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Maxed out our Rockfish catch....

JethroVA
JethroVA Posts: 1,251
in Seafood

Rockfish for dinner the next few nights plus going in the freezer.  Four of us caught our limit of two each in 3 hours.  Best rockfish day ever.  Chesapeake Bay out of Deltaville.   My brother is the captain and I run the back of the boat.  That's me in the middle with my bro and son.  Four were more than 30", Biggest was 33".  We've caught bigger rockfish but this was the most pounds we boated.   I'm thinking of pan searing and topping with a lemon butter cream sauce. 

Richmond and Mathews County, VA. Large BGE, Weber gas, little Weber charcoal. Vintage ManGrates. Little reddish portable kamado that shall remain nameless here.  Very Extremely Stable Genius. 
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  • Woodchunk
    Woodchunk Posts: 911
    Very nice. Great eating there
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    Yes! "Rockfish Chesapeake" some of those bad boys with crab imperial. Oysters raw and fried for appetizers and tell me what time to arrive.
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  • Wolfpack
    Wolfpack Posts: 3,552
    Great eating fish- you are in for some fine meals. 

    I also like a ver blanc with some capers tossed in for white fish. 
    Greensboro, NC
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    edited December 2017
    Nice striped bass haul
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,070
    WOWSER! Those must have been fun catching and now eating!
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  • Killit_and_Grillit
    Killit_and_Grillit Posts: 4,326
    Some good looking fish!

    Better get a cast iron hot tonight. 

    "Brought to you by bourbon, bacon, and a series of questionable life decisions."

    South of Nashville, TN

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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    I've never heard them called Rockfish

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
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    2 Large
    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 18,166
    GATraveller said:
    I've never heard them called Rockfish
    In VA and above, they are called Rockfish. Same with Redfish. They are Red Drum up there. 
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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,088
    It is a shame  can only hit “like” once.

    What did you get them on? Chunking? Clams and/or bunker? 
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    Burning lump in Downingtown, PA or diesel in Cape May, NJ.
    ....just look for the smoke!
    Large and MiniMax
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    Caliking said:   Meat in bung is my favorite. 
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    DoubleEgger said:
    GATraveller said:
    I've never heard them called Rockfish
    In VA and above, they are called Rockfish. Same with Redfish. They are Red Drum up there. 
    I've actually never heard them called Rockfish outside of the Chesapeake Bay diaspora.
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    Eggcelsior said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    GATraveller said:
    I've never heard them called Rockfish
    In VA and above, they are called Rockfish. Same with Redfish. They are Red Drum up there. 
    I've actually never heard them called Rockfish outside of the Chesapeake Bay diaspora.
    In addition to rockfish some of us also call them "stripers". Don't know if that is just a Chesbay thing or also used farther north/south along the coast.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 18,166
    HeavyG said:
    Eggcelsior said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    GATraveller said:
    I've never heard them called Rockfish
    In VA and above, they are called Rockfish. Same with Redfish. They are Red Drum up there. 
    I've actually never heard them called Rockfish outside of the Chesapeake Bay diaspora.
    In addition to rockfish some of us also call them "stripers". Don't know if that is just a Chesbay thing or also used farther north/south along the coast.
    They are stripers everywhere south of the Bay.  
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  • JohnnyTarheel
    JohnnyTarheel Posts: 6,614
    Nice haul brother!!
    Charlotte, NC - Large BGE 2014, Maverick ET 733, Thermopen, Nest, Platesetter, Woo2 and Extender w/Grid, Kick Ash Basket, Pizza Stone, SS Smokeware Cap, Blackstone 36"
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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,088
    In DE Bay Area, NJ and PA they are stripers.

    Call them what you want... they are delicious! 
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    Burning lump in Downingtown, PA or diesel in Cape May, NJ.
    ....just look for the smoke!
    Large and MiniMax
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    Caliking said:   Meat in bung is my favorite. 
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  • stv8r
    stv8r Posts: 1,127
    Rockfish are some amazing tasting fish! I've stuffed them with crabmeat before....delicious.  Nice catch for sure!
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  • JethroVA
    JethroVA Posts: 1,251
    @Sea2Ski we were trolling Mann's Stretch 25s, red head white body. 
    Richmond and Mathews County, VA. Large BGE, Weber gas, little Weber charcoal. Vintage ManGrates. Little reddish portable kamado that shall remain nameless here.  Very Extremely Stable Genius. 
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  • JethroVA
    JethroVA Posts: 1,251
    @Wolfpack I took your advice and made a beurre blanc.  Allrecipes.com Chef John's Beurre Blanc.  It was perfect.  
    Richmond and Mathews County, VA. Large BGE, Weber gas, little Weber charcoal. Vintage ManGrates. Little reddish portable kamado that shall remain nameless here.  Very Extremely Stable Genius. 
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,083
    Nice catch.  On Cape Cod they're called stripers.  

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • CtTOPGUN
    CtTOPGUN Posts: 612
     Here on the Long Island Sound they are called Stripers. Nice catch!

     
    LBGE/Weber Kettle/Blackstone 36" Griddle/Turkey Fryer/Induction Burner/Royal Gourmet 24" Griddle/Cuisinart Twin Oaks/Pit Boss Tabletop pellet smoker/Instant Pot

     BBQ from the State of Connecticut!

       Jim
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  • Gman2
    Gman2 Posts: 421
    Nice catch. Love some rockfishing and they are delicious 
    LBGE, Mechanicsville, Va., LBGE, Duck, NC, XLBGE Wake, Va.
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  • JethroVA
    JethroVA Posts: 1,251
    @Gman2 these were caught off Windmill bar at the mouth of the Rapp. 
    Richmond and Mathews County, VA. Large BGE, Weber gas, little Weber charcoal. Vintage ManGrates. Little reddish portable kamado that shall remain nameless here.  Very Extremely Stable Genius. 
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  • 500
    500 Posts: 3,180
    edited January 2018
    Searching around for Rockfish recipes, I found this.  Nice Stripers, @JethroVA Mrs. 500 is raving about Rockfish from Edo's Squid in Richmond, so I thought I hunt out a place to get some and grill them up this cold weekend.  Will likely get them from Bon Air Seafood.  I'll have to skip your Beurre Blanc version.  Too much fat for Mrs. 500.  
    I like my butt rubbed and my pork pulled.
    Member since 2009
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  • pescadorzih
    pescadorzih Posts: 926
    Nice catch and great eating!
    It's been years since I've caught one of those.
    Loved jigging for them with bucktails and diamond jigs.
    SE PA
    XL, Lg, Mini max and OKJ offset
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