Faked Out
 

Last night while fishing the shallows of rocks and bubbleweed I hooked into a fish. It fought like a good sized bass, making a couple of runs and offering frequent headshakes. Fortunately I had my light. GATOR BLUE.

I hate those monster blues at night. Glad you had your light.

Foul hooked a 14+ blue in the back one night with PIemma.
Was convinced it was a 40lb bass...

oh well

Foul hooking = add 20# to the fish :)

I love them big blues i will take them all night long.

Epic foul-hooked bluefish battle
 

My wife foul hooked her one and only bluefish one night on Lobsetrville Beach. It was hillarious. Struggled like you wouldn't believe. Begged me to take the rod I refused. After about 20 minutes I told her to back up, whcih she did, about 50 feet. She had verybody on the beach in stitches. What an epic battle.

one night last year i fouled hooked a small keeper.. man what a let down it was when i finally saw it. i thought it was gonna be so much bigger..the initial take and run got me all fired up..

Gotta respect the fight a big blue puts up when hooked from shore.

No I don't..
I do respect the fight of a good pot bouy..:bl:

I took my brother out last year for his first time surf fishing. We fished a power plant outflow which had lights around it. He got to my house at 4 am and were fishing at 4:15. He got the first hit at about 4:30 that ran like a train. From then until about 11:30 it was non-stop blues, with a break or two to rest our arms. They were all between 10 and 18 lbs with most on the higher end. It was the most insane nonstop action I had yet. The funny thing was he thought it was a regular occurence.

We never did get back that far out on that reef. Boy, did we smoke bass for 2 or 3 weeks straight every night. Has to be 4 or 5 years ago.

the structure changed. Wasnt the same. maybe it is back...
It was about this time of year.
Maybe I'll drag JP there some night ......