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| Small bluefish in the 3 to 5 lb. range were on the rampage this evening in the Bay. |
I hit a big pile of bluefish in the Bay this evening. In was fall action with schools of blues tearing through schools of peanut bunker. This has been going on for a while, but the intensity was cranked up tonight.
I ended up landing 10 of them. They were 3 to 5 lbs. Hard to believe but they were fussy. They would not take a hard plug. The hot lure tonight was a small D.O.A white paddle tail on a half ounce jighead. Yes, I went through a lot of paddle tails. My friend and charter boat captain, Jerry Sparks, gave me some of these D.O.A's to try out. No question, they are effective. Dare I say just as effective as the NLBN paddle tails and a whole lot cheaper. They also come in bags of 12. Those D.O.A paddle tails are a soft plastic, a pure white color and they have great movement in the water. I'm looking forward to trying them on stripers and chub mackerel in the fall along the oceanfront.
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| The hot lure tonight for me were these D.O.A paddle tails mounted on a half ounce jighead. |
So, like it or not, it's shaping up to be a big time bluefish fall run. We'll see if the action shifts to the oceanfront in September or whenever the bait decides to move out.
