Pollock Details

  • Water Type: saltwater
  • Common Names: Atlantic pollock, European pollock, lieu jaune, and lythe
  • Last Modified By: davetroy on 08/11/10 01:04 PM
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... bass101 posted in MA
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11y
... meat7gtk posted in MA
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12y
... meat7gtk posted in MA
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13y
... nefisherman92 posted in MA
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14y
... aqualung posted in CT
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15y

Baits and Tackle for Pollock

Jigs Check Prices

  • silver,green skirt
  • Calms
  • Calms - One was about 17", and the Big one was about 30" around 8 or 9 pounds
  • 7lber, 5lber, and a couple shorties

Saltwater Jig Check Prices

  • jigs

Pollock Description

Pollock (or pollack, pronounced the same and listed first in most UK and US dictionaries) is the common name used for either of the two species of marine fish in the Pollachius genus. Both P. pollachius and P. virens are commonly referred to as pollock. Other names for P. pollachius include the Atlantic pollock, European pollock, lieu jaune, and lythe; while P. virens is sometimes known as Boston blues (distinct from bluefish), coalfish (or coley), Silver Bills or saithe.

Both species can grow to 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) and can weigh up to 46 lb (21 kg). The fish has a strongly-defined silvery lateral line running down the sides. Above the lateral line the color is a greenish black. The belly is white. It can be found in water up to 100 fathoms (180 m) deep over rocks, and anywhere in the water column. They have a range from North Carolina up to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Pollock are a "whitefish". They are an important part of the New England and North Atlantic fisheries, though less so than cod and haddock. They spawn in late winter and early spring on Georges Bank, off the New England coast.

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