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Saturday, June 24. 2017

Hank Shaw finally caught a couple of large California Halibut. Good for him.

Fishing for bottom-feeders is not the most challenging fishing, but Halibut is, in my view, the tastiest seafood. Simply broiled with salt, pepper, and some butter. Overcooking fish is a crime.

Atlantic halibut can grow over 6' long.

What are your favorite seafoods?

Posted by The Barrister in Hunting, Fishing, Dogs, Guns, etc. at 13:38 | Comments (17) | Trackbacks (0)

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Halibut for sure. Salmon is a good second choice. there isn't much sea food I don't like. In Alaska the Halibut can be huge and small boat fisherman will often shoot them before bringing them into the boat because they are so big that they are dangerous.

#1 GoneWithTheWind on 2017-06-24 14:34 (Reply)

Salmon and Dungeness Crab.

#2 Sam L. on 2017-06-24 15:28 (Reply)

Striped bass, only the very freshest bluefish, halibut, shellfish, octopus if done correctly. Can't eat salmon anymore, had some that was tainted and eating a little now makes me very sick almost immediately. And Chesapeake crab is a special treat, and fresh mackerel can be amazing if done correctly. I'm kind of over tuna these days.

#3 Ed on 2017-06-24 16:20 (Reply)

Ed has a good list here, but Copper River sockeye salmon is awesome. I can relate to the salmon intolerance though mine is lobster instead of salmon.

Ate a bad lobster on the Cape years ago and spent a long night at the Outer Cape medical center in misery and haven't been able to tolerate even a little lobster broth in seafood pasta sauce ever since.

#3.1 Seppo on 2017-06-24 20:58 (Reply)

It's always been swordfish. Growing up in a Irish Catholic family of eight on Boston's south shore, the Friday fish menu was as regular as the phases of the moon. First Week Swordfish, 2nd Halibut, 3rd Haddock, and 4th, the dreaded fishsticks. As we got older, we always found somewhere else to be.

Swordfish, brushed with peppercini juice to cut the fat, just prior to broiling to first touch of firmness.

#4 Robert L. Dwyer on 2017-06-24 16:25 (Reply)

Arctic Char but it has to be fresh,not frozen. Eagle river salmon, Fresh Queen Crab, Newfoundland Cod, lobster and then all the rest. I grew up on fresh fish and I don't like frozen seafood of any kind, especially Char, the taste goes way off.

#5 Capt. Craig on 2017-06-24 17:03 (Reply)

My mother-in-law takes halibut cuts about the size of a pack of cigarettes, dips them in Pan-Kits pancake mix batter, and deep fries them. I could founder on the stuff. And I mix up a batch of hush puppies to take turns with the fish in the fat pot.

But oh how I love shrimp. Sometimes Husband and I will run down to Corpus Christi overnight, and eat shrimp breakfast, lunch, and supper.

#6 Deborah HH on 2017-06-24 17:33 (Reply)

Forget California. For halibut, you go to Cook Inlet.

#7 Animal (Link) on 2017-06-24 18:34 (Reply)

Being a Gulf coast guy...

Not really but I live in Dallas and go to the Gulf regularly.

Oysters (and shrimp) from Apalachicola Bay.

Redfish and Speckled Trout from anywhere along the Gulf.

The occasional snapper (Red or Mangrove) too.

#8 Mike (Link) on 2017-06-24 22:54 (Reply)

..."Fishing for bottom-feeders is not the most challenging fishing, but Halibut is, in my view, the tastiest seafood. Simply boiled with salt, pepper, and some butter. Overcooking fish is a crime."...

Boiled? With butter?

Please say that's a typo...

#9 Krusty on 2017-06-25 00:14 (Reply)

There is nothing "large" about those halibut the man is holding. In Alaska, if you brought halibut that small back to the dock you would be laughed at and chided for not throwing them back.

#10 Dave on 2017-06-25 02:58 (Reply)

Yellow tail snapper from the Florida Keys, stone crab

#11 Jim on 2017-06-25 09:37 (Reply)

Alaska--right now this time of the year it's got to be "COPPER RIVER KING SALMON" !! Yaaay !
The run only lasts for about a month (a little less I think), but oh it is so good.

Alakan Halibut--fresh, clean tasty!

Shrimp (hold your nose when you buy and try not to buy from dirty water!)

North Atlantic Lobster
Alaska Crab

#12 faculty wife on 2017-06-25 10:16 (Reply)

If'n you haven't eaten ling cod, you don't know what good fish is.

#13 Inbred Redneck on 2017-06-25 11:14 (Reply)

Ling cod cheeks. Awesome. I used to fish for them and I would watch over the other fishermen when they cleaned their fish at the dock. If they didn't know about the cheeks you grab the carcass they throw away and cut them out. Amazing how few fishermen knew about this.

#13.1 GoneWithTheWind on 2017-06-25 17:25 (Reply)

Fresh Florida wahoo steaks seared on a hibachi is incredibly tasty.

#14 LS (Link) on 2017-06-25 13:35 (Reply)

Soft shell crab.

#15 JamesG on 2017-06-26 07:41 (Reply)

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