Anyone ever heard of a BLUE ling?

[Olde School]

Hello, all.

I've heard of a ling being caught in the Sidney area recently.
When it was cleaned the meat was quite blue.
I asked if it was a greenling, and was told that the meat was blue, not green.
I asked if was turquoisey and again was told that it was blue.
The fisher is not to be argued with

Has anyone ever heard of these?
A google search comes up with a ling looking critter whose home is around Iceland, NOT here.

Smiley.

 

[Reel Knotty]

Haven't fished for lings in years, but remember blue ones were fairly common. I can't remember what causes the meat to go blue, but it does occur quite often.

 

[Fish Assassin]

Not sure why they are blue, but some of them are. The meat turns white when cooked. They are just as good as any other Ling.

 

[Tips Up]

The meat on small lings is usually blue. No special species. Just a ling. Good eats!

Tips

 

[SnapperAttacker]

Caught a big blue one of Gabriola last month, something they eat, maybe ink from squid?

 

[Gomesy]

I usually catch blue lings closer to kelp beds and in shallow waters. I don't think I have ever caught one in deep water. I have caught the white flesh ones in both areas. I wonder if it's more than a coincidence.

I like it,
I love it,
I want some more of it!

 

[Roll the Bones]

quote:Originally posted by Smiley

Hello, all.

I've heard of a ling being caught in the Sidney area recently.
When it was cleaned the meat was quite blue.
I asked if it was a greenling, and was told that the meat was blue, not green.
I asked if was turquoisey and again was told that it was blue.
The fisher is not to be argued with

Has anyone ever heard of these?
A google search comes up with a ling looking critter whose home is around Iceland, NOT here.

Smiley.

You are what you eat, that is from Squid or Octopus ink, Cabezon can be the same way. It is all Dietary.

 

[gamechanger]

It's genetics, the scientists at PBS did some work on them a while ago and while they are pretty cool looking they are the same as the others with just a special mutation on one of their genes that makes their flesh blue.

 

[bee15]

biologist told me it had to do with plankton their prey had been eating

 

[bacon]

thats funny you mention that, I just caught one last week in bamfield and took some pictures of the meat next to some cod meat.

 

[Karlo]

They can be blue or green (a greenling is of course a smaller cousin of the lingcod, not a lingcod with green meat. For what it's worth, the employees at my local processor set the colored ones aside as a superior product. I've never noticed any difference in taste or texture myself.