Short on time, can I clean them later?
Mar 4, 2021 17:25:38 #
Soon I'll have a little free time in the morning. Just a few hours. I was wondering if I were to gut and refrigerate my catch, could I come back later (around 5 hours) and fillet? I've bought whole fish at the grocery store so it stands to reason. I've just never done it myself.
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by lamaswana
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by lamaswana
Mar 4, 2021 17:33:53 #
FS Digest wrote:
Soon I'll have a little free time in the morning. Just a few hours. I was wondering if I were to gut and refrigerate my catch, could I come back later (around 5 hours) and fillet? I've bought whole fish at the grocery store so it stands to reason. I've just never done it myself.
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by lamaswana
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by lamaswana
We put them on ice and sometimes it’s 6-8 hrs later before we quit playing around. Never had one go bad yet.
Mar 4, 2021 17:38:12 #
hemihappy
Loc: pawleys island s.c.
Also remove the gills and put ice in the cavity and around the fishes body it will be fine for 8 hours.
Mar 4, 2021 17:56:19 #
Mar 4, 2021 18:12:46 #
Mar 4, 2021 21:23:35 #
Cook em with the bones. Bones come right out after the meat is cooked. Less waste too unless you need crab or crayfish bait.
Mar 5, 2021 06:32:52 #
I have waited up to 24 hrs to clean fish after I have put them on ice. Not noticed any loss in the quality of taste or texture of fillet. I think the sooner you ice them the better they taste. Easier to fillet also.
When I am going to keep fish. I usually put them on ice as soon as they are caught.
When I am going to keep fish. I usually put them on ice as soon as they are caught.
Mar 5, 2021 10:10:31 #
Able Man
Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
hemihappy wrote:
Also remove the gills and put ice in the cavity and around the fishes body it will be fine for 8 hours.
If you treat your fish like that, it'll be fine for a WEEK!!
Mar 5, 2021 10:11:35 #
Able Man
Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
Able Man wrote:
If you treat your fish like that, it'll be fine for a WEEK!!
Should have said to pull the guts out, as well...
Mar 5, 2021 10:16:43 #
hemihappy
Loc: pawleys island s.c.
Ice is one of the real important things to have in your boat or your truck if not on a boat. Certain fish need ice to preserve taste and freshness. Blue Fish have to have ice right away and should be bled. As a matter of fact any fish will benefit from being bled before they are iced. Many fish don't tolerate the freezer at all and many need to
be used within 4 months. How the fish is going to taste has a lot to do with what you did after catching it.
be used within 4 months. How the fish is going to taste has a lot to do with what you did after catching it.
Mar 5, 2021 10:19:52 #
Mar 5, 2021 10:46:39 #
Able Man
Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
hemihappy wrote:
The guy mentioned he was going to gut it, goes without saying.
¿Does it REALLY? ... I've (unfortunately) become "aquatinted with" some REAL-LIVE ignorant individuals, over the years.
Mar 5, 2021 14:21:49 #
Tigersteve
Loc: Colorado
Sure can. Some of us do that religiously. It firms up the meat for easier fileting.
Mar 5, 2021 14:47:58 #
TimHall
Loc: Detroit, Mi; Mayville, NY
couple of tips i learned from old fishermen:
if you keep a couple of big bottles of frozen water in the bottom of your cooler you can get along without ice. for best results, put fish in cooler immediately after catching. fillet immediately at home. freeze in plastic bags half-filled with water. had some white bass last one year this way and taste like they were just caught.
never have bled them but i guess i'll try it.
question: what happens if you put your fish on ice immediately, like i said, but when you got home you just froze them without gutting or doing anything to them?
if you keep a couple of big bottles of frozen water in the bottom of your cooler you can get along without ice. for best results, put fish in cooler immediately after catching. fillet immediately at home. freeze in plastic bags half-filled with water. had some white bass last one year this way and taste like they were just caught.
never have bled them but i guess i'll try it.
question: what happens if you put your fish on ice immediately, like i said, but when you got home you just froze them without gutting or doing anything to them?
Mar 5, 2021 14:53:19 #
hemihappy
Loc: pawleys island s.c.
In 60 years of fishing I never bled fish either then down here in S.C. we catch a lot of Blue Fish and bleed them and it makes them taste not fishy at all. Now I bleed everything except little panfish. To me it improves the taste.
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