(Gray Perch, Blue-Nosed Perch, Silver Perch, Sea Perch) Keep the line tight, but don't pull hard because the hook could rip through the lip.) Float or bottom fish with natural bait.)Ĭut bait, shrimp, or live minnows. (A popular method is to suspend bait from a float.) (Speckled Trout, Southern Spotted, Weakfish, Speak) (Often caught unintentionally and used as live bait for bluefish, mackerels, and striped bass.) (Difficult to hook because they take the bait fast.) (Channel Bass, Redfish, Puppy Drum, Spottail Bass)įiddler crabs, barnacle, oysters, clams, crabs, or shrimp. (Use a two hook bottom rig with live bait. (Swell Toad, Puffer, Blowfish, Blow Toad, Toadfish, Sea Squab)
(Use a two hook bottom rig with live bait.) (Sea Mullet, Whiting, Virginia Mullet, Roundhead) Private angler or from shoreline - 3 per person. Figured some TFers will be after them as the Blues work up the bay. Shrimp, mole crabs, blood worms, or squid. Just a heads up - Bluefish limits have changed. (Catch off the end of a pier using a slow reeling technique.) Live menhaden and cigar minnows, or dead ribbonfish seem to have the best result, but spoons and jigs also works. (Often caught in the surf just behind the breakers. (Most are caught around the inlet on the tide line.)īottom fish with natural bait such as sand fleas, cut bait, fiddler crabs, and shrimp. (Bluefish have razor sharp teeth handle with care.)
(Blues, Snappers, Choppers, Taylor Blues) (Bottom rig with sinker or single hook with no sinker.)Ĭut baits fished on the bottom, or casting or trolling artificial lures, such as metal spoons, bright-colored popping lures, jerk jigger style baits and lead-headed plastic grubs. Use cut mullet, menhaden, shrimp, or blood worms. Use tiny hooks baited with shrimp or jellyfish.