Godzilla

[charlie_the_tuna]

i was out today in 4 to 6's looking for the bonita.
couldnt find'em. figured i'd shoot out a bit farther and see if i could find a few weaks at the rubble.
snagged some bunker on the way out and decided to drift a couple for bass or whatever.

SLAM! my bass rod is a 6.6 stiff med. strung up with 25 mono on an oldie penn reel which i cant tell you the name.

starts ripping off line like a 50 lb bass but i know its not.
bout 20 minutes in i finally see color.
phukkin huge blue. not my biggest but dam near. took him on a bass hook. cant believe he didnt go through the leader. went 20 plus easy. maybe 25. didnt have a scale and i dont kill just to kill.

took a bigger one years back on a 50 shark setup but this one was something special. this was a tournament fish. measured him up. . . . went 34.5 inches.

biggest bluefish anybody?

[chumbucket]

Nice Blue Chuck. :clap: Some people hate catching Bluefish, but I, on the other hand, find them a blast to hook up on.
In 2000, I caught my biggest to date. 37" and weighed in at 22 lbs. 11 oz.
Prehistoric looking beast. :beer:

[whale]

Nice fish....next time measure the girth and you can estimate weight:

http://www.ct.gov/Dep/cwp/view.asp?A=2696&Q=322728

(length squared X girth squared)/800

My biggest is in the 15 lb range. NY record is 25 so you were close....

[C YENSEN]

:clap:

[THEFERMANATOR]

And I'm considered SUPER wierd as I like to eat em.

[charlie_the_tuna]

yeah chum, they are a blast to hook and they fight like the devil.
one of my favorite fish for sport. light tackle heaven.
ferm, you are so wierd. i cant believe you eat those oily, fishy disgusting things.

[nipper]

I have had really good fresh bluefish caught in the Boston, MA area. I have never eaten one as big as the monster you hooked though. They are very good on the grill. Just need to bleed them as soon as they are caught.

[spareparts]

small ones, cooked fresh, aren't too bad, although not my favorite fish. Around here, some people eat shad and mullet, I can't thinkof any fish oilier than those

[Blue_Runner]

Dang smiley you could have easily won the tourney with that fish! My biggest is 10 - 12 tops.

[charlie_the_tuna]

rainbow, this time of year is touchy for me.
the boat aint runnin great, my schedule changes constantly and i'm comin out of the water real soon.
plus after a summer of boating and x-mas comin at us, the fishin trips are alot fewer and further between.

[phester]

my biggest blue was caught while fishing with TheTinMan back in the early 80's. It may have been July 4th weekend.....don't remember....got him on a bunker chunk in Northport / Huntington bay. He went around 34-35 inches and was about 17-19 lbs. The only fish we caught that day.