Ft Morgan Surf 5/3-5/5

[BassAssasin]

Headed down to Ft Morgan for a couple days with the family. Played more golf than i got to fish but it was good times. Tried fishing the surf in front of the beach house and the hardheads were thick. They would grab my shrimp/ sand flea/ squid within seconds of it hitting bottom. We caught maybe 10 or so. Last day we were there i headed further west toward the point near the entrance to the old military base. I waded out and started throwing a spook and got a blow up on my 3 cast. Not sure what these fish are but they put up a great fight! ended up catching 3 of these in about 20 minutes, then the waves got too big. Can someone clue me in to the kind of fish these are?

[MattW]

First one is a ladyfish, second is a bluefish.

[BassAssasin]

are blue fish any good to eat? they were pretty thick

[Garfish]

Originally Posted by BassAssasin

are blue fish any good to eat? they were pretty thick

Smaller bluefish are good to eat. Fry em up and make a poboy!! Both ladyfish and bluefish are aggressive and good fighters.

[mcjaredsandwich]

LADYFISH aka mini tarpon cause they like to go airborne!

sammich

[BassAssasin]

Originally Posted by mcjaredsandwich

LADYFISH aka mini tarpon cause they like to go airborne!

sammich

yea that sucker went nuts! those big ole bugeyes are really creepy

[82whaler]

Ladyfish aka Skipjack.....aka Poor Mans Tarpon, Bout like eaten a Remora.
Bluefish are ok IF you take out ALL of the Bloodline and if he don't eat you
first.

[fishinpox]

lady fish a some bloody sob's, if they even see a hook they start to bleed all over the boat! n blusfish are some line cutting sob's! we find schools of 3' lady fish in breton sopund that strech 500 yards just making the water boil, throw a bomber long a reel it in as fast as possible n its like fighting mini tarpon ...very acrobatic

[Salty]

Originally Posted by fishinpox

lady fish a some bloody sob's, if they even see a hook they start to bleed all over the boat! n blusfish are some line cutting sob's! we find schools of 3' lady fish in breton sopund that strech 500 yards just making the water boil, throw a bomber long a reel it in as fast as possible n its like fighting mini tarpon ...very acrobatic

First fish I ever caught on a Bomber was a bluefish.

[jjenk321]

Ahh lady fish. Those things are fun to catch. And yes if you catch them in a boat they make too much mess to be fun but on the Beach its my favorite. I actually have a few baits I keep just for beach fishing for lady fish.

[Montauk17]

Got into a huge school of ladyfish in weeks bay a while back....like mentioned the water was boiling there were so many. Fun to catch if nothing else is biting.

[latravcha]

Watch those bluefish they will tear you up. Had one cut the back of my hand a few years back. I was glad it was just a glance and not a bite