How do bluefish reproduce?
Bluefish spawn off the mid-Atlantic coast during the summer. Juveniles from this spawning period and a more southerly spring spawning period enter the lower Bay and its tributaries in late summer. Other facts about bluefish: • May be the most voracious predator in the Bay. A bluefish will kill another fish just for the sake of killing, even after it has eaten its fill. Bluefish have also been known to bite human bathers at beaches when they wander too close to a school of fish being hunted. • Can live for more than 12 years. • The Bay record bluefish was caught in 1986 at Bluefish Rock near Hampton, Va., and weighed 25 pounds, 4 ounces.
