13-05-2011, 03:23 PM
[quote name='1tym' timestamp='1305080628' post='22231']
your right with the color, but unfortunately color does not justify everything. Fish can change color, most times your right, an alewife is yellowish, bluebacks have blue backs. But as I was saying, juvenile or sub adults can be hard to identify, especially if they are not bulked up, alewives I find are more rounded off on the bottom and blueback tend to be alot smaller than either alewives or sea herring.. But subadults and juvies are hard.
I am not here to argue with you, I am just here for an educational view as I see countless people who go out flounder fishing and call black backs yellowtails cause theres no limit on yellowtails.
Again its only herring..
Here is a great guide to identifying this fish with out counting rays and bones
[url="http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/publications/herring_id.pdf"]http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/publications/herring_id.pdf[/url]
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Thanks for the ID documents! That's awesome! Although they're only herrings they have accounted for many flukes and impressive stripers for me off the causeway when squid aren't avaiable for bait. Wouldn't want to deny anyone of that opportunity to catch fish when the squid aren't around.
your right with the color, but unfortunately color does not justify everything. Fish can change color, most times your right, an alewife is yellowish, bluebacks have blue backs. But as I was saying, juvenile or sub adults can be hard to identify, especially if they are not bulked up, alewives I find are more rounded off on the bottom and blueback tend to be alot smaller than either alewives or sea herring.. But subadults and juvies are hard.
I am not here to argue with you, I am just here for an educational view as I see countless people who go out flounder fishing and call black backs yellowtails cause theres no limit on yellowtails.
Again its only herring..
Here is a great guide to identifying this fish with out counting rays and bones
[url="http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/publications/herring_id.pdf"]http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/publications/herring_id.pdf[/url]
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Thanks for the ID documents! That's awesome! Although they're only herrings they have accounted for many flukes and impressive stripers for me off the causeway when squid aren't avaiable for bait. Wouldn't want to deny anyone of that opportunity to catch fish when the squid aren't around.