When feeding, Bluefish give off a scent that smells like fresh cut cucumber or watermelon. When you see a Giant Blue Fin Tuna or Mako come out of the water with a 7 to 10 pound bluefish in his mouth it feels like the earth stopped turning and you heart is about to stop. They are a favorite food for Mako Sharks and Giant Blue Fin Tuna. Next we find them south of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard and then up off Chatham. Gorillas, Chompers, Yellow eyed devils, Blue Berries, Slammers and Alligators are some names you will hear fishermen use when referring to Bluefish.īluefish show up in Nantucket Sound in May just behind the Squid and Porgy run. They are one of only 3 fish in the Pomatomidea family. Wow what a beast! Bluefish are found world wide even in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. world record for Bluefish was caught off Hatteras N.C. The largest we have ever put on a scale weighed 22 pounds. The average size we see run from about 8 to 15 pounds. Tail-walking, hard-hitting, train wreck-like crashing the surface baits until your arms feel like they will fall off. We have had countless days when we were averaging a fish a minute in the box.
It is not uncommon when fishing off Nantucket be able to catch a thousand pounds of Bluefish on a full day trip. We like to target them on surface baits in the tide rips. The waters off Cape Cod, especially on Nantucket shoals, are teeming with Bluefish. They even fight you once on board and if you are not careful will try to bite you when taking the hook out. They are loaded with omega 3 fatty acid which is good for your heart, but the fight they put up can be a strain on your back.
Bluefish are by far the most aggressive, pound for pound, hardest fighting fish in the ocean. Have you ever really gotten the blues? If not you are in luck because a Bluefish charter on the Magellan out of Harwich Port, MA on Cape Cod can’t be beat.