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They are a predator. That’s what drives them, like all fish. If they are hungry and food is available they will eat. If there is no food, they will move to the next feeding station, and so on. However when nature tells them they need to go north or south, they are gone. They also hang around just off shore where you can’t find them and make the move when the tide is right for feeding in the spot where they are waiting to feed. They have that little compass in there head like homing pigeons, that tells them at all time where they are located on the planet. I would say there are loaners and stragglers. However when they meet there own kind and size they join the pod. Another point of interest. I have not seen any other fish do this. And I don’t know if happens with all fish. Any way Bluefish gorge them selves, in there feeding frenzy. They eat, regurgitate, eat some more, and keep regurgitating as they slaughter. Loud noise and boat motors spook all fish. It is a cardinal sin to drive over the top of feeding fish.
I see it all the time!
Later, L
P.S. Incase some of you missed this, A striped bass tagged and released in the Saint John River, New Brunswick was recaptured 36 days later in Rhode Island, U.S.A., 805 km (503 mi) away! (22.4 km/day or 14 mi/day)
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