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saturday's catch

The Good the Bad&the Ugly huh Damum wasn't for Good Luck you be in Trouple I wish i could get in on that kinda Action Once!!!!!

Great Medicine Man Kukunu sez:...might want to fixie-up a separate fishee box w/a big red First Aid cross on top of it...don't forget a bottle of toothache drops w/a new un-used H/D wire cutters...it's all relative !!!...cheers

P/S...your cooking knowledge is great, kind'a makes me hungry...but hooks in hand don't help hold'n a knife and fork ???...cheers

Things you need when you fish top water. You need a good hook remover like long needle nose. A fish holder works great and is a must. Never use a net use a boca grip which works great on reds and big trout. PS When you clean fish with elec. knife use one of those cut proof gloves learned from many problems.

do those boca grips work on fish over 60lbs? They only say what the scale goes to and wondering how they hold up to big lemon fish and giant sharks. I'd really like to get one of those. Yes, and i need a fish holder for sure!

and yes i'll be putting me a wire cutters in my first aid box now! That was the first time in all my life i had a hook go through the barb. Had just been lucky until yesterday.

I found one that is about 3ft long and it works great on big trout and reds when you have all those hooks. If you use a net you will spend all day taking hooks out of the net. With the boca grip and a good niddle nose you don't even need to touch the fish. Works great for catch and release.

cool well i never used the gaft on sharks yet because i need to measure them and many times they are just short of that 54' forklength so i wouldn't want to harm the fish. Theres got to be a better way than grabbing them big sharks by hand from the water to boat them for a measurement so i look forward to seeing if the biggest boca grip i can find will work of them.

just wnet upload a clip from my cheap 30 dollar sunglass cameras. I like them ok but the quality is not up to par, i want to get me a gopro soon. I just hope gopro's shoot in the direction with the head gear as the sunglass cameras do.

The lady fish was great but it had one major flaw, small bones everywhere and it was very mushy though that’s not a problem with my technique. They were the soft bones so didn't notice when cleaning, next time I’ll keep one to see if there’s a way to debone them better since the taste was great.

Good point with the crab trap!

I've been keeping a log so hopefully I’ll have an article on all the odd fish I eat next year. I usually try eating odd stuff grilled and seasoned alongside fresh trout so there’s a fair comparison of the texture and taste.

For all big fish or slightly fishy fish they'll easily be cure by first taking out all red meat then soaking in vinegar/icewater for a few minutes as soon as cleaned then I’ll soak in thick buttermilk for a night or two. After that I’ll pat dry and then season and cook.

If a fish has mushy texture I’ll skip the vinegar/icewater completely being extra carefully to keep the fillet super clean and go straight into the cold buttermilk.

Then to make any strange fish taste good, after the marinating process I’ll poach in water then add them into eggs, bread crumbs, instant mashed potatoe flakes along with chopped onions and seasonings and have delicious fish patties which all fish taste great in. This works especially well for types of fish that are mushy and don't freeze well. The patties freeze just fine in wax paper.

Drew-b don’t knock something until you try something. Do you eat speckled trout and bass because I marinate those in buttermilk and they taste a whole like better than plain fillets, but that’s just me and my client’s opinions, to each their own. But if you deep fry anything in greese it’ll taste good without a soak usually but I value my heart health so I choose not eat the typical Cajun way anymore. As a nutritionist and previous culinary arts student in college cooking healthy is my passion so using different seasonings and marinades help any meat and fish have more unique flavors and textures. Many of my clients and friends enjoy eating at my house verses restaurants because restaurants are just usually plain salt, pepper and oil though many high dollar fancy restaurants do have some killer seafood dishes which I do enjoy and are flavored well. I personally can’t stand to eat anywheres where the food is only fixed with salt and fat to make taste good and I hate spending high dollars at nice restaurants for fish I can catch myself. I also notice at many restaurants they don't take their time to cut the red meat out of fish and you'll have peices that taste fishy. This has happened several times with catch of the day and redfish courtbillions at restaurants. With a proper cleaning those fish would've been way better imo. Same thing with shrimp, unless their mudbottom or butterflied i don't want no sand grinding in my teeth so many times i hate shrimp dishes at places unless the sand is taken out of the tails. Sorry about the rant.

I also soak fish in different fruit juices, hard liquiors and salad dressings to mix up flavors and keep from getting bored. Try out some buttermilk with your usual fish and you may surprise yourself!

Though sometimes certain fish are duds and not worth the time and effort to clean and fix and just indeed may leave you bletching, lol!

good point, I personally would not recommend lady fish to anyone!