be during the day usually a few miles off the beach over the reefs and a huge one is 5-7#. I’m sure the stocks are solid, they are like cockroaches, but they just don’t stack up off our coast anymore especially the large ones.

I caught 32” and 31” bluefish in Manasquan Inlet last year.


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