What Is Your Biggest Bluefish?

[numbskull]

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).

[Mike P]

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

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by Mike P

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

[Mr. Sandman]

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...