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[Chef Lefty]

What was the best fresh caught seafood you ever plated, and how did you prepare it?

I can remember a huge flounder (48 qt. ice chest size) I landed back when I was high school age. My uncle sawed on that thing for over an hour. We fried the fillets in a simple cornmeal/mustard breading that knocked our socks off. Our location was a cabin off the old Rolloff channel in a simpler, more laid back time. Why does food always tastes better away from all the creature comforts?
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[ltorna1]

Great thread!

-Yellowfin tuna in Cabo San Lucas, on the boat, sliced off the fish, still about 80 degrees, slightly warmer than the water.

-Little neck clams pulled from the Great South Bay, Long Island NY with my own two feet, shucked and eaten on the half shell at the beach that same day with a squeeze of lemon and an ice cold beer.
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[Tyler]

Boy that is a tough one.

My uncle John caught a 19 pound King Salmon on my Uncle Si's boat off of Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands off of Washington in 1974. We fillet it and dug a pit there in the rocks and cooked it over an alder fire using a bbq grate from one of the cabins we stayed in. We covered it partially with a cardboard box and it turned out delicious. We had a blackberry pie for dessert.

Several meals stand out in Baja. We camped at Bahia De Los Angeles on the Sea of Cortez side in 2005 and ate well. This night we had c-o-ckles that we gathered over at Punta Gringa.


This was another Baja deal from the Pacific side - Spiny lobsters and California Halibut.




And yet another lobster dinner this from 2007 deglazed disc with box wine LOL!

[Stump]

Fresh Red Snapper, broiled, then served with a homemade Newburg sauce. Don't know why this meal has always stuck in my mind. We were scouting a dove lease and when I got home the meal was prepared the feast was on.
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[Joey Buentello]

In 1999 I was 17 and went deer hunting with my dad for the first and only time. It was at my buddies Grandfathers ranch in Freer. Everyone brought beer beer and more beer and no one remembered to bring food, we han 3 T-bones that he turned into carne guisada cooked over an open fire that night.
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[landlocked beachbum]

Tyler......................... you REALLY know how to hurt a guy!!!

Back in '69 - '70 I was camping with a friend on a big lake, Quantico VA. We fished ALL DAY. He caught NOTHING, all he did was lose MY lures! I caught two nice bass and two chain pickeral. Our "store" consisted of a cast iron skillet, oil in a jar, cormeal, salt and pepper, paper plates and a roll of paper towels.

While filleting the fish that evening (by myself of course) I dropped one in the dirt, and pitched in behind me into the bushes. That was THE BEST fish that I ever cooked!!!!!!! It was SOOO good and we were SOOO hungry that we got our flashlights and started scrounging for that lost fillet, which had already been carried off by some critter!!!
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits". Albert Einstein

[blackhawk78418]

[quote="Chef Why does food always tastes better away from all the creature comforts?[/quote]

Aint that the truth.

My latest is "FRESH" Fish tacos at the NPJ, got the pit going then caught a couple snappers. Fillet em, seasoned with chicken fajita season,grilled em served on lightly toasted corn tortillias and some pico and a beer.

My 1st is as a kid living in Washington state remember driving to a beach with my family and friends about 20 of us, and start walking towards the water and the shore is "COVERED" with oysters as far as you can see. I looked at my dad and said "now what"? He handed me a knife and a bottle of tabasco and said "dig in".

[FIDO]

Pan fried fresh African Pompano in olive oil with garlic and ground black pepper.

Come on, no pictures please!!!!!!
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[FIDO]

Fresh yellowfin in cabo right after I caught it was pretty good too! Not to mention the fresh steamers we dug up in Mass one time too (my family is from north of Boston, I'm from the BLUFF).
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[carolina kinger]

Blackened yellow fin right out of the cast iron skillet, have everything else on the plate ready. Good stuff!!!

[Tyler]

going back to Orcas Island for a family reunion next week. I wish we could repeat the salmon dinner and blackberry pie but things have changed with the lack of salmon up there.
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[lil-red-hunter14]

Well, over my years, (not too many, im 16) I have learned to work with what ya got.

When I was 10, my family and I took a vacation to Thunderbird resort on Lake Buchanan. I was fishing in the indoor floating fishing house and cauht one freshwater drum. I didnt know what it was at the time but I was sure I was going to keep it. We've all had those stages, right? When I brought it to my mom, she said she didnt know how it would work out but she would try. There was some left over bacon grease from that morning, sour cream and onion lays and bbq sauce. I am not sure if she thought that combonation would work at first, but let me tell ya, it was delecious. Then when I went to visit my family in Knoxville, we fished on Lake Norris and I caught another freshwater drum. We grilled it with lemon and honey. Haha, I know all these are very random ingredients but it sure did work. And yes, I know that gaspergou arent kept much and considered a trash fish by some.

A couple of nights ago, I got a fillet of salmon from HEB. I cut two slits in the meat and placed a thin slice of butter from a stick. I then covered it in rasberry chipolte sauce and baked it. That was my personal best, even though I didnt catch it.

[Bigrock]

[lil-red-hunter14]

Haha! Thanks! I've always loved to cook, but I never use a recipe. I just go by whats available at that moment.

[Chef Lefty]