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Get all the red meat off when you filet, then cook any way you like other fish.
Member #4013
Canton, GA
If you ever get a chance...Go up to Martha's Vineyard in October and hang yourself some "big-un's" from the shore...
Butter...salt.....pepper and a broiler....wow...
It's been my experience anything is good if your hungry enough.
I never did like Moon pies, But an ice cold Coke with Lance's peanuts poured inside was good to me as a kid.
Just filet, cut out the bloodline, cut into bite size chunks, marinate for about an hour in a mixture of hot sauce and lemon juice.
Then salt generously, meal and fry.
"Winners take responsibility, losers blame others"
Megyn Kelly
The topic is 'Striped Bass'. These fish are virtually nonexistent above the Troy dam.
C&R regs in areas where 'Striped Bass' don't exist aren't pertinent to this topic.
The areas of the Hudson where "ocean fish coming into the river" are not C&R.
I doubt they are in the slot in NY state anymore...but...You can catch MONSTERS on the south shore of long Island.
Most people do not know that Germany sunk a good amount of tonnage off our coast in WWII coming out of NY harbor or coming up the east coast to form up convoys. Wrecks will congregate those big fish. Some where pretty close in to shore.
Back in the late 1960's early 1970's...My family caught a lot of those big girls on live Bunker ( menhaden.....Pogys )...or fresh dead.
Honestly, a little embarrassed at the amount.... Dad would sell them to guys in the local bar...and it was always a hoot to hear the fish stories they would make up for their "big catch" :rolleyes
Fish in the 20 - 45 lb range were pretty much the norm since it was a pretty large bait for a schoolie.
We never ate big ones.... We would fish inshore with either skimmer clams (bellies) or at certain times they would only eat grass shrimp that we used trawl nets to get and catch the schoolies for the table.
Many things to do.
Knots to be unraveled
'fore the darkness falls on you
Hudson River has an 18"-28" slot size for Striped Bass, but also allows anglers to keep one over 40".
Below George Washington Bridge marine regs allows anglers to keep 1 Striped Bass over 28" per day.
http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7894.htm
You can catch MONSTERS on the North side of Long Island too.
Can't remember ever saving a bluefish for the table.
A southeast Florida laid back beach bum and volunteer bikini assessor who lives on island time.
A lot don't "Baits".....
It could have something to do with the fact that the flesh is very delicate and don't react well to being crushed...(as in the bottom of a 55 gallon drum), not bled...(as is the case with all fish with a belt of brown meat).....or, not immediately refrigerated "being a soft, fine grain oil bearing meat).
About the worst thing that a person can do with a bluefish is to wash the filets off with fresh water and then attempt to freeze them.....which is about the same with all saltwater fish. They will freezer burn in no time and not be fit for a cat.
But cared for correctly......good eats!
No fish is better smoked....
Hmmmmmmmmmm?
Never even brought them home for the two cats.
Too many other better choices which they frequently received.
The big tiger tom cat weighed almost 18 lbs . . . and was not fat!
We occasionally roughhoused with him, and of course ended up with
many scratches and a bloodied lower arm.
The archetypical big tough cat, . . . but who could later purr
up a storm when rubbed and petted.
A southeast Florida laid back beach bum and volunteer bikini assessor who lives on island time.
You kiss your mother with that mouth?
When I was youmg I worked at a marina on Ft. Myers beach.... The head mechanic was an old southern GENTLEMAN who did that... He had a Coke with peanuts in it every day at 10 AM...you could set your watch by it.
Many things to do.
Knots to be unraveled
'fore the darkness falls on you
How about we meet there and I'll show you just how many striped bass there are above the dam.
You from Argyle, Greenwich or Schaghticoke?
No...He is from Wiki...but spent time in Google.... :rotflmao
Many things to do.
Knots to be unraveled
'fore the darkness falls on you
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All the Striped Bass below "the dam" are fair game.
Shame you guys speculate Wiki & Google, but can't recognize NYSDEC.
But fails to address the topic.
Thanks for the clarification about the Hudson. Loved Powell, Dangling Rope was a cool stop. We did that in a 16' Baja with a 150, wish we would have had a houseboat! Snorkeled the coves in the cold water while it was +100 degrees. Great summer including 7/4. :cool:
:rotflmao
:Google didn't tell you about the locks at the dam that make it part of the Champlain Barge Canal and the Mohawk Barge Canal?:banghead
I've caught Shad/Stripers and even a crab as far up as lock 9 on the Mohawk and shad and stripers as far up as Rogers Island on the Hudson.
Give it up, your in my backyard and your mother is calling you.:rotflmao
NYSDEC "is calling you" to say you can keep Striped Bass in the Tidal Hudson River.
From "my backyard" I can hear the trains that run along the Hudson River & my mother died last year.
Like any other fish 4 fish mention are above needed to be prepped and prepared correctly. Bluefish and the Jack are gamie and Striped Bass and Snook are mild tasting in my opinion.
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It's been my experience that oily fish (Mackerel) respond real well to a 2 day bath in whole milk. Don't think I've tried it with blues.
That is a very accepted method of removing the gaminess of many fish and fowl. Change the milk after the first day.