Blue Rockfish don’t get as large as their melanistic cousins, but they are arguably more beautiful.

Species: Blue Rockfish (Sebastes mystinis)
Location: Brookings Coastline, OR
Date: May 26, 2005

This part of the trip was uneventful. After catching several of the larger Black Rockfish, I pulled up a much smaller fish with a bluish tint and faint stripes on its face.

I was told “That’s just a small blue,” and I should “throw it back.” I followed orders and repeated them when I caught any of the smaller bottomfish.

I was more concerned with avoiding the bottom. I kept snagging. Or at least, I thought I was snagging.

Little did I know that I was about to tie into the coolest-looking fish I’d caught yet.

#SpeciesQuest // #CaughtOvgard

Read the next entry in #SpeciesQuest here: Species #11 — Lingcod or read more about this unique, life-changing trip here: The Second Lesson: Fish of a Lifetime.

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Species #9 — Black Rockfish
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