Re: Singing The Blues
Way back when.........there were sand eels inshore of the MudHole on the high pieces. Those inshore sand eels attracted and held bluefish for weeks or months. The inshore sand eels also held a population of sizeable yellowfin tuna. In both cases, a profitable and prolific fishery was supported by the desired baitfish. Where there are sand eels, there are gamefish. There have been huge amounts of sand eels 30-40 miles out for a few years now. They have attracted bluefins and bluefish and the rest is history.
The amount of rainfish in those same areas has been so thick that even whales are attracted to the scene. We have bunkers by the acre inshore, but no blues around. We also have a resurgence in the smaller pelagics like bonito and Spanish mackerel but they are not bunker eaters so, perhaps some of the sand eels or rainfish are moving inshore a bit. Early, in the first part of the seabass season, those fish were spitting up sandeels when they hit the deck. We were using AVA's to catch them.
These are only observations and not scientific by any stretch, but I do see a correlation.
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