Brdhntr47 Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 You also need a bunch of hardware to upgrade the cheap stuff the manufacturer puts on those $20 lures. It will fail. Link to post Share on other sites
Brdhntr47 Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 No one on the beach this morning except me. Terrible conditions for fishing. Flat water, very low tide and fog followed by very bright sun. Didn’t expect anything but I did have a good fish on for five minutes or so. Could not get it out of the first trough. No waves to work with so it just becomes a tug of war hoping the lure doesn’t come out. It did. Link to post Share on other sites
Brdhntr47 Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 Saturday Evening. What a change a few hours make. Walked on the beach at 4:30 PM. Perfect conditions.High water starting to drop, 3’ waves, and a 10 mph NE wind. Perfect Bluefish water.Got a Blue 6#’s about 5:30 but that was my only strike. Covered a 1/2 mile of beach. Nothing. Walked back and was ready to leave. Decided to stay till dark dark. Good plan. About 6:45 PM started fishing again and the fish were there. Eight Blues on. Landed five. Using my sophisticated measuring system put the fish at 30” - 32” which converts to 8 - 10 lbs. Big Bluefish for Florida. I had no light with me so getting those guys off the hook was exciting. But I still have all my fingers. Only pic is the first fish. Too dark when the big guys came around. Link to post Share on other sites
GLS Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 My favorite surf fish is the Florida Pompano. Surprised they aren't in your list of fish caught. Sandfleas and small pomp jigs. Gil Link to post Share on other sites
Brdhntr47 Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 Pompano are very popular fish on the beach but it is a bait fishing proposition. I do catch the rare Pompano on a lure but it is an accident when I get one. I like any fish that will grab an artificial and tug. This year is shaping up to be a Bluefish year. Link to post Share on other sites
tut Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Someone asked about eating Bluefish. Only way I like them is to fillet them and then skin them and on the skin side cut out all the red you see as it tastes nasty. IMO they don't fry worth a darn and are much better grilled because they are oily buggers. PS. They don't freeze worth a crap either. Fresh is the way to go with bluefish, but even then they aren't great to eat. Grouper or snapper is a whole lot better. Double PS. Spanish Mackerel is also a fish that is much better grilled then fried as they are greasy as hell and IMO they don't freeze worth a darn either. Link to post Share on other sites
Brdhntr47 Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 Most of the guys that I know that keep them, either smoke them or make fish dip out of them. The fish dip is pretty good. One group of guys that I know well, keep every Blue they catch or can get from someone else. They freeze them and take them back to Michigan, That has to be some poor eats after 4 or 5 months in the freezer. Link to post Share on other sites
Brdhntr47 Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 Very nice Bluefish water this morning. The fish hit the beach just before sunrise and were gone as soon as the sun broke the horizon. Link to post Share on other sites
tut Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 2 hours ago, Brdhntr47 said: Most of the guys that I know that keep them, either smoke them or make fish dip out of them. The fish dip is pretty good. One group of guys that I know well, keep every Blue they catch or can get from someone else. They freeze them and take them back to Michigan, That has to be some poor eats after 4 or 5 months in the freezer. After about 4 or 5 weeks in the freezer. They turn to mush based on personal experience learned the hard way. Link to post Share on other sites
Brdhntr47 Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 Fished again Sunday evening. East wind @ 10, and 4’ surf. Fish won. 18 strikes, 15 fish on and only 4 landed. And I got hit with waist high waves all evening. Surf fishing is FUN. Link to post Share on other sites
Brdhntr47 Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 No fishing Monday. 6’ surf and east wind at 17. Wash was right to the dunes. No way to get a lure anywhere near a fish. This morning conditions were great. Incoming tide, 2’ surf, south wind at 5. Perfect conditions only there were no fish. I covered 2 miles without a strike. Days like today are why I hate to tell my friends when to come down here fishing. Link to post Share on other sites
Brdhntr47 Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 Looks like the Bluefish have moved south but these guys were around. Link to post Share on other sites
Brdhntr47 Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 This morning was not for the faint of heart. Half hour before sunrise wind was NNW @ 17. Surf was 1 ft. Ten minutes after sunrise the wind was NNW@ 25 and the surf was 4 ft.. The wind and surf just kept getting worse. There was one other fisherman that came on the beach right at sunrise but he never attempted a cast. Right as the sun broke the horizon the little guys pictured below showed up. They were all about 30”. They were followed by 7# - 8# Bluefish. I stayed at it till the surf started rolling in big chunks of coral and one of them landed on my foot and put a hole in it. Enough fun. Link to post Share on other sites
Brdhntr47 Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 No fish the last three days. The surf has been kind of “sporty.” I’m going to pack the car up and Roxie and I will hit the road. Go look for some birds. Link to post Share on other sites
rudyc Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Not much "surf fishing" going on around here!! 8" last night and still snowing You're killing me Brdhntr47 Link to post Share on other sites
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