Decided to get an early start to the day and head out to Sunglow Fishing Pier in South Daytona Beach. I got to the pier at about 5:30AM and put a line out on the bottom with a medium live shrimp. I then put a GOTCHA lure on my second pole and started to cast in hopes of bringing in a few Spanish Mackerel.
After about 5 casts and 5 Blue Fish I knew what the day was going to be about! Short, but spirited, fights on a medium weight baitcasting rig. All of them being about this size (the tackle box is about 10”):
While I am not a big fan of catching blue fish on live bait, they are quite fun to catch on lures. They strike hard and have a quick little run.
The live bait did not perform to well today. A few bonnet head sharks and a few small whiting is all that was fooled by the shrimp.