Red Fish / Egg Recipes Wanted

Unknown

On Friday, I am going fishing for some red fish. Our guide promises a bountiful haul. Anyone have any good cooking ideas for these jewels on the BGE? Thanks in advance.

Borders

Bill-the-Grill, You're guide has guts, if nothing else. I hope his predictions are right on point. Where are you fishing?[p]Here's my recipe. I WANT A REPORT ON FRIDAY NIGHT![p]Scott's Blackened Redfish Chunks[p]Ingredients
1, legal 26 15/16" redfish, caught on a topwater plug at dawn.
butter
tabasco
italian bread crumbs
blackened redfish seasoning
cast iron skillet[p]Ok, you can catch your fish on live bait, but it wont taste as good. Filet and skin the red. Cut the filets into 1" chunks. Roll the chunks into a bowl of melted butter and *3 drops tobasco to cover. Next mix a batch of **2/3 bread crumbs and 1/3 blackening seasoning. Roll the buttered chunks in this mixture until all sides are covered. [p]Now, get your cast iron skillet smokin' hot (I mean hot) and drop in enough chunks so that you have room to work with them. Try to blacken as many sides of the chunks as you can. Cooking time for each batch should be appx. 10 minutes if your skillet is hot enough. The result should be crispy spicy chunks and happy campers.[p]*adjust to taste or use the milder Louisiana hot sauce
**adjust the ratio to taste[p]
Scott T. Borders
Tampa, Florida [p]

El Jefe

<p />Bill-the-Grill,[p]Here's my favorite... Redfish on the half shell[p]To prepare the fish -
· Fillet the Redfish leaving the skin and scales on.
· Cut out the ribcage and use forceps or needle nose pliers to pull out the remaining bones in the front half of the fillet. [p]Cut a pocket between the meat and the scales, but be careful not to go all the way through. Sort of like a pita pocket. [p]Lemon/Butter Sauce
In sauce pan place the following:
-1 pound of real butter
-1 medium onion diced
-3 to 6 cloves of crushed garlic
-Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning
or salt and pepper to taste
-Tabasco brand red sauce to taste (six to eight drops minimum) -Do not omit the Tobasco
-1 tablespoon of Lea & Perrins
-Juice of 3 lemons
Place over low heat and let simmer for 30 minutes, stir occasionally. [p]Stuffing
In a large mixing bowl place the following:
-2 Bell Peppers diced
-4 stalks of celery chopped
-shrimp
-lump crab meat
-Tabasco brand red sauce( 6 to eight drops minimum)
-1 tablespoon Lea & Perrins
-Salt & Pepper Very easy on the salt
-3 cloves of crushed garlic
-1 large onion diced
-2 cups bread crumbs [p](Alternate stuffing: Saute bell pepper, garlic, and celery. Prepare "cornbread stuffing in a box". Add sauteed vegetables. Add shrimp and crabmeat and simmer until shrimp is pink)[p]1.) Add approximately half the lemon butter mix created above, combine until uniform, and simmer until shrimp is just turning pink
2.) Stuff the "pocket" with the mix
3.) Place on grill, scales down, and baste with remaining lemon butter sauce.
4.) Grill until the meat flakes. Meat should remain slightly firm but flake easily.[p]
Enjoy!!!

Borders

El Jefe, yur the real deal. I've had redfish cooked, scales on like that and its good. Your recipe looks killer

Unknown

Borders, going Friday out of New Smyrna Beach. My guide is the best. Even if we catch zippo, it'll beat the hell out of going to work. I'll keep you posted on our results over the weekend. Thanks for the recipe...sounds great.

Wardster

Bill-the-Grill,
Ok, I'm 'hooked'. I'm going out for reds sometime this week. I gotta try both of those recipies.[p]Borders,
What does your schedule look like Sunday? We can head out if you want to. I've been going for Spanish and Mangrove Snapper, but we can anchor up somewhere and try the flats???
P.S.- man those Mangroves are tasty critters!!!

Banker John

Borders,
I want to go fishing with you/go fishing with me! Top water at dawn?! WOW, my kinda fishin. Quit wishin & go fishin[p]My recipe is similar...[p]get a cast iron skillet fiery red hot. Hot enough to start a mantch if you dropped it in the skillet (I've done this). You may want to use a coleman outdoor stove for this.[p]I filet the fish and cut out all the red line (your guide can do this for you since you should be paying him 350-500 for a guaranteed trip {my dad is a guide in Tampa Bay} plus tip). I then double filet to get the filets to about 1/2 to 2/3 inch thickness. I then cut the filets into pieces the size of your spatula head (easier for flipping).[p]Melt a stick of butter and add 4 healthy drops of tabasco. Let the butter cool slighlty while the skillet heats up. Once cooled slightly, mix in one beaten egg, continually whipping. Be sure the butter is cool enough that it does not scramble the egg![p]Now dredge he filet pieces in the butter/egg solution and then sprinkle your favorite seasonings (for the hotter taste buds, use TOny Cachere's in the green shaker can). I am a more mild folk and prefer Lowry's Salt, Black Pepper, White Pepper, a very light pinch of red pepper, crushed dill seed and crushed coriander seed, garlic powder and paprika.[p]These thinner filets will cook relatively fast compared to Borders recipe. When the filet hits the skillet, it will give off huge amounts of smoke (hence the outdoor suggestion). Watch the filet's turn from pink flesh to white cooked meat. When the filet is cooked 2/3 way through (about 3 minutes), flip and finish off. After flipping, it will take about 2 minutes and they are ready to pull off. [p]I have 2 skillets going side by side for each redfish at 26-31/32" or approximately 7lb 7oz.[p]I serve with steamed Broccoli, applesauce (tames the heat of the spices), ceasar salad and sliced potatoes baked (350 for 50 minutes) with italian salad dressing and topped with shredded yellow sharp cheddar the last 10 minutes. Of course, a fresh loaf of Mindy's home made whole wheat bread does the trick too![p]Please, please, please give us a report on your fishing expedition.[p]Borders, lets go fishing! I'm in Crystal River, FL and have access to a boat anytime.[p]Banker John

Borders

Wardster, I agree. Mangroves are tasty and versatile. Don't hesitate to blacken one. Thanks a million for the invite. We WILL fish, but I can't go down there Sunday.[p]Scott

Borders

Banker John, Hey Man! Since you're in Crystal river, you know about the Chassohowitzka. That's my favorite place on earth, period. I'd love to meet you and go on the Crystal with you. What's your Dad's name?

Borders

Bill-the-Grill, New Smyrna? Sweet. Could run into a snook there also? Good luck.

Banker John

Borders,
Yes, I know Chass very well. I grew up on the Chass. My uncle had a place on the river. I remember when it was a very clean river head! I have prop scars on probably every rock out that way LOL. As a kid, we played on airboats on the river back when gigging was legal.[p]My Dad is Captain Ray 727-522-8761. He is one of the few guides that will guarantee a catch or your money back. No joke. Of course, if you live within 90 miles of Tampa Bay, he won't take you fishing either. Dad is very particular... When someone arranges a charter, he will tell you the day and the time that he will take a client fishing (all based on moon phase and sulounar feeding tables). If a client chooses to go when it is "not the right time" he passes. We fish inshore on the Flats mostly... from the beaches at Pass-a-grill up to the Howard Franklin/Gandy on the St Pete side then Bishops Harbor/Cockroach Bay out to the mouth of the Little Manatee. Tarpon season is the best! His guarantee is modified for Tarpon to guarantee a fish on, not a catch. ps- Dad has never had to refund a client money. I guess some go fishing and then some catch fish. We are the latter.[p]I'd love to fish up here with you. I have access (not my boat) to a Stamas 29 open fisherman with twin 250 Mercs. I haven't gone much lately... gas prices SUCK and to take this boat out, we need to own majority stock in Exxon/Texaco/Chevron/BP. It's a fast boat and catches fish. I'll go out in 3-4 weeks when the Jacaranda (purple flower trees) are in strong bloom which means Kingfish season. I troll mostly for grouper and pick up Kings in the process.[p]I miss the inshore stuff. I sold my jonboat 10 months ago. Not much use with 2 daugthers under 4 and work schedule. If you have a flats boat, I'd be happy to show you some decent spots and how we do it here. I'll even show you how to catch snook in these north waters.[p]Let's hook up![p]Banker John[p]and to stay on topic, I am having Dad up for Easter and we are cooking an overnight Boston Butt. Once done, we will smoke some salmon and hopefully fresh kingfish if the weather cooperates for dad to catch a dink king.[p]Where do you live?

Borders

Banker John, I liver in north Tampa. I have a 14X6 Jon boat w/a 25 Yamaha. It's oyster bar friendly, and I've had it in the water all over the state from the Keys to Cedar Key. I'd like to learn to navigate Crystal river.

Unknown

Borders, snook for sure. I am positive we will catch some. We are now T-minus 22 hours and 43 minutes, not that I'm counting.

Nature Boy

Wardster,
So nice to see you guys goin' out on the boat and fishin instead of wasting time golfing (kidding golfers...sorta)! Wish I was down there with yall.[p]El Jefe and John, the recipes sound awesome, and that picture of the big ol' red makes me wanna be out there right now.[p]Have fun
Chris

Borders

Bill-the-Grill, I understand.

alternity

Bill-the-Grill,
Maybe try cerviche.[p]
<A href="http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/000225ceviche.php>Link</A&gt;

QBabe

Banker John,[p]Snook...oh, I haven't had any of that in sooooooo long. We had a friend who used to do a lot of bass fishing and once or twice he treated us to some snook...wow, that was some good eating![p]I can't imagine what it'd be like on an egg...!
Tonia
:~)[p]

Unknown

Borders, Mosquito Lagoon was very windy today. Still got 15 reds. My buddy and I found and kept our 3 limit (counting the guide), all of which were in the 24-27" range. Of the 12 fish outside the slot, 1 was 40" (the biggest), 7 ranged between 30-34" (still too big), and 4 were 12"-15" (too small). A very fun day.

Banker John

Bill-the-Grill,
Sounds like an abolutely fantastic day of fishing! It has been a while since I have fished the lagoon.[p]Banker John

Banker John

Borders,
Check your e-mail.[p]Banker John