Bluefish (large)
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
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
Location
Offshore and coastal waters; Chesapeake Bay; Eastern Shore barrier island surf
Seasons
Middle April — July; October — December
Average Weights
8 – 16 pounds
State Record
25 pounds, 4 ounces; caught at Bluefish Rock in Chesapeake Bay in 1986 by Gayle E. Cozzens
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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)
