Today we had Sam, Chris Crabcake, Ed, Evan, and Zeb aboardfor a bluefish & speedster trip. We broke the inlet around 7 and found a beautiful, flat calm ocean as we headed east to where we had them yesterday; only a long period, gentle ground swell was what we had- a far cry from yesterday's ride out in the slop.
We got set up on the hook and got the chum in the water by 8AM. We had a couple of guys with jigs, another guy throwing a tsunami, and chunks and spearing floating in the slick. We had our first fish on about 5 minutes into the trip, a big bluefish taken by Chris on a jig. We then started to pick away at the gators, mostly 10-14# on both bait and jigs. We would have some flurries of 2-4 on at a time, then a lull, then another period of time where we would get covered up. All the while we were throwing spearing looking for all those albies we had yesterday, to no avail as we didn't have any sign of an albie before noon - but again the bluefish were voracious.
At noon we made a move a little further offshore and found a little cleaner and warmer water, and some great marks - but again we started catching the gators. We had some wild periods where we would have every rod hooked up, either on bait or jigs.
Finally, in the last 15 or so minutes, Chris hooked an albie and got it up near the boat, only to have it spit the hook 10' from the boat!
Overall, it was another terrific day. Sam fished a trout rod all day long and had a blast with the big bluefish, and Chris jigged up an honest 30 bluefish on his noodle rod - while Ed, Zeb, and Evan put their share in the boat. We easily boated 60 bluefish (keeping a dozen), if not more, and broke or popped off at least that many as well. No variety today, just bluefish where yesterday it was mostly albies. Thanks for coming down today guys!
