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Tonight was another phenomenal night of catching blues at Lynnhaven Pier.
I finally ran into someone from this website out there, and we were both tearing them up.
A buddy and I shared a rod and we caught 15 blues between us. It was so awesome. He caught one on a squid and then I went into the tackle shop and forked over five and a half bucks for a minnow looking lure with 3 nasty treble hooks (more on those hooks later) and from the first cast with that lure it was nothing but pure fun.
It is amazing to me how they appear in huge schools. You could see them hitting the top of the water and bunches of little fish jumping up out of the water to try to get away from them. When I casted the minnow lure (cant remember the name of it) and reeled it in with a fast retrieve you could see the blues coming up 4 and 5 at a time to try to get it.
There was a little bit of tragedy - I got bit on my finger pretty good by one of those Blues above my finger nail, but not bad. My buddy was trying to unhook one that had 2 of the three treble hooks deep in its mouth when it shook really hard and embedded the third treble hook completely through his finger. We had to cut the blues head off and he had to carry it into the bait shop to have the barb cut off and pull the hook out of his finger.
When the blues come, anything that even mildly resembles a minnow catches them. I put on a crappie jig and caught three while my buddy was unhooking his finger.
I saw some little kids swimming near near the shore while all those blues were hitting - will they bite a person when they are in that feeding frenzy?
For the last 4 days the blues come in really heavy from 6-8pm and bite best just before 8. What a blast! I took two of the blues home and even though I butchered the fillet with a dull steak knife (need to invest in a good fillet knife)I fried them and they were delicious.
Hope to see some more of you at the pier!
I finally ran into someone from this website out there, and we were both tearing them up.
A buddy and I shared a rod and we caught 15 blues between us. It was so awesome. He caught one on a squid and then I went into the tackle shop and forked over five and a half bucks for a minnow looking lure with 3 nasty treble hooks (more on those hooks later) and from the first cast with that lure it was nothing but pure fun.
It is amazing to me how they appear in huge schools. You could see them hitting the top of the water and bunches of little fish jumping up out of the water to try to get away from them. When I casted the minnow lure (cant remember the name of it) and reeled it in with a fast retrieve you could see the blues coming up 4 and 5 at a time to try to get it.
There was a little bit of tragedy - I got bit on my finger pretty good by one of those Blues above my finger nail, but not bad. My buddy was trying to unhook one that had 2 of the three treble hooks deep in its mouth when it shook really hard and embedded the third treble hook completely through his finger. We had to cut the blues head off and he had to carry it into the bait shop to have the barb cut off and pull the hook out of his finger.
When the blues come, anything that even mildly resembles a minnow catches them. I put on a crappie jig and caught three while my buddy was unhooking his finger.
I saw some little kids swimming near near the shore while all those blues were hitting - will they bite a person when they are in that feeding frenzy?
For the last 4 days the blues come in really heavy from 6-8pm and bite best just before 8. What a blast! I took two of the blues home and even though I butchered the fillet with a dull steak knife (need to invest in a good fillet knife)I fried them and they were delicious.
Hope to see some more of you at the pier!