Anyone who’s fished offshore more than a few times knows the feeling: hours of running, followed by hours of fruitless trolling, until the endlessly droning engines put half the bored crew to sleep. This is the time when we hope for just one bite to save the day.
You might not be able to force the fish to eat, but you certainly can try a new tactic for a different species, one that may save an offshore fishing trip: the blueline tilefish.
Its larger cousin, the golden tilefish, may get a lot more attention, but bluelines hold several advantages over goldens. Bluelines live in shallower water (usually between 200 and 400 feet, as opposed to 600 or 800 feet). They seem to bite at just about any time of day, in just about any kind of current, and they are far more numerous.
