FAT opaleye, Black Friday...

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  1. Werfless

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    Had the opportunity to fish with ejleh today. Started off slow, but man, what a tank opaleye, especially in shallow so early in the season. Ended up at the jetty whacking a few during the sunset session! Hell yeah, thanks for coming along dude! Hooked a couple fish deep and beat up the fatty, so ended the day with a couple for the fryer, including a nice little jetty sculpin, zero complaints. Mr L and myself ended up with quite a few fish when it was all done with.
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    #1 Werfless, Nov 26, 2021
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    What a tank! Great stuff
     
    #2 mattgulptosser, Nov 27, 2021
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    Nice opaleye, is 240 its temperature LOL
     
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    Super fun fishing, mattgulptosser

    Been almost two years since I caught a 2.4# opaleye, Bird334 ... I know that's not a big one for up there, lol
     
    #4 Werfless, Nov 27, 2021
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    Sweet sesh. Sculpin - really good eats. The tank opy got have enough for two. Curious how they taste & compare?
     
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    nice haul there coach
     
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    Two totally different experiences. Fat fillets on that opaleye. Opaleye meat is very strange if you aren't ready for the texture, but the flavor is very nice. I have heard opaleye meat called "hairy", I think of it much more like pages in a book. It is very dense, as opposed to the lighter, flaky scorpionfish..
     
    #7 Werfless, Nov 27, 2021
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    Fun session for sure, if a bit odd..
     
    #8 Werfless, Nov 27, 2021
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    Coach, prowling the jetty?!

    Good to see you still have juice left in the tank to be out there. Not so old after all.
     
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    Back wasn't feeling too nice after, but woke up today with little pain anyway, life is good
     
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    How would you compare/contrast the dense texture of an Opaleye to the dense texture of a halfmoon?
     
    #11 RolloTomasi, Nov 27, 2021
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    Similar, but more so, I would say
     
    #12 Werfless, Nov 27, 2021
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    Good description Werf. Opaleye is one fish I’ve never eaten. Sounds real good. Flaky is good, but I kinda prefer the dense tight grain if I have a choice.
     
    #13 B8DHOOK, Nov 27, 2021
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    Niiiice fish. Is that a sargo in the cooler too? And a sculpin to boot. That's a good eating haul right there
     
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    Black croaker, delicious, but not as good as a sargo, lol
     
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    Ahhh yes. Perhaps so but that's still a winning trio for sure.
     
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    You aren't wrong. One for soup, one fat fryer, the other for ceviche, lol
     
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    I’m going to take a guess and say the Sculpin is ceviche. The Croaker is soup, and the Opaleye is gettin the fryer.
     
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    Can toss the heads and bones from the ope and sculp for the soup too.. otherwise 100%
     
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    what goes in the croaker soup?
     
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