Atlantic Herring

Also called: Herring, Sea Herring

Silvery, streamlined fish with a forked tail and a keeled belly; bright silver body with a blue-green back.

Coastal and upper estuarine waters as a forage school; massive offshore and nearshore schools, often mixed with menhaden.

Migratory, filter-feeding schooler; a key forage species for stripers, tuna, sharks, and seabirds.

Small diamond jigs and sabiki rigs.

Primary forage for stripers, blues, and tuna.