my buddy and I were in a big school of Blue fish today and we threw everything we had at them twice ,and could only get a few to hit . does anyone no why that is ??? That has never happened to me before..

Once before the blues would only hit bait, the stripers would hit the plugs, I thought I was in the twilight zone

Probably just a lot of bait...they had other priorities :hee:

-spence

Occasionally you'll run into blues just finning and sunning on the surface and they will have lock-jaw. It is very bizarre to witness but it does happen.

Had it happen to me before. It is like entering the twilight zone

I actually had the same problem a few years ago, So in frustration I took off my wire leader and used a 60lb flouro leader....... fish every cast after that. I blue that was leader shy? I woldn't have beleived it unless I did it myself.

Occasionally you'll run into blues just finning and sunning on the surface and they will have lock-jaw. It is very bizarre to witness but it does happen.

ditto

yup...have had it happen to me as well......when all else fails, try and aggravate them.......try something with rattles.

my buddy and I were in a big school of Blue fish today and we threw everything we had at them twice ,and could only get a few to hit . does anyone no why that is ??? That has never happened to me before..

Was the tide moving?

I've had them hit a slow swimming sinking polaris type popper just below the surface, they would'nt touch one that was popped.

found a sh!tload of lazy blues off gay head, many sunning on the surface, others lazily picking away at small sand eels. The only way to really catch them seemed to be to hit them on the head and rip the offering across the surface.

def not your typical bluefish behavior.

I would count my lucky stars and go catch bass somewhere else!!

i have run into that before , blues just sunning themselfs not in the mood to eat , last time that happened to me i put on the biggest popper i had and tossed it right in the middle of them i think they just hit it because i pissed them off

Yes! I have seen this so many times up here...lazy, and aloof just hanging out in the sun.

Pissed them off w/the biggest surface plug in my bag worked right over them. Most spooked but it got their attention.

when that happens sink some chunk to the bottom under the school and see if a cow stirkes at it....

Thanks ,I thought I was in another
world . at the time ...

They'd already fed. Note the location and try to get back there earlier the next day :bl: apparently you missed ALOT of feeding

Occasionally you'll run into blues just finning and sunning on the surface and they will have lock-jaw. It is very bizarre to witness but it does happen.seen this myself a few times
allways in the spring.sometimes there is alot of very small bait around as well.there are times when blues will be selective.

Oh they bit today.
Over and over and over and over.