Bluefish, bluefish and MORE bluefish was the main story around here this week. The persistent hard east winds that have blown pretty steadily since last weekend put a bit of a damper on bass fishing, with most of the successes going to surf rats dunking clams or fresh bunker along the ocean front. But the back bay water temperatures are just about perfect for bass right now, so we gave clams a try on the outgoing on Thursday expecting to find hungry bass waiting for us in a few of our usual spots. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your perspective) what we found were non-stop bluefish that inhaled our clam baits almost as soon as they were in the water. Most of the blues were of the 3-5 pound variety, but a couple of larger 7-8 pounders came aboard as well. Were there bass there? I think so, but they were no match for the hordes of bluefish that immediately gobbled up everything we dropped down. A quick stop on the flats before heading back in produced more of the same on poppers, so they seem to be spread out pretty much across the bay right now.