One little trick to help keep the mess down is to bleed the fish when you first catch them. This is especially important for tuna. When you first bring them aboard, while they are still wiggling, slice them behind the gill & toss them face down in a 5 gallon bucket to bleed out. 2 or 3 minutes later, they should quiet down. That's when it's time to throw them on ice. The better you ice them, the easier they are to cut. A little salt water in the ice bath gets things even colder, which can be a big help.
Dealing with fish
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Hmmmmm the masked fisherman.
I see why!
One of those pictures shows illegal catches in Federal waters.
Another one shows animal cruelty, by feeding some beverage to 2 fish in the cooler.
Jim...
I see why!
One of those pictures shows illegal catches in Federal waters.
Another one shows animal cruelty, by feeding some beverage to 2 fish in the cooler.
Jim...
Looks like a black grouper. Good to go.Hmmmmm the masked fisherman.
I see why!
One of those pictures shows illegal catches in Federal waters.
Jim...
My color observations was "reddish".
You better check out any grouper species too.
Just remarking for a friend...
Jim...
I see dinner on the grill. Fillets & steaks. Yum.
Currently we have decent trout and kokanee fishing at our local Boise "lake" Lucky Peak Reservoir. However the H260 has been pulled for a month as our ramps are out of the water due to drawdown. Steelhead season coming up but....can't use a sailboat on a jetboat river.
Just got into crabbing during a San Juan trip - good going until Mrs. Snow fouled the prop with a weighted crab pot line. Need to up my bait game, check pots more often and fish deeper for fat Dungeness. Had great striper fishing this March while sailing on Lake Powell.
Would like to start salt water fishing during our coastal excursions - might need some tutelage.
Currently we have decent trout and kokanee fishing at our local Boise "lake" Lucky Peak Reservoir. However the H260 has been pulled for a month as our ramps are out of the water due to drawdown. Steelhead season coming up but....can't use a sailboat on a jetboat river.
Just got into crabbing during a San Juan trip - good going until Mrs. Snow fouled the prop with a weighted crab pot line. Need to up my bait game, check pots more often and fish deeper for fat Dungeness. Had great striper fishing this March while sailing on Lake Powell.
Would like to start salt water fishing during our coastal excursions - might need some tutelage.
The "mask" is for sun protection, no other reason. The wide brim hat, long sleeves & long pants in 80+ degree weather are there for the same reason.
The fish were all legal. I have HMS permits for every boat I own, other than my tender & my kayak. The redish looking groupers are Graysby groupers. The bigger one is a Gag grouper. All groupers were caught in state waters, in season & complied with all limits.
It can be hard to tell a Gag from a Black grouper. The marks on the Blacks are a little more squared off, where as the marks on the Gags are shaped a little more like a kiss. The blacks are usually a little darker too, but that can't always be relied upon. There are other subtle differences as well.
Bragging points for anyone that can identify the two different types of tuna that I posted a picture of & an extra point to the first person that correctly identifies which one requires an HMS permit to keep.
I don't have the local crabs figured out yet. I haven't gotten any stoneys or blues in my traps, just the occasional box crab & a bunch of salt water catfish (yuck).
The fish were all legal. I have HMS permits for every boat I own, other than my tender & my kayak. The redish looking groupers are Graysby groupers. The bigger one is a Gag grouper. All groupers were caught in state waters, in season & complied with all limits.
It can be hard to tell a Gag from a Black grouper. The marks on the Blacks are a little more squared off, where as the marks on the Gags are shaped a little more like a kiss. The blacks are usually a little darker too, but that can't always be relied upon. There are other subtle differences as well.
Bragging points for anyone that can identify the two different types of tuna that I posted a picture of & an extra point to the first person that correctly identifies which one requires an HMS permit to keep.
I don't have the local crabs figured out yet. I haven't gotten any stoneys or blues in my traps, just the occasional box crab & a bunch of salt water catfish (yuck).
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If that was cruelty, then this must be a caning offense -...
Another one shows animal cruelty, by feeding some beverage to 2 fish in the cooler.
Jim...
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Uh, yellowtail and bluefin, the latter requiring this "permit" of which you write?
Actually, both yellowfin & bluefin require the HMS permit to keep, but neither of those two is in the picture I posted.
Try again?
Well, there's an old saying. You can tuna a piano but you can't tuna fish.
You can hitch a ride on our boat anytime, just bring the fishing rods.