Finally going on our offshore trip!

[longsidelandry]

Just got settled down at home from the trip and man I had an awesome time! We ended up getting a late start due to boat problems, the trim tabs weren't working, so we had to turn around and go swap boats. We got everything transferred from the Blue Runner boat to Capt. Will's boat and headed back out. Stopped at the first rig and picked up some live bait real quick then headed to the Shell Ursa. Got there but nothing was showing up so we made a run to the Shell Mars and the screen started lighting up. We got everything rigged up and ready and on our 2nd drift my reel started screaming! Fought my first tuna for about a few minutes then pulled him in the boat. A few drifts later the same thing happened but this one took a little longer to land but I got him in the boat as well. I also caught a blackfin and a couple rainbow runners. We ended the day with 4 yellowfin and 2 blackfin. We tried trolling for wahoo but they wouldn't come up for the bits so we decided to shut it down and head in since it was getting pretty rough, 1-2s my ***!!! More like 4-5s but all in all it was an awesome day with some great people. I had a great time with Dal and Ricky, owners of Blue Runner Foods, and Capt. Will with Palagic Charters for taking us out there. Here's a few pics from the trip and a pic of the after effect from shrimping Saturday and fishing Wednesday!

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[blackmamba]

Good week for you Ross!!

[longsidelandry]

Originally Posted by blackmamba

Good week for you Ross!!

Yea man, it's been a damn good week for me! I'm trying to end it right by going fishing around the bay tomorrow morning (hopefully).

[LPfishnTIM]

nice catch!

[Jordan]

hell yeah ross..... nice job..

[booyagasha]

gawwww...i love some tuna steak....the meat is amazing...how you cook it?? sauteed' with butter and onions??

[longsidelandry]

Originally Posted by booyagasha

gawwww...i love some tuna steak....the meat is amazing...how you cook it?? sauteed' with butter and onions??

Thursday night was the first time I've ever cooked tuna steak but all I did was sear it in a black iron skillet with butter and lemon pepper and it came out awesome. I ended up with 17 quart bags with 4 steaks a piece! I also have a gallon bag of chunks that were too small to make steaks with so tomorrow I'm gonna separate that into quart bags also and use that to make some tuna salad with.

[Finfeatherfur]

Originally Posted by longsidelandry

Thursday night was the first time I've ever cooked tuna steak but all I did was sear it in a black iron skillet with butter and lemon pepper and it came out awesome. I ended up with 17 quart bags with 4 steaks a piece! I also have a gallon bag of chunks that were too small to make steaks with so tomorrow I'm gonna separate that into quart bags also and use that to make some tuna salad with.

Way to go Mr. Landry!!!! Sounds like you are hooked!

Just FYI, not sure how often you will be eating tuna, but this may help on your next trip. Their meat is incredible, but to me it seems it does not have the shelf life in the freezer as do some of the other things we catch. I can keep specks/reds/flounder for quite a while w/o noticing any funny "fishy" taste. Tuna seems to develope that funny taste faster. I met an old Asian fish buyer about 12 years ago and he showed my how to pack tuna to make it taste like it was right out the water, even though it was in the freezer for 8 months!

Leave the hide on the fish and freeze it in as large a section as you can. Before placing your "chunk" of tuna in a vacumn seal bag, wrap a paper towel around it. Once defrosted in water on the day you are to cook it, remove the skin from the outside of the fish, then shave a thin layer away to the other sides of it. The tuna flesh is protected from decomp by the skin and towel. Works like a charm and our cerviche and sashimi is just like it is on the boat! Hope that helps and didn't mean to hy-jack your thread!

[longsidelandry]

Originally Posted by Finfeatherfur

Way to go Mr. Landry!!!! Sounds like you are hooked!

Just FYI, not sure how often you will be eating tuna, but this may help on your next trip. Their meat is incredible, but to me it seems it does not have the shelf life in the freezer as do some of the other things we catch. I can keep specks/reds/flounder for quite a while w/o noticing any funny "fishy" taste. Tuna seems to develope that funny taste faster. I met an old Asian fish buyer about 12 years ago and he showed my how to pack tuna to make it taste like it was right out the water, even though it was in the freezer for 8 months!

Leave the hide on the fish and freeze it in as large a section as you can. Before placing your "chunk" of tuna in a vacumn seal bag, wrap a paper towel around it. Once defrosted in water on the day you are to cook it, remove the skin from the outside of the fish, then shave a thin layer away to the other sides of it. The tuna flesh is protected from decomp by the skin and towel. Works like a charm and our cerviche and sashimi is just like it is on the boat! Hope that helps and didn't mean to hy-jack your thread!

Wish I woulda known that before I cut it into steaks and froze it. The guys I was with said that I should be good up to 6 weeks before it starts getting "fishy" but they usually try to wipe it out in 3 weeks. I may swap someone for some reds on the halfshell because my wife doesn't like tuna but loves reds so 17 quart bags of tuna steaks would be kinda hard for me to take out by myself and the occasional cook out at the house!