Massachusetts tuna

[Ed]

OUZO-

Nice fish! Did you catch it on a green machine or a squid bar?? Nothing like having fresh sushi at 9:00 am, huh?

ScottM- Glad you liked the loin. I ate mine last night. After a couple of days in teh fridge it was so tender. I dipped it in soy sauce, then rolled it in sesame seeds, and then seared it on each side for a minute. Throw on some wasabi and serve.

CHANCE- The first thing I do is hold the fish upside down and slit the throat. Then I make a cut in the tail. Next, I pierce the head (trying to get to the spinal cord) just above the eyes....then I make a small 8 inch incision just forward of the anal fin, and start removing the guts, heart, etc. Once that is done, I stuff the cavity with ice.....and lay it on a bed of ice. I did this immediately after catching it

I have a pdf. file from the South Pacific fisherman's cooperative? that illustrates several suggested ways to gut & preserve a southern pacific bluefin tuna. I am sure everyone has their own methods, but this was good reading for me. I will see if I can dig it up and will post it.

[other tom]

thats some nice fish there Ed....great job, thanks for sharing the pics. thats a long run before work....!

[Briguy]

Ed,

Great post. Reminds me of duck hunting in NJ when I was a kid. My dad would take me to a local marsh and we would blast away. We were done by 8am and I was sitting in my 4th grade homeroom by 8:40 bell. Yeah....all the other guys were jealous.

NICE CATCH! Let me know if you will be down in Fla this winter and we can hook up again.

[cSickNick]

OUZO-

Nice fish! Did you catch it on a green machine or a squid bar?? Nothing like having fresh sushi at 9:00 am, huh?

Green Machine !! Suschi & Ouzo at 9am is the best!
Makes for a nice relaxing day ...

BTW; Squid bars make me cry when blues are around!!
But few blues attacks out there equal TUNA!!

- Nick

[ScottM]

Ed,
That's exactly how I prepared mine, however I found myself eating pieces as I was steaking the loin out. Since it was raining and the gas grill was out of the question, I tried the George Foreman grill in the kitchen and it seared the tuna perfectly.

[RODMAN]

George Forman grill work great,ran out of gas and tried it on the GF grill,taste great.