Bluefish are found throughout the world and are a migratory species that range from Nova Scotia to Florida off the Atlantic coast and can be found in the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Texas.
Along the east coast, bluefish migrate northward in the spring and summer and southward in the fall and winter.
During the summer, bluefish are concentrated from Maine to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and during the winter, most tend to be offshore and south between Cape Hatteras and Florida.
Habitat
There are bluefish in all the world's oceans.
They can be found throughout the Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries and in the Atlantic Ocean and coastal bays.
