Bluefish Fishing at the Indian River Inlet

Bluefish spits up minnows at 2:10

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Lures Used: Luhr Jensen Krocodile Spoon (1/2 ounce, silver), Damiki Vault (1/2 ounce, WS crystal), Lucky Craft Flash Pointer 115 (1/2 ounce, chrome)

Rod/Reel/Line used: Abu Garcia Orra Inshore (40 lb suffix 832 braid, 20 lb seaguar tatsu leader) with a G Loomis E6X casting rod 6'6" MH/fast

Location: Indian River Inlet in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Date: September 13, 2015

Primary Pattern: imitating injured minnows with chrome colored jerkbaits fished with a fast, erratic, retrieve

Time Fished: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Air Temp: High of 72 degrees

Water Temp: Forgot to measure sry :P

Water Clarity: 30 inches

Conditions: Partly cloudy with winds from the NWN up to 17 mph

Hatcam Used: Gopro hero 4 silver (1080p, 60 FPS, medium FOV) - chesty + external audio

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Overview - First time back to this spot in over 4 years. I remember the last time I fished the inlet was with my buddy Lawrence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrMvQwWFV-c&index=2&list=PLv3E4R_nowe2Ls797GmKZ2OnevgBEIAwr) and I ended up hooking into an absolute beast of a fish on a live 8 inch eel on my bass gear. The giant pulled me around like a rag doll up and down the walkway forcing nearby anglers to retrieve their lines in.

After a 30 minute fight I finally made some progress on the monster and had it in about 20 feet in front of me in water deep enough to where I couldn't see it. I pulled up on my g loomis/antares dc combo as hard as I could and right as I felt the pig coming up to the surface it dove straight into the rocks next to the walkway and just like that, the biggest fish of my life was gone :'(

I always remember my trophy catches, but I remember the big ones that got away just as vividly. Those are the fish that keep us anglers addicted to the sport we love!

Anyways, back to the present, my cousin Isabella had joined us for the last day of our vacation. Kimi, my mom, and Izzy went to hang by the beach and play arcade games. I adhered to my daily routine and answered comments for 90 minutes or so on youtube and my other social media accounts since I knew I wouldn't want to when I get home later that night.

After I finished the females were still doing their own thing so I suggested to my dad that we go fish the inlet for old times sake. 20 minutes later we had our lines in the water :D Right off the bat we see bluefish busting on the surface. Looking carefully in the water I saw massive schools of minnows darting in and out of the rocks.

I noticed some activity nearby and when I looked over I saw a school of bluefish busting on the helpless minnows. The frenzy was an awesome sight (the video doesn't do it justice), the bluefish would work together and time their attacks to perfection ambushing the minnows from multiple directions and fragmenting the school, making it easier to prey on the isolated targets.

A minute or so after the frenzy ended my dad fooled a bluefish into taking his spoon, and was rewarded with his first fish ever caught on a lure! I was using a larger version of the spoon but decided to downsize baits when I saw the size of the fish and the minnows. I went to a damiki vault, probably my furthest casting bait and I rocketed 70-80 yard cast straight to the middle. After a few seconds into my retrieve, the damiki was hammered by a fiesty blue.

I caught one more one the bladebait but after spending 20 minutes with the bait and only catching two fish, I knew that switching to a better minnow imitation would be more productive considering the high level of activity.

The jerkbait is a perfect lure to mimic a dying, injured, or frantic minnow/baitfish. I chose my most reflective chrome bait because I know that the flash from the bait could draw a reaction strike from the aggressive bluefish (when baitfish dart around, they often exhibit a "silver flash" on sunny days.

The change was crucial, for the next 70 minutes I absolutely slayed them! I ended up catching over 20 fish, all cook-cutter 8-10 inch blues but those little fish fought like they were 4 times their size.

I utilized long 40-50 yard casts and a fast-paced jerk-jerk-pause cadence to draw my strikes. My dad was rigged up with a shad patterned jerkbait but couldn't quite grasp how to properly retrieve the jerkbait to create reaction strikes even though I tried to help him :P

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