Non-Fly July 20th meat haul

[SilverFly]

Sables, petrale and yellowtail rockfish were at 600'

Yum, YUM, and yum. I actually stopped at our local fish market last night specifically for some petrale but they had sold out. Can't even catch what I want from a good fish monger!

Has to be one of the most amazing combined PNW catches ever!

 

[SilverFly]

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Bluefin, albacore, sablefish, petrale, yellowtail rockfish, coho, chinook

Just curious. That yellowtail rockfish looks it might actually be a widow rockfish, a.k.a "brown bomber". Not nit picking. Trying to ID the bazillion varieties of rockfish can be challenging, and interesting.

 

[Brute]

Miso black cod...yum. I better get down there soon with some rods & reels to barter for a trip out...

 

[Evan B]

Just curious. That yellowtail rockfish looks it might actually be a widow rockfish, a.k.a "brown bomber". Not nit picking. Trying to ID the bazillion varieties of rockfish can be challenging, and interesting.

They're verrrry similar looking fish. I've mixed them up before. Thankfully, both are legal to keep so don't matter much. The two I really struggle to tell apart inshore are quillbacks vs coppers.

On this one, there's black in the fins, which widows don't usually have. Yellowtails also tend to be a bit bigger. don't think I've ever caught a widow over like 15"

 

[SilverFly]

Miso black cod...yum. I better get down there soon with some rods & reels to barter for a trip out...

A fav on the menu of a local Hawaiian/Japanese sorta fusion restaurant. I have a mild dairy allergy but will take a grumbly stomach for this:



Also love smoked blackcod.

 

[Brute]

A fav on the menu of a local Hawaiian/Japanese sorta fusion restaurant. I have a mild dairy allergy but will take a grumbly stomach for this:

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Also love smoked blackcod.

It's a staple in the Islands...where it is called Butterfish (aptly named)...same treatment is also common there for salmon.

 

[Evan B]

I did mine over charcoal the other night, seasoned only with some shitake mushroom salt. I really want to try some on some nigiri pieces, maybe seared with my butane torch and a bit of shiso leaf to really set it off.

 

[SilverFly]

Fond memories of fishing for black cod with my Dad in the late 60's.

There's a spot out of Birch Bay north of Bellingham where juvenile black cod (and dogfish) congregated in tide rips, shallow enough to catch on mooching gear. Nothing bigger than 3 or 4# as I remember, but seemed huge compared to the tiny cutts in our creek. Dad just beer battered and deep fried. Simple but delicious.