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Curious to hear what the saltwater crowd thinks. If you could pick one state to do all of your offshore fishing from on the eastern US coast, which state would you pick and why?

Not as experienced as some but NC or Florida would be on the short list

Sure like the New England states, chase bluefin just a few miles from shore.

don't know about now but 35 years a go you could catch all you wanted to of blue fish up to 35 lbs in long Iland sound off the bronks in NY city

I’ve heard bluefish aren’t great for the table. Any truth that to that?

STX, I went on a day trip with a couple buddies out of Ocean City, NJ last month and we came home with 7 yellowfin. The weather sure beat the hell out of this summer we’ve been having.

I always heard the same thing. Pretty good fried in beer batter . Don't freeze well though. Mostly small ones around now. 25 years ago you could surf fish or out on the Chesapeake and catch 10 -15 pound bluefish until you got tired of it.

Ocean City Md and Cape May NJ seem to be popular.

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Anything above the Chesapeake bay is off the list for me simply because I can’t stand the arrogant, big mouth yankee atmosphere. OBX would be my first choice simply due to the fact that it’s a close drive and one of the closest steams out to the Gulf Stream . After that, Islamorada Florida.

Fish cakes makes good use of bluefish.

blue fish will smoke better than mullet . and smoked mullet is in my blood. but it don't make a good dip like mullet or kingfish to much oil in it . but as smoked fish to just eat smoked fish it is hard to beat. the smoked salmon fellows will bust my balls on this but I don't have none to work with here

Saltwater fishing doesn't get any better than MA. If you like to fish offshore you need to go to the canyons fishing.

I've had wonderful fishing in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Florida. Friends of mine who are avid tuna fisherman have had great success in the Carolinas. Too hard to pick just one, but if I had to it would be Florida. The sailfish capital of the world.

I grew up in RI, on the mouth of "Little Narragansett Bay" so I'd say RI & CT.

We fished for blues, but sold they to the fish market, the only stuff we ate was stripers, blackfish and flats. In the spring we'd fish for "snapper blues" off my yard, and they were good then.

I also grew up at the mouth of Little Narragansett Bay on the Connecticut side.

If I were picking an offshore fishing state I'd pick Massachusetts.

Stonington, Mystic, Pawcatuck?

I'm originally from Avondale, between Westerly & Watch Hill.

I try to get back every couple years to hunt Black Ducks and Brant.

Stonington

Grew up fishing the Watch Hill Reefs, Napatree, and Fishers Island. It was a great place back then.

Great memories! Been to the "blessing of the fleet" a few times!

The smaller ones (1-2 lbs) are decent if you fry them the day they are caught (fresh!). Else, you may as well use them to fertilize the garden in my opinion.