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Most Blues I've Seen in a Long Time

 | By Seamus on 8/25/2025 8:43:00 PM | Views (1)

 
Small bluefish in the 3 to 5 lb. range were on
the rampage this evening in the Bay.

I hit a big pile of bluefish in the Bay this evening. In was fall action with schools of blues tearing through schools of peanut bunker. This has been going on for a while, but the intensity was cranked up tonight.

I ended up landing 10 of them.  They were 3 to 5 lbs. Hard to believe but they were fussy.  They would not take a hard plug.  The hot lure tonight was a small D.O.A white paddle tail on a half ounce jighead.  Yes, I went through a lot of paddle tails.  My friend and charter boat captain, Jerry Sparks, gave me some of these D.O.A's to try out. No question, they are effective. Dare I say just as effective as the NLBN paddle tails and a whole lot cheaper.  They also come in bags of 12. Those D.O.A paddle tails are a soft plastic, a pure white color and they have great movement in the water. I'm looking forward to trying them on stripers and chub mackerel in the fall along the oceanfront.

The hot lure tonight for me were these D.O.A 
paddle tails mounted on a half ounce jighead.

So, like it or not, it's shaping up to be a big time bluefish fall run. We'll see if the action shifts to the oceanfront in September or whenever the bait decides to move out.

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Catch Information

Species:
Bluefish
Bluefish

This Fishing Report was submitted on 8/25/2025 8:43:00 PM by Seamus and last updated on 8/26/2025 4:47:24 PM.


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2000 Sailfish Point
Manteo, NC US

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