Following up my Clove Lake trip with my Dad I went to the local saltwater pier with my Grandpa to target one of my favorite species, Bluefish. Cocktail sized ones, but they can bend the rod and are a challenge to catch on lures. So I notice a school of about 40 fih under the pier. They ignored the spoon...actually avoided it...and eventually I came to the conclusion that they were
White Mullet. Mullet! I've always wanted to catch Mullet. They wouldn't eat pieces of my bagel so I thought how to get them while making half casts with the spoon. Then 2 idiots appear with a cast net, net the whole school, throw them in an empty bucket and keep going. Some guy came over and told them they cant and the guys with the net started cursing the guy out. They finished the rant with "You want to call the DEC?" They guy said "Yeah, I will!" They never showed up. They crowded MY spot and scared away the fish for a while. A half hour later they went through the bucket. They found a Shad. So they decide they only want Mullet so they throw the dead body of the Shad back into the ocean. They actually said "could you move over? I'm trying to get a shot." Not rudely but I was there first! So I started moving back towards them, making wild casts with my spoon and they left. Some kid comes up to me. He fishes too. We started talking and evenually we were taking turns with a snapper popper, having a great time watching the fish hit the tube trailing from the float like topwater strike. then someone makes a rod reel cast with a cast net tied to the line and somehow entangles a Cocktail. My friend went over and complained. "Thats not fishing." In the end I caught 15 fish, most on the popping float and a few on Silversides/Spoons, but I was mad at the netting incedents.
White Mullet. Mullet! I've always wanted to catch Mullet. They wouldn't eat pieces of my bagel so I thought how to get them while making half casts with the spoon. Then 2 idiots appear with a cast net, net the whole school, throw them in an empty bucket and keep going. Some guy came over and told them they cant and the guys with the net started cursing the guy out. They finished the rant with "You want to call the DEC?" They guy said "Yeah, I will!" They never showed up. They crowded MY spot and scared away the fish for a while. A half hour later they went through the bucket. They found a Shad. So they decide they only want Mullet so they throw the dead body of the Shad back into the ocean. They actually said "could you move over? I'm trying to get a shot." Not rudely but I was there first! So I started moving back towards them, making wild casts with my spoon and they left. Some kid comes up to me. He fishes too. We started talking and evenually we were taking turns with a snapper popper, having a great time watching the fish hit the tube trailing from the float like topwater strike. then someone makes a rod reel cast with a cast net tied to the line and somehow entangles a Cocktail. My friend went over and complained. "Thats not fishing." In the end I caught 15 fish, most on the popping float and a few on Silversides/Spoons, but I was mad at the netting incedents.
