BLUEFISH PLUGs!!!
 

Hey guys, can any of you recommend me some best or popular bluefish lures such as plugs and poppers? For the boat and shore?

Ima kastmaster junkie.....;)

Atom - striper swiper popper

Roberts - Ranger

Creek Chub - chrome popper

any swimming plug that can be retrieved rapidly like a Rappala or something.

Orange kastmasters? I thought that you catch stripers, not blues?

Slipknot, what kind of rod goes with it?

plain ole flashy shiny kastmasters......:D

You catch bluefish from the shore?

CERTAINLY!!!! oh...this hurts....its only feb. and I can just picture 5:45 a.m.....draggin but and dead tired...and the blues come along....:( :( :( AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

A fishing rod , ofcourse :)

First what weight plugs?
The atom striper swiper comes in a few sizes I believe.
The creek chub poppers are around 1-1/4 oz or so.
As far as flashy kastmasters go, there are many sizes up to 4 oz.

Use a 9' or 10', whatever you are comfortable with.

Any rod you use for stripers, is good enough for bluefish as long as it's not too whimpy.

A Batson 1087 or 1088 seems fine to me, anything like that.

Yes you catch them from shore but we choose to seek out bass instead. But in the heat of the summer, sometimes we will take what will give a tug on the line.

good luck

what we'll take!
 

slip you don't mean like a freighter or cruise ship do ya?:laughs:

#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& Olive/white or Blue/white :D

Chrome Creek Chub
Atom popper
Hopkins / Kastmaster - 3 ounce for long range
Ranger

And VERY UNFORTUNATELY, they LOVE eels :af:

Notaro -

I have a question for you -

Have you ever fished ?

..if yes, for what - from where ??

Just curious on what stage your at .. . . .. . . .'...''' . ..

I have pretty good luck on Atom poppers and the Storm Chug Bugs.

bloo!!
 

is there ever a stage to be at!! evreytime i hear about one way,gear ,rod ,ect! along comes another!! trying to keep up with stages is costly! :D

Mr. Macey....I hear ya ;)

...its just when someone asks if you can catch bluefish from shore...I get confused thats all..but I've been around water my entire life......I'm just a knucklehead..........not to mention I did the 3rd shift last night 12 hours....and need me some ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzZZzzzzZZZZZZZZzzzzzz...


...:jester: :hihi: a monkey needs his sleep.....

My favorit is gags graber popper, singal hook on the rear. I hear table spoons work great.

I usually just throw the crappiest lure in my bag at them, but I have even gone so far as attaching a hook to michelob light can with a snap, and that had no problem fooling an eight pound blitzing blue. Robert's Rangers, red and white pencil poppers, and chrome creek chub poppers seem to work the best in my experience though.

There are no bluefish lures,just other lures that the Bluefish get in the way of//////
ASk Scotch @@@@@@@@@@@@@@

:rolleyes: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

They will bite anything with a hook on it. Use your crapy rusty stuff, the older the better.

Slipknot, so I can choose any rod for lure casting?

Oh, I see, John. So it means I must use a wire leader.

bloodcrab, i have fished from back river and old fish pier. im at the possibility of the or toddler stage.

thanks, don.

okay, that's cool. i will use any kind of lures that is cast-able and able to move in the air fluidly.

Okay, guys, if I were to use a bucktail jig for the blue fish? How do I rig it with a wire? Go to the store and but a wire and use the snap to attach a bucktail or rig it with a bucktail by using a labor working hand?

Thats the way to get your post # up;)

thats the way to!!
 

get a talkin too:D :D

bluefish when feeding will hit anything IMO. One night at dinner I was looking at the Prime-Rib bone on my plate...that night I
fashioned a hook, some feathers to it and the very next day it caught a fish. swam like a bunker spoon. Had it for several years and pulled it out after a few beers and the cooler was full of fish...

I was fishing the WICC tourney in CT a few years back. For about 3 minutes, until we drifted out of range, I watched a 6-8# blue making a constant & viscious attack on a floating Pepsi bottle - I still laugh thinking about it...

Here are the only questions you need to ask about bluefish plugs:

Does it cast?

Does it have hooks?

Will it stand up to razor teeth and strong jaws?

If the answers are yes, it's a good bluefish plug.

It's also a plus if it swims or at least splashes, but usually that's not a necessity ;)

What Mike said...

I like rangers they can take a hell af a beating.

and there not coated or painted so the color is still there after
a few BITES !!!!!

Notaro are you in the market for a new rod?

We should have a contest for the lure with the most bluefish teeth marks in it. I've got an old jointed rebel around here somewhere , I had to shoot it to put it out of miserey it was so beat up (just kidding on the shoot it part).I would hate to see some of the sharp looking plugs I see on this site, all torn up from blues.
BUT WAIT, that would give reason to make more. By George now I get it!!!

Notaro, you should really come down to RI and Bluefish with Clammdigger, he can really hammer 'em. I witnessed this phenominon last season. He was bringin them in one after another with this HUGE smile on his face :D

My lure of choice for blues is the Roberts Ranger! in chrome!

Yes BLUES will hit anything at times , but there are times they won't. One time in a FEEDING FRENZY I put on a POTATOE PEELER with a TREBLE hook and caught BLUES.... will try to post picture of the POTATOE plug.............

Blues Lures
 

Check out these lures.

ok
 

I give up where!!!

Notaro, just a word of advice dude.

Maybe you should post ONE BIG REPLY instead of 10 replies 1 to answer some ones questions :smash:

Do what i USED TO DO, create "Novels" and not little one liners :D Belive me, i got in alot of trouble for posting like i used to (as you can see :D) NOW I KEEP IT SHORT , no more novelz :)

Back on Topic-

I hit the blues on them Buefish Bombers, Crome/ Metalic Blue.
If iwas you i would replace the threble hooks w/ Singe (much easier to remove from that crazy bluefish) ;)


Good Luck!!!

Mike

Well you goin on the 15th or what. Did you ask your little sister if you can go.:) Come on now, you know its gonna be a fun time and the best part is you'll get to meet a bunch of fish heads. You definitely don't want to miss it.