When they are not blitzing bait, they school up in staging areas and can be easily convinced to bite. The bluefish are much more aggressive and can often be found blitzing bait under the midday sun. As the sun gets high, they still hold in these locations, but are usually very reluctant to feed.
They are almost always found on shallow water structure, including rock piles, docks, and grass lines. There is so much bait around that the bass simply wait for the most optimal ambush conditions for their daily feed. The bluefish bite is at its best at dawn or dusk and any other time when there are low light conditions (such as an overcast day). Most of the locations are within sight of the Manhattan skyline and only minutes from New York City. No matter what the conditions, there is always somewhere to fish in the protected waters of the western Sound. Light tackle enthusiasts can count on getting into as many fish as they want until their arms get tired.
The amazing amount of bait, especially spearing and baby bunker, have certainly played a factor. The numbers of fish have increased steadily over the past several years.
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The summer bite in the western Long Island Sound gets into full swing around mid July. When these are not available, many types of cut bait also work. Pogies (bunker), mackerel or eels are the preferred live baits. Anglers use a variety of plugs, sand eel type jigs, squid or mackerel like lures when casting or trolling. Wire leaders are a essential to successfully catching these fish, their razor sharp teeth are capable of cutting even 80lb Fluorocarbon leaders. Most females produce about 1,000,000 eggs per year.īluefish fishing can be easily be done from a boat or on shore. After hatching, the larvae move towards surface waters and are swept along the continental shelf by different current current. Spawning occurs primarily offshore, over the continental shelf when water temperatures warm to between 64 and 72 degrees. Reproduction: Bluefish spawn between June and August. I can recall drifting live bunker in the back a bay in late august three years back and had a bluefish attack my bunker and watched blood shoot 2 feet in the air, it was amazing to watch this bluefish destroy my bunker and eat completely around my hook, bit the head and body off and and took the tail off leaving a half dollar sized chunk sitting on the hook…but what a show! They frequently drive schools of prey species into shallow inshore areas (such as the back of bays) where it becomes easier to cripple or catch fish that are trying to escape. The feeding behavior of this species is legendary! Bluefish are reputed to dash wildly about within schools of prey, absolutely marauding them. Bluefish generally feed in schools, actively pursuing prey in tidal rips or in inshore shallows where food in easier to catch. Adult bluefish are opportunistic feeders, commonly focusing upon schooling species such as menhaden, squid, sand eels, herring, mackerel, alewives, scup, butterfish and cunners (basically everything). I’m sure if I made a plug out of a beer can they would hit it.
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