You can catch tons of blues off Long Island. The trick to getting the hook out isuse a pair of pliers. It's an essential tool for fishing in this area. You can get some that come with a holster for your belt and make it easy to access. You should also have some gloves and a few towels to wipe things down with after. There's no trick to catching blues or snappers, if they are there, you will catch them. You should try to go for stripers since they eat a lot better and have no teeth to worry about
Tommy, you should get a Shimano Bait Runner if you haven't bought a reel yet. Nothing is more exciting than hearing your reel tear ass out of nowhere cause you got some lunker that just swallowed your hook
