Blues feed in a frenzy, and this makes them easy to spot from piers, though they are sometimes 100 meters off the pier and hard to reach. There is a single row of very sharp teeth on the top and bottom jaws which the fish use to savagely attack and cut through any live bait put in front of them. ![]() ![]() In 2007, numbers of blues rebounded back to sustainable levels.Īppearance: Long-bodied fish, light in color with a blue or green tint on the dorsal (top) area and lighter toward the belly. In the late 1990’s they had been overfished for years and restrictions were put in place to recover the fish. There are healthy populations of blues up and down the east coast. IUCN Redlist Status: Though in Europe, the blue fish is considered NT (Near Threatened), in Florida and other states, it is designated as “LC” (Least Concern). ![]() Slightly like a mullet or a Speckled Torut maybe. Similar Species: Mullet? The blues don’t look strongly like any other fish I can compare them with.
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