St. Marks 5-06

[mrbigglesworth]

First time posting here after doing some stalking for quite some time. We put in at the Fort at about 8am. Started out foggy but cleared up pretty quick. Started out in 3-4 ft very dark water. First cast landed a 16" trout. We didn't have another decent fish in the boat until about 1130. We spotted a school of what we thought was jacks but turned out to be HUGE blue fish. Landed the biggest blue I have ever seen at st. marks. Probably 22-24 inches. Next cast my buddy hooked into something good and lost it. We made an educated guess after the next cast that the fish he lost was a red. Next cast he hooked up immediately with a 26 3/4 inch red that made it successfully to the cooler. The next cast after that he hooked into another 24 inch red. About 5 minutes after that It was finally my turn to catch something and I brought in a 22 inch trout. We thought for a few minutes we were about to load the boat but as soon as they turned on they seemed to turn right back off. Shortly after that we spotted another school of blues runnin straight towards the boat. Cast right in front and hooked up right away. After they stopped biting we trolled for spanish for 30 minutes or so with no luck before calling it a day. All in all it was a great day on the water.

[luceror]

Nice looking fish. we used to catch big blues around Va, Beach,15 lbers, they were called "choppers" the small and med. were called "snappers" .

[Hit-n-Miss]

Nice. I love to catch and eat Blues.

[mrbigglesworth]

These were probably around 6 lbs I guess. I know they catch huge ones up north but I have never seen any that big here. I have eaten them before but they are just too bloody and not worth it for me. But fun to catch.


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[2true]

Bluefish are good eating just dont freeze them....

[Jhults11]

Bluefish = dog food

[Slough]

[kenfly]

Nice job!! Good day


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[Steve Stinson]

You have to remember NOT to catch a fish on your first cast of the day. Every time I do that, the fishing shuts down for a good while. My son and I have had it happen so often that we sling our first cast right down at the water then reel it back in before anything can grab it.

[Hit-n-Miss]

These were probably around 6 lbs I guess. I know they catch huge ones up north but I have never seen any that big here. I have eaten them before but they are just too bloody and not worth it for me. But fun to catch.


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If you bleed as soon as caught , Ice down well and cut off red meat they are delicious. To bleed just cut through gills and put head down in a bucket of sea water for about 30 seconds. Then put in ice. Not on ice.


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[Salty Gator]

I know a lot of people eat bluefish especially in the ne. I've eaten fried and smoked bluefish, not terrible, not my favorite. Last year when a group of guys went to Indian pass for the weekend. The offshore boat struck out so the inshore crowd had to find food. We caught trout, Spanish and blues. That night we fried them up, most people liked the Spanish the best, some the trout and one guy said he liked the blue the best. That night racoons got into the trash and ate every piece of leftover fish, except the bluefish. Every bluefish fillet was still there undisturbed. Strange but true. I never knew wildlife to get full or be picky, but it happened, hand to god. Sorry to further derail the thread. Good report, thanks for posting

[Steve Stinson]

Them raccoons are pretty smart. I tried bluefish smoked, fried, made into fish dip, etc. Yuk . Too many other good things to eat in the Gulf.

[Gulf Coast]

Them raccoons are pretty smart. I tried bluefish smoked, fried, made into fish dip, etc. Yuk . Too many other good things to eat in the Gulf.

[Salty Gator]

Them raccoons are pretty smart. I tried bluefish smoked, fried, made into fish dip, etc. Yuk . Too many other good things to eat in the Gulf.