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The species collection · Field guide

Bluefish

Bluefish on the fly around Montauk and Cape Cod.

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Destinations for bluefish

2 destinations list bluefish, in the Northeast. A guided day for two anglers runs $900 to $900; the middle price is $900. The months named most often are May, June, July and August. 1 is good for fishing on your own and 2 have good public access.

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Painting of an angler casting from a sandy point into a tidal salt-marsh channel
Inshore salt

Cape Cod

Brewster, Chatham, Monomoy · USA

Fly into BOS, 1.5–2 hr

Guide, per angler
$4506-hour day
Public access
Good
Crowding
Medium
Flats guides mostly sell 4–6 hour tide-based trips; few post 8-hour prices
Original watercolor painting of Montauk, Long Island, New York
Inshore salt

Montauk

Long Island, New York · USA

Fly into ISP, 1.5 hr

Guide, per angler
$450–550
Public access
Good
Crowding
High
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