Gillnetting bluefish is a nightmare. Either a supa heavy duty net or be like Besty Ross. A real good sewer. When we would get them in the pogie gill net it was a shat show. Tore it to hell.
You would need a bigger boat than a skiff in order to handle the weight of the type of net you would need.
I once did 160#s GUTTED of bluefish one morning from shore at Race Point. Could barely get them all in the old Land Rover. Even had em piled on the passenger side floor. SUCKED gutten em all.
They changed the regs on bluefish this past season that they now need to be below I believe it was 56 degrees in order for the dealer to take them. Dealers were SUPPOSED to take and record the time and temperature of EVERY single bluefish they took in. Was a real problem down in Westport as the water was 75 degrees. Guys were coming in with bluefish that were so fresh they were still moving and the dealer had to reject them because, DUH, they were the same temperature as the friggin water they just came out of.......Was asinine. They would have to pack them in ice for a day just to get them to the acceptable temperature........So much for "fresh" bluefish.
