Bluefish (large)

Bait or Lure
Bait or Lure

Artificial lures (spoons, tube eels, metal squids, surface plugs), cut bait (fresh menhaden, mullet, herring, spot), whole balao or Boston mackerel

Methods
Methods

Trolling, casting or jigging to schools of fish with artificial lures; surfcasting with cut bait or lures; chumming while using cut bait; bluefish can be taken on streamer flies with a fly rod

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Location

Offshore and coastal waters; Chesapeake Bay; Eastern Shore barrier island surf

seasons
Seasons

Middle April — July; October — December

Average weight
Average Weights

8 – 16 pounds

state record
State Record

25 pounds, 4 ounces; caught at Bluefish Rock in Chesapeake Bay in 1986 by Gayle E. Cozzens

Rules to catch Bluefish (large)

  • Timings for catiching Bluefish (large) are 00:00 to 05:00 am
  • Bluefish (large) is rare species, requires license etc
  • there are many rules but this is a mockup info for catching Bluefish (large)
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