I caught one over Cuttyhunk that went 16 pounds 15 ounces!:eek5: It fought like a big bass....being still on the dark side of dawn I almost lipped the thing until I caught a look at the profile of the head! Lucky cause' the thumb was ready to slide over the lip!!!!:rolleyes: Biggest bluefish I have ever caught or seen! Only 35 1/2 inches long, 21 inch girth....it looked like a tuna! Kind of a milestone for me...I always wanted a 15 pounder on my own wood! Nice when you set a goal and you reach it....time to work on the 40, 50 and 60 pound bass!:laugha:

So what is your biggest bluefish?

dang thing looked like a tuna! fattest blue i've ever seen.

13 pounds I thought it was bigger but scales don't lie.

#23 many moons ago. Scales were as big as your thumb nail. :shocked:

Boat caught, on an umbrella rig, doesn't count. :doh:

I can't imagine a blue over 20 pounds!!! The Ma. state record is 28 and that must have been a hell of a fish!!! 23 pounds must have been a frightening sight coming over the side?

21# 6oz

On a plug MAC?:kewl:

I can't imagine a blue over 20 pounds!!! The Ma. state record is 28 and that must have been a hell of a fish!!! 23 pounds must have been a frightening sight coming over the side?

Ya Larry, that was a one of a kind day, trolling rubba umbrella on LI Sound in October, in the 60's ,and hit a school with notin under#18. :)

Even Clammah would have luved it. :hihi:

On a plug MAC?:kewl:


yes, but it was approx 23 years ago and the plug was an Atom.
Caught in Plymouth. Not a really big deal as there were a lot of them around back then when you could hardily buy a Striper

I know you guys down in Jersey see large blues all the time what with all the big bunker down there! Occasionally we will get a run of blues to 20 pounds but not often....I missed a school of 20's blitzing the Race 2 seasons ago by a tide!!!! :(

That was back in my white bucket days. Didn't own a surfbag so had V notches cut in the top of a bucket to keep the lures seperated.

Ahhhh....young MAC and his white bucket! That must have been a sight!:bgi: I remember my "white bucket" days!:rotf2:

18# on a 2 ounce Kastmaster middle of the day, one of them non stop backside blufish blitzes.. all big blues, we lost count how many we took.. there were bigger ones caught by others..all on tin.
what a mess.. one chatham guy had us saving them.. we had a fillet party and he took them to the smokehouse.. i pity the camp owner whose porch we messed up.. his buddy said, when asked how we gonna clean this place.. "Oh.. it will prolly rain sometime before the weekend".. it didn't.. :yak6:

[QUOTE=BigFish]I caught one over Cuttyhunk that went 16 pounds 15 ounces!:eek5: It fought like a big bass....being still on the dark side of dawn I almost lipped the thing until I caught a look at the profile of the head! Lucky cause' the thumb was ready to slide over the lip!!!!:rolleyes: Biggest bluefish I have ever caught or seen! Only 35 1/2 inches long, 21 inch girth....it looked like a tuna! Kind of a milestone for me...I always wanted a 15 pounder on my own wood! Nice when you set a goal and you reach it....time to work on the 40, 50 and 60 pound bass!:laugha:

Nice bluefish Larry!
But shouldn't you start with a 30lb bass before the 40, 50, & 60 !!!:rotf2:

we used to get these just about every morning on the beach this time of year.. "breakfast blues".. this is my son about 5 years ago early one AM..

Two years ago we were catching lots of 12-14lb blues in a slot off of Chatham on 9 & 10 wt fly rods and 7-8 spinning rods, so that is my biggest. We would dump the fast sinking lines over the side of the boat, or drop a 1.5 oz jig with a pork trailer and hope that we got past the dogfish. We would slowly strip in the fly line, or work the jig slowly up and bam. Big sand eel imitations were the ticket for the fly rod. They fight very well and were a blast.

About 10 yrs ago a friend of mine landed a 38" bluefish on his 9wt - the thing was a monster, and what a fight from the Falmouth jetty he was on. He tailed it and we just sat there looking at it in amazement. No scale, or Boga then - he took the girth and length and revived it and let it go. It was like a whole size class larger than anything I have seen since.

15 lbs on a squid


Good job Bigfish on that blue on your wood :btu:

Tad over 18 lbs and 38" on the back side of %$%$%$%$ in the middle of July.
On a plug. 12 lb test. I've had a 16 on a flyrod too. That is a nice size fish.

I am in the eternal quest for the 20 lb bloofish. Someday in my lifetime. All those big one's are gone. Catching a 20 lb to me is the bloofish equivalent nowadays to catching a 70 lb striper.

Can't beat the fight of a gator blue. Them suckers pull hard.

I've caught numerous 12 - 14 lb fish on 10-12 mono in the old days . These were caught on my 6 ft shimano fightin rod and the worst reel Penn ever made the 240 GR. A nice way to spend 20 minutes fighting a bluefish. I use a lot of braid now but still use that same rod and reel. Reel needs a lot of tlc though.

Lots somewhere between 17 and 20.
Never scaled one.
Us Bombas used to get some bigguns on the East Side of the block (from a boat).
Love,
Rick

A big bluefish from the beach is a different beast altogether than one in deep water. Great fighting fish when they can't go down and dog it. My best from shore is 17.5 lbs. It fought as hard as any 40 lb bass I've caught (although it's getting hard to remember many of those).

I have no idea. I don't keep bluefish unless I'm in a tournament. I know I caught one once in Fire Island inlet, on LI, that had to go over 20 lbs. You know you have a big blue when they get that bulldog head, like a male mahi.

Biggest I ever weighed into the MV Derby was around 17 lbs. It won a daily but not the Grand. That was the year Lori Vandelaske caught one almost 19 on a fly rod.

One year, the day after the Derby ended, there was an all afternoon blitz off East Beach. Almost ever fish was in the teens. I released every one of them. I had two that pulled my Manley hand scale almost to the 19# mark. I was using a big 3M S-glass Lami, and couldn't move either of those fish until they wanted to be moved. No 40# bass ever locked up that rod like that :eek:

23# 3 oz on a blue creek chub striper strike in Plum Gut on the surface but it was in the late 70's.
While that sounds impressive, everyone on board got fish in the 20# class that week.
The biggest this year is about 10# on a chunk meant for a striper. I saw a 14#er a few days ago and it looked very mean and had a very thick body. The bigones are commin back...

I had two that pulled my Manley hand scale almost to the 19# mark. I was using a big 3M S-glass Lami, and couldn't move either of those fish until they wanted to be moved. No 40# bass ever locked up that rod like that :eek:



:eek: :eek5: :shocked: :kewl:

I almost lipped the thing



I think my biggest is 15#. It was a full moon I could have sworn I seen stripes as the fish got between two big rocks it got tossed around it white water and I was about to lip it....something told me not too at the last minute. :eek5:

Got the 30 pounder Ron....but I will take a few more I hope!:btu:

22 pounds, but this was more than 25 years ago when I was in junior high and high school, when the bunker in Western Long Island Sound were thick as molasses, we'd get blitzes of fish that were crazy - many times filled the boat with fish from 18-22 pounds on plugs -- pencils, wind cheaters, goo-goo eyes -- metal -- big krockodile spoons -- swimmers -- big rapalas -- and bunker.

It was the type of blitz that would last for hours on end, where all the boats would be overloaded with blues, fish chasing bait onto the beach, you'd get home and your clothes would be caked with bunker blood and scales, bluefish blood and scales ... it was awesome and a real blood bath. We ate bluefish three to four times a week, as my poor mother had a freezer full of fish that she never really liked but probably didn't want to upset her son who was so proud of his catch.

When your 13-17, you don't really care and it's awesome. There was always the occassional 30 pound bass that was hanging around and ate someones chunk.

One of my first bigguns. I think this one is @ 15#

37" last year up at PI. had bits of a schoolie inside!

21 lbs 11oz Jigging for Cod off of Marshfield in 2000.:boots:

758lbs, on a 8lb blue fish

18 pounds. I saw a 23 pounder caught at the canal had to be 18 years ago. A friend of mine took a 25 lber on a charter out of Plymouth 25 years ago. He wasn't even a fisherman, thought it was no big deal. P.

14lbs. 7oz. won the pool on a party boat. Diamond jig, 8oz. Googan with a 7 pounder insisted his was bigger.:whackin: Google images "World record Bluefish" and get a load of the 31 pounder. I'd do it for you, but my right clicker is on the fritz.

I got a 9 pounder on my fly rod this July in Truro the bay side. I was into the backing in a second. first time for that

Took em to 20 lbs. at the Hill about 12 years ago, A few here were in on that....................

I had a couple 20 pounders from the boat in the Weweantic under pogie schools, 1976. My biggest canal blue was 18 pounds.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/steveg50/bluefish.jpg

18.50#'s, 3 weeks ago in the West Passage. The freaking fish would not let go of the BogaGrip. It just kept chomping on it. His eyes followed my hand like the Mona Lisa.

If bluefish grew to 100#'s I would move to Wyoming and fish for trout. They are nasty critters. I have 10 fillets in the smoker as I write this post. Smoked bluefish is yummy. Having a party next week, smoked bluefish pate and fillet will go very well w/my new batch of Hoppy Ale.

19#s on some old stinky squid <<back when I mainly chunked...it had an elephant like head, BEST FIGHT I'VE EVER HAD on a surf rod ~

I made bluefish chowder the other day. 2 cans of canned sweet potatos, canned carrots, fried onions in a half stick of butter, water, a little pepper and whole milk. Put in 4 filets from a couple 7 pounders. Cut the read meat out (always). Came out good and tasty.

23.75lbs. Old Man Shoal Spetember new moon 1981 with Bobby Perimian on his "Foolish Pleasure" 32 Fortier. Wire with a Gibbs GTS-3 Blue Mackerel Swimmer.

October 1983 (the same night the Marines in Lebanon got hit. Dave Kosweski, myself, Pete Trainor and Steve Brito. Race Point, Loaded 7 inch Redfins, 16lb Ande Tournament Green line on spinning wrapped Lami GLB-108-1Ms'. I had 5 between 17 and 19 pounds, Pete had 7 over 17 to 20 pounds and Steve had a similar number, Prize went to Ski who hauled in a 22 pounder. If we had known enough to have it entered into the IGFA for a record he would still hold the record for 16lb test Bluefish. All surf caught all on loaded Redfins.

Biggest Bluefish I ever saw was one night in 74' when working for Capt. Lucky Singleton on the Sea-Witch, mate from the Piranha, tied up next to us, woke me up in the wee hours to see it. It was caught on a night trip off of the path in Truro in CC Bay. 25.8oz. It was a monster.

I got this blue off p-town earlier this year. The fishing was slow so that helped make this feel even bigger, but it was 17lbs and gave a great fight.
http://www.striped-bass.com/gallery/files/4/6/3/privateer0801060002.JPG

When I was a mate on a boat in Quincy 1986 - 89 blues were the only game in town. Head out to graves, troll rapalas, set the clicker, hear the reel buzz ......catch blues. good times :uhuh: .

Damn Flap....that record would have gone down the tubes had I had my usual 15 pound momo on....put 20 pound on for Cutty though!:huh:

Damn Flap....that record would have gone down the tubes had I had my usual 15 pound momo on....put 20 pound on for Cutty though!:huh:
ya...but you also might not have landed the fish with the 15#
congrats on the catch....you deserved a nice fish.....

I think I would have!:uhuh:

My grandfather at one time held the RI state record - I believe 24.5lbs. I have the pic on my computer but am having trouble uploading it. Any tips on resizing, and I'll put it up.

I feel small compared to some of you guys. My biggest is only about 13#, never weighed but another site member was there and estimated, I'll take his word for it.

How big is that one in Red Top? Biggest I've ever seen.

17.60 pounds, caught at sunrise the last day of the vineyard derby 1985.:bl:

Blue fish are like the Pats an Jersey guys they suck.
Who cares, I torture every one i catch like clamma.
Who the F would take credit never mind weigh or take picture of a blue.they eat there own u can catch em on a butter knife.devil wit fins.

I like bluefish and I think thats really all that matters......this is a "biggest bluefish" thread not a "who hates bluefish" thread.....if you hate them so much then just be happy there is one less!:jump1:

In 1986 in late fall I was fortunate to be present for a blitz of truly huge bluefish.Most over 20#s with many as large 22-23#S!I have yet to ever see anything close to that since though I did get an 18#er earlier this year.

Larry,

2 Years ago Labor Day weekend 39" 21.6 Lbs sucked down a Pencil Popper then sounded and fought like a nice bass. never surfaced until I slid it onto the rocks. Thought for sure I had a 30 lb bass until I slid it onto the rocks.

I am surprised that clammer hasn't blasted off yet ;)
he must be undercovers :devil:
he will go nuts when he reads thits thread, I bet... :uhuh:

As Habs said, The hill used to have some monsters, there not there anymore like that and that was about 12-13 years ago....fish between 15 and 20lbs in september and October mixed in with the bass.....They do fight like nothing else........

CONGRATS BF :wave:
A 16.78lb from the beach on the vineyard 1999
VB

Who knows.. 14-15lbs were fairly common deep water off newport years ago... Numbskull was right though different animal in shallow water...
in a boulder field a couple years ago... in the middle of a good night of 10-15lb bass I had a swirl, set and screamed line... after a good fight I pulled up a 14+blue snagged in the back with a 7" rebel... PIEMMA heard me cursing up a bluestreak from 100yds away, thought I finally had my 40 that night... d'oh

17lbs and some ozs. at hatteras when I was 6. Nice fighting fish at that age or any age.

22 and change off Seguin Island Maine.

16.5 Gutted. So that may have been 18.5 on a bucktail at the dumping ground outside Boston around 1984.

I don't care what NIB says, even though I'm a fellow Jerseyan. :D But I'll take a big blue anyday just for the fight they put up. And they're getting bigger and bigger not to mention more numerous every year with the huge schools of bunker we're getting now.

My biggest so far was about 35-36" in length, not sure of the weight. But I was at a huge bluefish blitz at IBSP this spring where blues up to 20 lbs were taken. Some of those things I saw caught were absolute monsters, just big nasty-looking buggers. :eek: :err:

I don't care what NIB says, even though I'm a fellow Jerseyan. :D But I'll take a big blue anyday just for the fight they put up. And they're getting bigger and bigger not to mention more numerous every year with the huge schools of bunker we're getting now.

My biggest so far was about 35-36" in length, not sure of the weight. But I was at a huge bluefish blitz at IBSP this spring where blues up to 20 lbs were taken. Some of those things I saw caught were absolute monsters, just big nasty-looking buggers. :eek: :err:


I was there for a few of them days.The day before they had big bass so I went down.The big bait had been off the beach weel first light i picked a area to go on (NO 4x4) an I see the bait right in the wash.I,m pumped up first cast Big blue.damn..I made a few more cast's caught a few more an got out of there heard of a few bass gettin caught.Guys lost alot of nice plugs trowin em at the blues.Jackasses...

I like bluefish and I think thats really all that matters......this is a "biggest bluefish" thread not a "who hates bluefish" thread.....if you hate them so much then just be happy there is one less!:jump1:

Maybe u should change ur name to Bluefish..:hihi:
Ya Ya...We kinda need em lots of bass blitzes on shore happen cause the devil with fins drive or pin the bait in.they wreck ur plugs an hardware.They make tackle shop owners happy.If bass ever go away again I guess they would be the next best thing.
Thank you for makin the world a one less blue fish place.

Blue fish are like the Pats an Jersey guys they suck.
Who cares, I torture every one i catch like clamma.
Who the F would take credit never mind weigh or take picture of a blue.they eat there own u can catch em on a butter knife.devil wit fins.
Clammers evil twin...:devil2:

I was there for a few of them days.The day before they had big bass so I went down.The big bait had been off the beach weel first light i picked a area to go on (NO 4x4) an I see the bait right in the wash.I,m pumped up first cast Big blue.damn..I made a few more cast's caught a few more an got out of there heard of a few bass gettin caught.Guys lost alot of nice plugs trowin em at the blues.Jackasses...

Yeah, I hear you. I had heard of big bass taken also which was why I went down. I also heard it was more blues than bass but I figured I would give it a shot and maybe luck out with a big bass or two. It wasn't to be that day as blues just totally dominated the scene. Luckily for me I didn't lose one plug in two hours of non-stop action. But God my arms and shoulders ached so much for a couple days! A couple times I thought I had a huge monster blue or bass but turned out to be a double-header of big blues on the old beat-up pencil. :)

Clammers evil twin...:devil2:


Thank U.:D
Fished on a boat this spring guys rod got broke buy a blue.Well after that u didn't want to be a blue fish....
:err:

I never keep or weigh blues so I'm not sure, but if I catch a real big one I'll often measure length just for fun. I've caught many in the 36-38 inch range and fat. So maybe 17-18 pounds or so might be the biggest?

All from shore.....those alligator sized ones fight like crazy.

I never keep or weigh blues so I'm not sure, but if I catch a real big one I'll often measure length just for fun. I've caught many in the 36-38 inch range and fat. So maybe 17-18 pounds or so might be the biggest?

All from shore.....those alligator sized ones fight like crazy.

Yeah me too. Just not as big..mine was around 35" and id guess 12lbs..

Had fun gettin that one in...it dogged like crazy

38" 18 Pounds 2 years ago on one of my poppers... I thought sure it was 35 pound bass... would've weighed more but it spit up 2 coffee cup sized balls of bunker.

My friend caught one a few years before on a deadly #^&#^&#^&#^& that measured 46" he released it... had to be close to that 28 pound record if not way over... what a horse!

17 lbs, from the beach in R.I. on fresh peanut bunker 5 or 6 years ago in Sept. is my best.

14 lbs.

It was also my first bluefish (that I remeber)

Bout 15 years ago.. WAY inside the taunton river - like past the Berkelely Bridge. .. You could of walked across the pogies in there that year.

off Ptown, 5 years ago - on squid - 17 lbs. 3 huge leaps out of the water, down deep and then came at the boat - :scream:

one night last year- walked 30 minutes to a spot and took 3 casts with a darter into the rrrrrip- first cast had all hooks straightened- I figured it was a horse bass over 40 lbs. 2nd cast after bending my hools back- 14.5 lbs on the boga- next cast 15.5 lbs.. after that i screwed outta there.. to me, gator bloos are a nice fight, but its not what i am after.

17# on a wonderbread windcheater.

Wonderbread wincheater from Indiana?

consecutive casts from the beach one night two years ago, both fish were 40" and I figured over eighteen lbs. They fought so hard I still thought the second one was a bass over 40

clammer wouldnt know the real leangh because he cuts off there heads befor he has a chance to measure. haha jk.... kinda


oOo BLUE FISH LOOK OUT FOR CLAMMER:eyes:

Good job Larry.

Back in the day when the harbor was loaded with pogies, we used to chunk them up one after another,, not over 20lbs, but pretty close.

Didn't matter too much cause we lost count after like 30 each.
We wouldnt leave til we ran out of bait.

I'm not sure what was my biggest weight, but I recall getting about $1.50 a pound a few times !!!
My son Leo got one last year a bit over 12lbs @ 7 years old :cool:

I want to know,
What's Clammer's biggest blue fish ???:conf:

dont forget...... minus the head hahahaha


:doh: poor fishy:hang:

JK CLAMMER:btu:

Just look what was found in Clammer's Tin Boat!!!! And he says he hates Blooooofish!!!!

Wonderbread wincheater from Indiana?

Ahhh No. Wonderbread wincheater I got from Cabelas in PA for $3.
Discount bin.:cool:

I'm not sure what was my biggest weight, but I recall getting about $1.50 a pound a few times !!!
My son Leo got one last year a bit over 12lbs @ 7 years old :cool:

Wow.. I never remember it being over a buck for those things...

Wow.. I never remember it being over a buck for those things...

Buck and a quarter this past spring at "Cat Fish" ;)

Also had a night in Quicks about 6-7 years ago that was all 15+lb Bluefish piled up on the ledge for a solid 2 hours.

Couldn't get chunks in the water fast enough, eventually gave up after being so tired you couldn't lift a rod.

East end blitzes in the early 90's :hihi:

This weekend last year we had fished bass all nite in "Truro." Took a quick ride over to Corn Hill mid morning. The beach was littered with all sorts of bait carnage....heads...tails....full bodies. No sign of surface activity. First cast with a popper and it was inhaled the second it hit the water. There were schools of alligator blues chasing peanuts up and down the beach. At one point in the tide we had bait clinging to our wader and blues crashing around us. Took what had to be a 20lber on a 3 oz pink surface tension. We had been into fish around 15 lbs for an hour or two, I'll never forget my brothers face when he saw the fish I hauled onto the beach. It was a freakin' slob. :humpty:

I saw Larry's trophy monster Blue in Cutty--WOW, fat like a basketball. My biggest was a 19.5 pounder I caught using a 3 oz pencil on Island Beach State Park last spring. I just stood there on the beach staring at it in disbelief. Some of my friends thought I was crazy so we went back the following day and I got a 19.0 on the first cast of the morning. The guy next to me got an 18.5 pounder and it was his first day surf fishing ever.

Hey Larry,
Thanks for the plug, you and Don are great guys, we'll have to hook up sometime in the future.

-Scott

19lb 6oz in 87 on a Kastmaster. 39". Scared me!

Hey Scott! Was wondering when you were gonna show up! :wave:

Larry...where's the damn picture?????:smash: :smash: :smash:

Don is supposed to post it!:gf:

I caught one over Cuttyhunk that went 16 pounds 15 ounces!:eek5: It fought like a big bass....being still on the dark side of dawn I almost lipped the thing until I caught a look at the profile of the head! Lucky cause' the thumb was ready to slide over the lip!!!!:rolleyes: Biggest bluefish I have ever caught or seen! Only 35 1/2 inches long, 21 inch girth....it looked like a tuna! Kind of a milestone for me...I always wanted a 15 pounder on my own wood! Nice when you set a goal and you reach it....time to work on the 40, 50 and 60 pound bass!:laugha:

So what is your biggest bluefish?


Nice fish larry !:musc:
But you haven't fought a big blue fish till you've fought it's bigger cousin, TUNA !!!

I bet its the balls Ronnie!:kewl:

I bet its the balls Ronnie!:kewl:


$100.00 per person on my boat and you can find out for you're self !!!

I bet its the balls Ronnie!:kewl:


Larry,
Take me surf fishing for the fall run !!!

just shy of 17#'s for me... I was 16 and I caught two that were almost identical...

like many others have stated, several days of tons of teen size fish..

our group stopped counting at 77 landed one day in dec on the OBX.... all over 12#'s on metal.... haven't seen em here in big numbers like that since about 92 :rollem:

$100.00 Raider Ron and off we go!:hihi:

Just kidding Ron.....let me see what we can do...you got waders right?

I forget the excat year but it was in the early 90's and it was definitely the Friday , Sat , Sunday after Thanksgiving , myself , my friend Chris from New Jersey and about 50 other people along east beach caught huge blues. We weighed a few we had cleaned and brought home and after gutting they were still 22 to 23 pounds.

Never saw them that big before or since but we caught them fairly regularly that whole weekend.

I forget the excat year but it was in the early 90's and it was definitely the Friday , Sat , Sunday after Thanksgiving , myself , my friend Chris from New Jersey and about 50 other people along east beach caught huge blues. We weighed a few we had cleaned and brought home and after gutting they were still 22 to 23 pounds.

Never saw them that big before or since but we caught them fairly regularly that whole weekend.

That's how it was for me back in '86 even later though.Dec.1st the day before I went in the USAF.One of my fondest memories.The 'ol Shimano Speedmaster spinner's drag screaming and the 9ft Ugly Stik bent right at the grip.

i caught one that was 8 pounds at Race Point down the Cape

It came in first place in the MSBA tournament in the junior land division

I managed to get it away from the seal that was chasing it, but I was able to get it away from him