Today's catch

To the South Beaufort / Hilton Head
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Fished a saltwater creek today. Started out with fiddler crabs until I could net some finger mullet. Glad I caught some mullet since I was not getting any action on the fiddlers. In between small blacktip sharks I managed to catch a 22" Red and a Jack Crevalle. Going to grill the Red and put the Jack in a smoker.

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My advice (free) - smoke the mullet and use the jack for bait.

186 Bone Flats Boat
140 Suzuki fourstroke

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Smoke jack on a plank. Toss jack and eat plank. Enjoy! :smiley:

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The plank wouldn’t be fit to eat either. Yuck[:0]

Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper

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They don’t even eat jack on necked and afraid!

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I think folks have a tendency to confuse AJs (AmberJack) with Crevalles when talking it down as table fare. I will stick to grilling the Crevalle versus smoking as it came out a little dry although the flavor was good.

Here is an interesting article on the Crevalle…http://www.floridasportsman.com/2013/03/14/sportfish_jack_s_0112_eat/

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Amberjack is delicious!! …jack crevalle…not so much. Bet you could catch a big shark on that thing though :slight_smile:

Fish tremble at the sound of my name.

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quote:
Originally posted by digger54

I think folks have a tendency to confuse AJs (AmberJack) with Crevalles when talking it down as table fare. I will stick to grilling the Crevalle versus smoking as it came out a little dry although the flavor was good.

Here is an interesting article on the Crevalle…http://www.floridasportsman.com/2013/03/14/sportfish_jack_s_0112_eat/

I caught a large Jack Carevelle the other day and kept it. Cleaning it, I found a lot of dark red meat which I cut out. After getting all the good looking meat I have about 2 lbs. from a 15 pound fish which looks like tuna meat. I'm glad to hear that it's edible. I'll be grilling it. Thanks

19ft. Carolina Skiff
w/115hp Yamaha 4stroke
30ft. Contender
w/twin 225hp Yamaha 4stroke

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I’ve heard the small ones that are just a few lbs taste fine but the big ones don’t.

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So now we’re killing jacks too huh. It must be real important to have a fish in the cooler.

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Originally posted by Markmg

So now we’re killing jacks too huh. It must be real important to have a fish in the cooler.

I keep what I eat, and I smoked this one next day.

Go troll someone else.