Blowfish and more BLOWFISH!
1,810 views·16 replies·by Loonzter
I finally got a weather window this week (thursday) to splash the boat. My grandson and I launched from Forge river and fished Moriches bay. I headed west to Smith's Pt bridge and we cast plugs by the piljngs hoping for Bass or Bluefish, no go. Headed back east and drifted the narrows (Buoy 8-10) with fluke on our minds. We used bucktails with gulp and the water was so clear we watched the blowfish destroy our trailers. Tried using otter tails instead of the gulp by couldn't buy a fluke. I gave in after an hour or so, through the anchor, dropped the chum pot and caught a bucket load of blowfish. My grandson was happy and I suppose thats what really matters. All the blowfish this year will make it difficult to use any fresh bait or gulp. We'll see how it pans out.
Mate200 postsSince 2020
Blowfish are a very welcome addition for pier harvests. Go get some.🙂
CaptainOriginal Crew1,675 postsSince 2018
When I was a kid my Father would take me to Pops fishing station in Seaford we would rent a skiff and go fishing for Fluke.We used to catch tons of blowfish they are still my favorite fish to eat.
First MateOriginal Crew346 postsSince 2019
Just curious. Last year lost many Gulp tails to them. Do they hug the bottom or will they "rise to the occasion" and hit lures or bait like fluke and weaks ? Unless I actually target them I would like to avoid them like I do with the birds by not using bait.
CommodoreOriginal Crew7,027 postsSince 2018
They will come off the bottom some i had them eat the hair off the buctails last year in moriches litterally gave the bucktails a trim. i said this before them tasty little buggers sell more Gulp than John Skinner
First MateOriginal Crew295 postsSince 2019
I started throwing them back when the fish box looked like a balloon festival. They were actually a real nice size 10" and lets just say if I didn't watch youtube for a novel way to skin them using a fork I doubt I've have much skin on my fingers . Lol Cooked up an awesome batch, flour, egg and breadcrumbs fried in oil. Lovely fish drumsticks. They are very tasty.
Mate200 postsSince 2020
I loaded up on Sunday.. over 100 blowfish to 10". 2 of us kept about 30 each of the jumbos.
DeckhandOriginal Crew26 postsSince 2019
small hooks, small baits. (hell, they used to bite on cigarette butts in the 70s !) once you got some chum going it seems like the guys I watched last year doing it just jigged up and down like for winter flounder. The few I caught I got on Gulp while bucktailing for fluke.
CommodoreOriginal Crew7,027 postsSince 2018
We used to put on a small flounder hook and like you said any small bait.
First MateOriginal Crew346 postsSince 2019
I tried last year for the first time and they just kept stealing my bait, guess I will have to research how to catch the little buggers.Hold on Chevy I'll go ask my 10 yr old grandson, lol I actually was waiting to long, by the time I set the hook must often they had it down deep. my grandson told me to swing at the first tap and sometimes even if you dont feel a hit. If you've got a chum pot down they apparently swallow your bait and just sit on it. He had over 50 himself so who was I to argue.
But I’m willing to take advise??
Mate200 postsSince 2020
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