Blowfish?

[Loonzter]

Last year around this time there were sooooo many blowfish in the narrows at Moriches Bay you just couldn't drop a jig with gulp without it getting annihilated immediately. I haven't read any reports of anyone fishing for fluke in Moriches? I was curious if there's any talk of action in the area whether it be fluke, blues, bass or blowfish. My grandson's been chopping at the bit but it hasn't exactly been warm outside yet. Just don't want him to get disappointed if the water's still to cold for any action. Even Birds would be something to knock the cobwebs off. Anyone with his ear to the ground about this area?

 

[BoatGuy]

You may want to consider giving Silly Lilly a call.

 

[Loonzter]

Silly Lilly is not what it used to be, they're set up more for eating at food trucks than fishing. Stopped by last spring to pick up some skimmer clam, no go, but the food trucks were there and the tables were all set up. Just saying, thanks though.

 

[pequa1]

I said I would go for blowfish last year and didn't. In 2019 I caught a couple by accident on fluke jigs while kayak fishing. they are delicious, just like I remembered from the 1970s and early 80s. I usually drift for fluke off the yak but could anchor, although getting them off my rarely used boat should make it easier. Hoping they will take tiny Gulp on small hooks as readily as they strip the tails off my Gulp going for fluke ! IIRC, the blowfish were too small to catch until mid-summer.

 

[Snapprhead27]

I got them off the Kismet dock two summers ago. Used flounder hooks and squid.

 

[pequa1]

Except for livelining snappers and bunker, I haven't used any sort of bait other than Gulp since 2005 or so. I realize that if I do use the boat I might do some chumming with a clam log.

 

[Loonzter]

Last May my grandson and I had over 75 blowish before we ran out of chum. Most of those fish were 10" - 11" , not sure they get much bigger than that.

 

[Avenger]

I haven't seen a blowfish in forty years. And if you keep hauling them out at 75 a trip I may never get to see one again.

 

[Loonzter]

I haven't seen a blowfish in forty years. And if you keep hauling them out at 75 a trip I may never get to see one again.

It's never good to assume Avenger, my grandson caught every one of those fish, I was to busy baiting his hook. I didn't say we brought all those fish home (even if it was my right to), we brought home only what we wanted to eat. Don't exactly know where your fishing but on the South Shore of Long Island Blowfish are everywhere.

 

[Avenger]

Oh, well then it's okay.

 

[Roccus7]

A platter of Nana's flour-dredged blowfish fried in bacon fat, a dreamy breakfast repast from my childhood. I'd kill for some now, although the cholesterol could kill me...

 

[pequa1]

take some lipitor and eat the blowfish LOL !