Bluefish

[garagenc]

My son took out the other V today in the Pasquotank River, he called and said the taylor blues were rolling on top and he couldn't drive the boat and fish by himself. He came back in and got me and we had a great 3 hours. I only caught about 50 fish and he must have caught 150. It was fun watching him have fun for a change. With his accident 2 yrs ago (had to have his right elbow removed) he has lived in pain every waking minute. Not to mention financial matters.

For a couple of hrs today it was if everything was normal before his accident, no pain no worries.

[spareparts]

good to hear that Lee, sounds like ya'll had fun.

[cfelton]

Thats great! I had no idea the blues came up into the Pasquotank like that. Thats pretty wild. I guess they can . A friend of mine caught croakers at Rays beach (close to the Winton bridge) a few years ago during a dry spell. The brackish water backs up in the Chowan river when it dont rain for a while. I might have ta go check them blues out!
:clap:

[willy]

It is one of the pleasures of life, for me bird and bow hunting along with fishing and evening pleasures. They are times to get lost from the world and its needs. good for you and your son:clap:

[C YENSEN]

glad you had a good time....:clap:

[charlie_the_tuna]

whats a taylor blue?

[garagenc]

whats a taylor blue?

it's a infant bluefish, probably less than a year old.

Today I went fishing with a friend of mine back out in the river and we caught a 16 & a 17" white perch. Guess what? I caught a 15" gray trout way up here. I guess if the blue fish are up here then trout would be also.

My son went back out this afternoon after I came in and he loaded up on Rockfish. They caught their limit (3 a day and min 18" lg) plus 23 more. He said it was all you could do to keep the poles in the water.

[charlie_the_tuna]

up here we call em snappers.
anything under a pound or so.

[garagenc]

My son went back out this am for a hour and he came back in with a 30" & a 29" stripper plus he caught 8 more, I went this evening with the wife and we got our limit.

Hey cfelton want to go out fishin with me? Call me and let me know 252-312-6970

[Stinky_Hooker]

Very cool. Im glad for your son to get back at it after such a tough time.


here we just call em bluefish. LOL


But a "big" bluefish here is 2-3lbs. State record is 17lbs but rarely do we catch em 5-6 lbs ....what about up that way?

[chumbucket]

:clap:That's some fun fishing garagenc. Glad your sone was able to put bad times behind him, even for just a short time. :clap:


Stinky, as mentioned here in Chuck's thread, some of us up north get some big bruisers including a fairly large one myself. :sun:

http://www.wellcraftv20.com/community/showthread.php?t=10482

[Stinky_Hooker]

Thats crazy. I bet a 20# bluefish fights like a damn freight train. Even a 3-4lber when Im snapper fishing offshore tugs pretty good on 30lb gear. Let alone when I hook one inshore speck fishing or somthing.

[phester]

I had a few of those brutes the other night. After loosing three fluorocarbon leaders, and hook and bait, I said "that's it". Went with a tie able wire leader and ended up landing four fish, three of which went 10-12 lbs. I was in the tin boat and they actually drag the boat around with ease. Fun to catch, but my bluefish never make it to the table. It's all C & R with them.

[Stillrunning]

Thats great to hear. Last year I took my daughter and father out striper fishing just off Va. Beach. We hooked into a big fish and as my daughter faught that fish we had another two poles go off. It was busy on the water so my dad had to drive the boat as I helped my daughter fight her fish. When she finally got it up it was a big blue fish which was a disapointment because we want a big rock fish. I netted the fish and handed her another pole to fight as a delt with the blue. I once again commented on how big it was and then slung it back in the water. She got in her other fish which was a nice striper and my father reeled in the other nice striper. We got the lines back in and started trolling. A guy came over the radio asking what was citation for a blue and someone answered with both catch and release and keep numbers. Thats when I realised that my daughts blue was an easy catch and release citation but it was too late. It just never dawned on me to check as we had other fish on the lines.

[garagenc]

Still
Let me know when you are going Stripper fishing this season and I'll drag my V up there and put out at Owls Creek ramp and maybe we can fish together that day. Let me know. I can go any day most of the time.