| Even when you have the right bluefish fishing | | | | choice of bait for catching bluefish. |
| lure you have to have the right bait to get a | | | | |
| bite. The right bait for your lure will have | | | | Mackerel and Herring |
| you bringing back catch after catch every | | | | |
| time that you go out fishing. Blue fish are | | | | These are two more types of fish that you can |
| particular in what they will go after, so | | | | use on your bluefish fishing lure to yield |
| putting the right bait on your lure can make | | | | successful results. These baits are a little |
| all the difference for you, it can make or | | | | more expensive if you are buying them, but if |
| break your fishing trip. Bluefish are | | | | you are catching your own bait they are a |
| predatory so they tend to like cut bait and | | | | good choice. If you catch and prepare your |
| they prefer actual fish, so it is not wise to | | | | own bait make sure that you put mackerel and |
| use artificial bait. | | | | herring on ice right away and freeze it |
| | | | immediately when you get home if you aren't |
| Menhaden or Bunker | | | | using it that day. These fish lose their |
| | | | flavor quickly so to be used effectively as |
| Menhaden otherwise known as bunker is an | | | | bait on your lure they need to be properly |
| excellent choice of bait to use with your | | | | preserved. |
| bluefish fishing lure. These sardine like | | | | |
| fish have a strong flavor that attracts | | | | Hopkins Artificial Bait |
| bluefish. Any type of bottom fish like | | | | |
| menhaden or bunker will work well as bait for | | | | Although artificial bait isn't the optimal |
| a fishing lure. You can even use anchovies. | | | | choice for your lure, it can work if you buy |
| Some of the other bottom feeder fish in this | | | | the right kind. Hopkins is the artificial |
| category of bait would include, jacks, | | | | bait that is most commonly recommended for |
| weakfish, grunts, shrimp and squid. | | | | bluefish fishing lures, but there are other |
| | | | types that work as well. Those would include, |
| Mullet | | | | top water popper or pony tails. |
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| Mullet is another excellent fish that can be | | | | There are several other baits that work well |
| used with your bluefish fishing lure. Mullet | | | | for bluefish lures. Those baits would |
| have a round silvery body with dark blue and | | | | include, ladyfish, eels and killifish. The |
| green stripes on their sides. Mullet can be | | | | real importance to selecting a bluefish |
| used as bait for your lure live, dead, whole | | | | fishing lure bait must be placed on using a |
| or cut. Most fisherman use mullet whole | | | | fresh bait regardless of which bait that you |
| hooked through the nose. Some chop it into | | | | choose. |
| small chunks. Either way it is a very popular | | | | |