162 Big Game Fishes 
At this time fishes ranging from three and five 
inches to fifteen inches are observed. In obser- 
vations covering six years I never saw or heard 
of a bluefish on the outer reef. 
The bluefish is a valuable food-fish — one of 
the most delicious table fishes in America. After 
being kept or frozen, its delicate flavor is, to a 
certain extent, lost. Over eight million pounds 
of bluefish are consumed annually, valued at 
about half a million dollars, and all alongshore 
wherever found they rank high as game or food 
fish, or both. 
