Commonly perpetrated by females of European descent (white) which involves artificial tanning (spray tanning and tanning booths) and using makeup to manipulate facial features in order to appear to have some type of Black African ancestry.
The general point of blackfishing is for a female of European descent to appear of African, Arab, or Hispanic ancestry.
Some consider it to be equivalent to modern day “black face” because it capitalizes off the looks of historically oppressed groups of people by people who come from more privileged backgrounds.
The fine art of fishing for Tautog on rock piles and wrecks with green crabs. Typically off the NewJersey coast in about 40 to 140 feet of water depending on the season. Best times to go are November to January.
Guy- Yo Spank! It’s cold Out there with some ice burgs in the bay but it is the best time to do some blackfishing!!
Spanky- you got that right Guy!! nothing better than blackfishing, loading up the boat with em and cooking those babies on the smoker!!!! Woooo!
Captain - let’s go then! Perfect blackfishing weather this morning!!!