Post by: Sneaky on May 28, 2009, 09:26:37 PM
Meat was blue too. I heard its from eating crabs?
Post by: yelp on May 28, 2009, 09:41:23 PM
Post by: robodad on May 28, 2009, 09:52:39 PM
:drool: pass the vinegar and fries!
Indeed !!!
That blue color goes away when you cook the meat, it is just as yummy as the white ones !!!
Nice Catch !!!
Post by: bowhunterforever on May 28, 2009, 11:58:54 PM
Post by: littlebuf on May 29, 2009, 11:07:53 AM
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Post by: Alchase on May 29, 2009, 12:21:22 PM
Post by: Happy Gilmore on May 29, 2009, 12:22:09 PM
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Meat was blue too. I heard its from eating crabs?
Sweet meat!
Post by: boneaddict on May 29, 2009, 12:36:17 PM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on May 29, 2009, 12:37:53 PM
Does anyone know definitively what turns them blue? I don't ever see any food down there that is blue color and I know it must be something they eat. That makes sense too, since you basically are what you eat. Like a deer that eats wheat vs one that eats sagebrush. The sage deer is going to taste different. Anyone know for sure?
Bone, greenling is a smaller variety of fish. That is a lingcod that is green/blue color. Not the same.
Post by: boneaddict on May 29, 2009, 12:42:55 PM
I'v eheard of greylings but not greenlings, so I assumed it was a green Ling. :chuckle: Thanks for the clarification.
Post by: finnman on May 29, 2009, 01:09:59 PM
Post by: littlebuf on May 29, 2009, 01:14:31 PM
This is an interesting thread because I've always liked the blue ones better. Believe it or not, I think the blue ones taste better and I've thought that over zillions of fish the last 30 years.
Does anyone know definitively what turns them blue? I don't ever see any food down there that is blue color and I know it must be something they eat. That makes sense too, since you basically are what you eat. Like a deer that eats wheat vs one that eats sagebrush. The sage deer is going to taste different. Anyone know for sure?
Bone, greenling is a smaller variety of fish. That is a lingcod that is green/blue color. Not the same.
maybe there hanging out in the area where honey bucket dumps there trucks :puke:
Post by: groundhog on May 29, 2009, 03:38:33 PM
I ran a sportfishing camp in Southeast AK south of Sitka for over twenty years and we used to catch a lot of white kings. The meat would look just like a halibut. With the kings it was from not eating shrimp which have keratin (sp?) that turns the meat orange. We also caught kings that were half orange and half white.
We caught a lot lings of the blue variety and I have also spear fished a lot of Cabazone's in the Puget Sound that were blue. I also think they are better eating. It has to be diet but I have no idea what it could be. I know Cabazons love crabs and some of the sand crabs are blueish green.
I know lings will eat just about anything. I have netted many lings that were trying to eat a fish that was on a line including trying to eat salmon and other lings.
Post by: bucklucky on May 29, 2009, 04:23:59 PM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on May 29, 2009, 04:35:39 PM
I guess the best guess I've heard so far is a crab type.
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on May 29, 2009, 04:41:28 PM
Post by: billythekidrock on May 29, 2009, 05:01:41 PM
Does anyone know definitively what turns them blue? Anyone know for sure?
I was told by NMF bios and observers that the blue/green color comes from eating a lot of crab. Something about the calcium in the shell.
Post by: Straight Shooter on May 30, 2009, 08:28:39 AM
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Post by: huntnphool on June 02, 2009, 09:23:28 PM
Nice! I caught a cabazon that had the same blue color.
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Post by: Bean Counter on June 02, 2009, 09:29:29 PM
One voted for Obama and the other for McCain... sorry, couldn't resist :chuckle:
Post by: popeshawnpaul on June 02, 2009, 09:45:18 PM