Northeast migration calendars
Northeast inshore migration.
Maine to New York — the cold-water end of the Atlantic migration, with short but intense seasons for striped bass, bluefish, and fluke.
Active in the Northeast — May
Regions
- Maine & New Hampshire CoastMaine, New Hampshire
Rocky shoreline, deep cold-water coves, and tidal estuaries from Casco Bay to the Isles of Shoals.
- Massachusetts, Cape Cod & IslandsMassachusetts
Massachusetts Bay, Cape Cod's hooked shoreline, and the surrounding islands — Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, the Elizabeth Islands.
- Rhode Island & Connecticut SoundRhode Island, Connecticut
Block Island Sound, Narragansett Bay, and the eastern Connecticut shore — protected estuaries and offshore island structure.
- Long Island Sound & New York BightNew York
Long Island Sound on the north shore, the open Atlantic on the south shore, and the New York Bight where the coast turns south.