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Smack_8080 · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:23 pm Post subject: 9-16-12 Packery Jetties Report

My boyfriend and I got there at about 9 in the morning and stayed until 4 in the afternoon. The water was kind of rough and there were a lot of surfers in the water. I counted about 30. I guess when we saw so many surfers in the water that was a sign to turn around and go back home because the only thing we caught all day was a 14 in. speck on live mullet. About three times a mystery fish bit the mullet in half but would always completely miss the side of the fish with the hook. I think a shark was doing it because my rod would never jerk down with a strong bite. It literally just felt like a nibble and I would reel it in and half my mullet was gone. Unless is was a mackerel?? It was always a straight clean bite.

We tried lures, live piggy perch and live mullet and NOTHING. I tried fishing top water and bottom water too and still nothing. Since it was overcast most of the time it was really hard to see the bait fish swimming in the water to throw the cast net at them. Didn't see any shad at all. Only the occasional school of mullet and some piggy perch.

I don't think anything was there aside from all the turtles we saw. I didn't see anyone catch anything.

We've NEVER had any luck fishing after it rains and always swear we'll never do it again but we always do. Lol, the high light of the day was the game warden stopping by to check licenses.

ziacatcher · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:36 pm Post subject:

Sounds like blues were hitting your baits. They've been thick lately.

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Pardon this may be a stupid question. What are "blues"?

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Smack_8080 · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:42 am Post subject:

ltorna1 · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Posts: 3240

If fishing live bait, use wire leader and whats referred to as a stinger-hook (just google some kingfish rigs for ideas). Basically its an extra hook that either dangles of the end or hooks in the tail end of your bait fish. You can also catch blues when they are feeding wtih smacks and jacks on big silver spoons or mannolures. Black wire leaders again are a good idea.
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JOHNNYREB · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:53 am Post subject:

We caught some huge bluefish outta the surf yesterday.....and missed a bunch....just luck of the draw.....The good news is....the mullet are running thick! and so are the reds! Cool

We didnt lose any leaders to them but lost plenty of bait without hookups

x2 to what Itorn1 suggested!
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RPool · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:57 am Post subject:

If you are new to bluefish, be careful when unhooking - they have bonafide dentures! They don't call the small ones "choppers" for nothing!

ironmanstan · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:09 am Post subject:

blackhawk78418 · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:57 pm Post subject:

Lmao.. Oh the blues.. double hook the mullet that should do the trick.. And I thought I was the only one that ever got bit by a blue. Man I thought jaws was on my thumb my wife thought it was the funniest thing. When anyone talks about fishing my wife ALWAYS brings up the time I almost got ate up by a fish well she says I acted like I was... I was out at the jetti too yesterday at the boat ramp about the same luck saw schools of reds but they weren't biting. Reds were up in the channel on live shrimp.

THE_BLUFF_RAT · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:25 pm Post subject:

Sounds like a flounder to me. A quick subtle bump and half the Mullet gone. Typical flounder.
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Rocky in NM · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:29 pm Post subject:

[quote="JOHNNYREB"]We caught some huge bluefish outta the surf yesterday.....and missed a bunch....just luck of the draw.....The good news is....the mullet are running thick! and so are the reds! Cool

We didnt lose any leaders to them but lost plenty of bait without hookups

JOHNNYREB
about what mm were you fishing at, just trying to learn some good mm numbers--
know it changes every day??
Do you look for shell??
thanks, RockyinNM
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pinsfish · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 5:53 pm Post subject:

Ran into blues killing my hooked whiting on sunday. Reel fun>>>
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JOHNNYREB · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:04 pm Post subject:

[quote="Rocky in NM"]

Rocky in NM · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:05 pm Post subject:

Thanks Jonnyreb, just trying to learn--
it has been many yrs since I fished the beach--
(matagorda) in the 80;s--
so getting on my learning cap--as I will be down
Oct-through Nov--and I dearly love to surf fish!!
What are some other pointers for (reading) the beach/water
others feel free to chime in
shell??
pinch points??

I can use all the help I can get
thanks, RockyinNM
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