Herring clarification

[cheferson]

Here this one is better

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/publi...herring_id.pdf

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by cheferson

Here this one is better

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/publi...herring_id.pdf

Yep - that one is better

[Double Hall]

Originally Posted by cheferson

Here this one is better

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/publi...herring_id.pdf

Thanks, this is much clearer than the Maine link. I had found that searching before I posted my question and had still been unclear.

I think I was actually catching Atlantic, if the river Herring really have that pronounced of a stomach. The bait I ran into appeared to be much thinner, some with a slight blue and some with a brown/green back. Their tails also appeared to be much more of a narrow fork, like the Atlantic in the picture.

Is anyone catching Atlantic Herring in the area? How about one of you pro's come out fishing w/ me and can clarify and teach me a thing or two? Still in hunt for the first keeper this year.

[blue oyster]

jigging macs on sat. i jigged up a couple of sea herring , i know they are thinner than river herring but they went back over the side , i got stopped 2 weeks ago by the clam cops and i am not going to take a chance that they can tell the differance

[Moses]

I fished a certain area sunday and was jigging up mackeral and atlantic herring 2/3 at a time. I would suspect in your area you were seeing the same thing. Legal and bass love them.

[Double Hall]

Originally Posted by Moses

I fished a certain area sunday and was jigging up mackeral and atlantic herring 2/3 at a time. I would suspect in your area you were seeing the same thing. Legal and bass love them.

I was searching for Macks, and everywhere I looked, could only find Herring.

[Van]

Originally Posted by Tuition

I was searching for Macks, and everywhere I looked, could only find Herring.

I encountered the same as you guys, loads of ocean herring, and thin on macks. Yes you can use the ones we are getting, and they are striper candy....