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Mr. Luddite

On 1/15/2014 2:06 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:27:50 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 9:35:10 PM UTC-6, wrote:

When I was up there Rock Fish were still rare and protected.

The best catch was croakers or sea trout if you could get away from

the blue fish. (fishing below Tangier Island on the cliffs)

When we had a decent price on blue fish we would get some but I don't

want to eat them myself. Usually we would just run from them.

Greg, seeing I'm not familiar with them, whats the deal with "blue fish?"

Just nasty assed fish. They are strong and oily, they tear up your
leaders and one of those *******s bit me once. He jumped up out of the
box when I opened the lid and bit me on the arm.
If that is what you want to do that day, they are fun to fight with
but it is not challenging to catch them. Look for the birds and throw
damn near anything at them. They will hit it..
You really don't want them coming in if you are on fish you want.

The first time I caught a blue was while stationed in Annapolis, MD.
Someone reported that a big school of them were in the bay and I grabbed
my only fishing gear ... a fresh water rod with 12 lb test line.
The only lure I had was a four or five inch Rebel.

The birds were working and the water was churning with blues attacking
the bait fish. I cast into the middle of it and a blue immediately hit
the lure.

It was fun landing it, especially on the light fishing rod. I finally
managed to pull it up on the ground and reached down to remove the Rebel
that was half way in the blue's mouth. The fish suddenly clamped down
on the plastic lure and shattered it in several pieces. Earned my
respect fast.