South Jersey Surf

[vikesdad]

Going to be down the shore over the weekend. Anything happening from the surf from Barnegat down to Ventnor ? Was down Brigantine two weeks ago and had decent action with mullet rigs for snappers. After dark it was chaos as I lost a dozen rigs due to bite offs. Have to figure it was marauding blues. Just trying to maximize action for the minimal time I have available. If Brigantine is heated up a bit I can go back down. I know it's supposed to blow Friday but hoping things settle down Sat/Sun

[MudCat08]

Told ya it was going to be nuts after dark haha! I keep wondering what is slicing our lines. Bluefish schools reaching critical mass.

Will be down there again tonight. I'll post an update of what happens.

[vikesdad]

Its was nuts....My wife was like " you're going to give yourself a heart attack !!!". Huge runs, couldn't turn the fish and then nothing...bite offs at the hook, at the leader, 10 feet up from the hook...I was McGyvering rigs and couldn't keep one on for longer than 1 minute

[Skolmann]

Sounds like sharks biting you off, not bluefish.

[tjd24]

Originally Posted by Skolmann

Sounds like sharks biting you off, not bluefish.

X2

[vikesdad]

Thought crossed my mind but the fact that it happened a dozen times over a 3 hr period seemed to be a bit much for sharks. My experience down there was the sharks were more solitary. If I consistently broke off at the same spot I would blame the sharks. I thought that with the breakoffs occurring far away from the leader it was a "turned on" blue that was whipped into a frenzy after his friend was hooked up.