Posted on 01/14/2025 6:52:26 AM PST by Red Badger
I was up on a small cliff, and could see down to the ocean and see the bass swimming along the Rockline so I casted out to them and wham! Got a small one right off the bat, reeled it up to my perch, and went to take the lure out, and it thrashed around hard and the treble hook snagged my thumb but good. Had to rip it out. Fortunately the bleeding stopped and was able to continue, as the fish were really working the shallows. Caught a lot of little ones, but no keeper unfortunately that day. Was a lot of fun working the cliffs like that and seeing the fish in their “wolf packs” roaming around looking for food.
I never have been fishing for bluefish- my brother has and said it was a blast- i guess they fight like the dickens when caught. I did try some thohgh, wasn’t crazy about the taste.
Yeah, it is pretty impressive watching those stripers cruising up and down parallel to the rocks looking for their prey!
I went fishing for bluefish, and they do fight, but like you, I don’t care for the taste. The boat was red with blood washing back and forth, we caught so many of them. I don’t eat sushi, but my best friend cut off a piece of a bluefish we just caught and forced it on me...what was I going to do, puss out?
It didn’t taste fishy to me.
But when I took it home and grilled it...ugh. Not my kind of fish...I am a white-meat fish kind of person!
I enjoy this discussion-I am no fisherman, but I get to hang around with people who are! My buddy and I rented a charter for just the two of us, and it was a. beautiful day off the rocks!
Yeah my brother brought a few bluefish back and we tried grilling it- didn’t turn out well- mushy, oily, and real fishy tasting- I woudl imagine though that raw wouldn’t be as mushy and perhaps not as oily- I think the cooking just brings out the mushy and oiliness of it-
Enjoyed the discussion too- broguht back good memories- I’m just a casual fisherman- (Though summers i woudl go as often as possible after work, weekends etc-) nothign serious- or at least i used to be- now i just have the memories- and good ones at that- Nothing liek beign out on the water on a warm sunny day, just enjoying it all-
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