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Post by deadeer on Dec 26, 2020 0:18:27 GMT -5
I fillet them, then cut the fillet in half to shorten length. Instead of brining, I just add favorite rub, and smoke with skin side down. Smoke until temp is 130 or 135deg (have to look up safe temp for fish), done. Comes out amazing! Saw a video and had to try one. Cant believe it!!! I have a great brine, it's a PITA to make, but it works really well. Hence the "no brine" method. You know better than anybody, theres never enough time for anything nowadays... |
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Post by esshup on Dec 26, 2020 1:03:08 GMT -5
I have a great brine, it's a PITA to make, but it works really well. Hence the "no brine" method. You know better than anybody, theres never enough time for anything nowadays... The other brine that I used to use is quick to make (10 min), just put the fish and the brine in the fridge for a day. Take out of brine, pat off with paper towel, let pellicle form and put in smoker. |
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Post by duff on Dec 26, 2020 2:59:22 GMT -5
Spent last 5 days on a beach in SW Florida.
List of fish landed was:
Sheepshead
Whiting
Black sea bass
Lizardfish
Squirell fish
Grunt
Pin fish
Sharks were out in force. I lost 15 easily. Cut through steel leaders. Some bad knots. And a few I didn't let them eat the bait long enough. I saw 3 of them. One was the biggest nurse shark I have ever seen. I caught one last June that was 6 ft the one this week was easily 8 foot.
Highlight was helping a guy from Cincinnati pull in stingrays. We kept the last one and split the meat. It was very good and great weather!
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Post by duff on Dec 26, 2020 10:19:56 GMT -5
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Post by esshup on Dec 26, 2020 11:49:06 GMT -5
I heard they cut the stingray into circles and passed them off as scallops. A friend and his wife go down to FL every year and fill up on Whiting, some Sea Trout and a few other species, but they really hammer the Whiting. They only go to the Panhandle though.
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Post by duff on Dec 26, 2020 13:11:42 GMT -5
I heard they cut the stingray into circles and passed them off as scallops. A friend and his wife go down to FL every year and fill up on Whiting, some Sea Trout and a few other species, but they really hammer the Whiting. They only go to the Panhandle though. I heard that too but my experience was different. Just like Asian carp, some dudes like it. The 2 times I ate it they tasted like the smell of the river even with good seasoning. Stingray tasted good but not scallops good. The flesh is nothing like a scallop either. It would be hard to trick many people. |
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Post by duff on Dec 26, 2020 13:12:13 GMT -5
Whiting are awesome food. Easy to catch too.
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Post by esshup on Dec 26, 2020 16:11:46 GMT -5
Whiting are awesome food. Easy to catch too. They even caught and kept/cooked Mackerel. To me, that's what we used on the West Coast to catch Tuna (live bait). Too oily, like Bonita, at least to this palate. |
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Post by budd on Dec 26, 2020 18:30:55 GMT -5
Brian, brother Rick and myself caught a handful of crappie bluegill and perch this morning. Me and Brian got out a couple dz muskrat traps this afternoon.
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Post by duff on Dec 26, 2020 19:12:17 GMT -5
Whiting are awesome food. Easy to catch too. They even caught and kept/cooked Mackerel. To me, that's what we used on the West Coast to catch Tuna (live bait). Too oily, like Bonita, at least to this palate. I have been told Spanish mackerel are good fresh but you have to bleed them 1st. I would try it at least once. I mean I have eaten asain carp 2 times... Whiting are like perch. White firm and mild meat. We ate sheepshead and that was really good food |
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Post by budd on Dec 27, 2020 21:52:26 GMT -5
Brother had a good day on the ice. Family and friends from Indiana rolled in today. Brian is taking them to a spot in the morning to get them started before we head out to check rat traps.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2020 21:53:57 GMT -5
Brother had a good day on the ice. Family and friends from Indiana rolled in today. Brian is taking them to a spot in the morning to get them started before we head out to check rat traps. That`s as good as it gets right there, in terms of fun fishing and table fare. |
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Post by esshup on Dec 28, 2020 1:17:53 GMT -5
Nice batch of Black Crappie!!!
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Post by jman46151 on Dec 28, 2020 10:04:21 GMT -5
They even caught and kept/cooked Mackerel. To me, that's what we used on the West Coast to catch Tuna (live bait). Too oily, like Bonita, at least to this palate. I have been told Spanish mackerel are good fresh but you have to bleed them 1st. I would try it at least once. I mean I have eaten asain carp 2 times... Whiting are like perch. White firm and mild meat. We ate sheepshead and that was really good food I caught a couple of Spanish mackerel and they were a little strong but edible. But I didn't bleed them out right away either. |
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Post by budd on Dec 28, 2020 18:18:19 GMT -5
Boys from Indiana caught a few today.  |
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Post by duff on Dec 28, 2020 20:30:32 GMT -5
Boys from Indiana caught a few today. I have caught a lot of fish this year but not many yellow perch...I would love a batch like that! |
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Post by bullseye69 on Dec 28, 2020 20:36:04 GMT -5
Boys from Indiana caught a few today. I have caught a lot of fish this year but not many yellow perch...I would love a batch like that! Me three! |
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Post by esshup on Dec 28, 2020 23:09:40 GMT -5
Customer caught a 13.5" crappie in his pond yesterday that was stocked last Spring as a 4" fish. He released it and was wondering why it grew that fast, as the others he's catching are only 8"-9" long.
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Post by duff on Dec 29, 2020 4:56:34 GMT -5
Customer caught a 13.5" crappie in his pond yesterday that was stocked last Spring as a 4" fish. He released it and was wondering why it grew that fast, as the others he's catching are only 8"-9" long. Wow! I never would believe crappie grow that fast. My days of perch surveys showed some of the biggest perch were sterile. No energy in developing reproductive organs. They were like 2yo based on scale and operculum aging but size class put them at over 5+. They had the organs but were immature. |
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Post by esshup on Dec 29, 2020 23:14:29 GMT -5
Customer caught a 13.5" crappie in his pond yesterday that was stocked last Spring as a 4" fish. He released it and was wondering why it grew that fast, as the others he's catching are only 8"-9" long. Wow! I never would believe crappie grow that fast. My days of perch surveys showed some of the biggest perch were sterile. No energy in developing reproductive organs. They were like 2yo based on scale and operculum aging but size class put them at over 5+. They had the organs but were immature. We stocked hybrid crappie in his pond, (200 in a 4 ac pond); they are a cross between black and white crappie. His pond has a tremendous forage base of small shiners, so there is plenty of food to go around. Not all the crappie grow this fast, all the others he's caught are around 8"-9". The pond was renovated a while back, and we rotenoned the pond before we started to stock the fish in it, so we know it started as a clean slate. |
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