Best lures for bluefish?
Jun 27, 2020 10:50:32 #
tuboshu
Loc: Kennebunk, Maine
The blues are beginning to show up here in Maine. What are some good lures for them? I don't use live bait..
Jun 27, 2020 11:25:04 #
Jun 27, 2020 11:41:55 #
tuboshu
Loc: Kennebunk, Maine
Yankeeblue wrote:
Diamond jig has always been the standard that I know
I remember those. I used to use them for cod, but they were pretty large. Perhaps a smaller size would be better.
Jun 27, 2020 11:46:41 #
They can be large, but there are different sizes. Bluefish will go after anything shiny
Jun 27, 2020 11:57:35 #
When you see blues feeding, top water lures are really fun. They are so aggressive the strikes can be awesome. Another good and smaller lure is the rapala
Jun 27, 2020 11:59:08 #
tuboshu
Loc: Kennebunk, Maine
Yankeeblue wrote:
They can be large, but there are different sizes. Bluefish will go after anything shiny
I'm good then. I have more shiny stuff than a cheap flea market. Thanks.
Jun 27, 2020 12:01:23 #
tuboshu
Loc: Kennebunk, Maine
Yankeeblue wrote:
When you see blues feeding, top water lures are really fun. They are so aggressive the strikes can be awesome. Another good and smaller lure is the rapala
Got those too. And wire leader.
Jun 27, 2020 12:16:51 #
Any kind of metal. Hopkins, Kastmaster, Krocodile, Ava jigs. Just avoid anything with rubber because they destroy them. They will hit topwater plugs, swimmers etc, just keep in mind that they can bite through 90# wire. Any plug you use will have holes in it soon.
Jun 27, 2020 12:22:11 #
Here in NC they use plugs different colors but most red and white I have caught them on fresh shrimp with a bottom rig and sometimes when reeling the line back in they hit and if your catch is small they lock on to it
Jun 28, 2020 08:05:43 #
Capt. Lou
Loc: PA
Ava diamond jigs A27 thru 67 depending on conditions ! Also sometimes added tails will catch better not always but I would have some of those in my bag as well !
Jun 28, 2020 14:41:23 #
tuboshu wrote:
The blues are beginning to show up here in Maine. What are some good lures for them? I don't use live bait..
try an atom's popper (blue and white with a bucktail 3/4 oz)
Jun 28, 2020 16:22:11 #
Diamond jigs, kastmasters, large silver spoons, probably anything white with or without red. I tie squid flies and caught them on that. My brothers and I have caught snapper blues (juveniles) on smaller 1-1/2” or so spoons. Great fun, great action, terrific fighters no matter what size. And, though strong tasting, good table fare, loaded with omega fatty acids and good for you.
Jun 28, 2020 16:40:18 #
Chas304
Loc: New Jersey
Anything shiny with a single hook. Blues attack from the rear so almost never use a wire leader. You lose fish when another blue tries to take the lure out of fish’s mouth that your fighting. So, when there thick and feeding heavily I’ll use wire.
Jun 28, 2020 17:01:13 #
tuboshu wrote:
The blues are beginning to show up here in Maine. What are some good lures for them? I don't use live bait..
Hopkins hammered spoons of various sizes. Cast or troll fast.
Jun 28, 2020 17:25:35 #
tuboshu
Loc: Kennebunk, Maine
Thanks to everyone for all the ideas. I actually have a lot of that stuff for other fish. I love it when I don't have to shell out for a bunch of new tackle.
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