playing hooky

[Rob Mak]

i sneaked out to the coast very early this morning. went to atlantic beach pier. about 1/2 way out i started throwing a gotcha jerk plug. after tieing on a second lure -remembering these fish have teeth-and a steel leader. wormy and my self proceeded to catch a mess of small blues big about 2 pounds. and caught 2 spanish mackeral big about 3 pounds. we kept 14 keeper fish but caught 35-40 -was not at the time keeping count. i lost a bunch between the water and the pier-about 30 feet-normally i don't pier fish. but i will be going back this summer some time. i had fun and enjoyed my self made my tight wad brother buy gas ;D. even if it did rain all day.

zooker

[Bassin_Dude]

bluefish? i caught a nice bluefish while up in the big bend area of fl. it was about 3lbs. i wasnt the best tastin fish i had ever eaten, but it wasnt bad. or are you talking blue runners? caught a mess load of them up there to.sounds like a fun mourning. have you gone for trout lately? how they doin this time of year? they are really hittin good down here.

[mallard]

Bluefish are fun to catch, I think they put up a good fight. Last time my dad, his friend, and I went fishing for stripers, I encountered one.

Sometimes they bite the bait in half.

[Bassin_Dude]

ya, there teeth are razor sharp, they will destroy any soft plastic, and parts of a jig head.

[Rob Mak]

the gotcha plug is designed for spanish mackeral,blue fish-known as choppers here-and trout . i like the 1 oz size but the 1/2oz works late in winter probing for deep structure bass think a jerk bait that will go down 40+ feet.


zooker

[Bassin_Dude]

zook, can you either post a pic or a site where i can see this ''gotcha plug'' i might want one for the trout down here.