We caught some reds on the coast yesterday out of the bay and also noticed how white the fish looked. We kept 3 just under 27 inches and released some bigger ones.
When we cleaned them today after an overnight in the ice chest, their color was better, but they looked all bruised up as if they had been fighting. Maybe there is rutting in the fish world. The bruises were behind their head and forward of their tail. One had his gill plate actually damaged by whatever had grabbed it.
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