\u00a9 2021 wikiHow, Inc. All rights reserved. The bluefish fishery predominantly uses gillnets, but other gear includes hook and line, pound nets, seines, and trawls. This image is not<\/b> licensed under the Creative Commons license applied to text content and some other images posted to the wikiHow website. Does it matter which is tastier, the potatoes or the fish? If you follow my instructions, you will have a fine, generous gift for friends and neighbors, who will no longer hide when they see you coming with “fresh” fish. Wash your fish for at least 1 minute to ensure that every part of the fish’s abdominal cavity gets rinsed. Roe is good too. wikiHow, Inc. is the copyright holder of this image under U.S. and international copyright laws. It is difficult to write column after column without getting both repetitive and boring for the reader, to say nothing of boring for me, but why should you care about my boredom? So this was great!!!! It’s just as good the next day cold! I then gut the fish as soon as possible, usually while still at sea. Also, wounds that appear to have not been caused by a cut or injury are suspicious. Does anyone know of a restaurant in Boston currently serving Bluefish? I speak from experience. Fillet the fish asap! wikiHow, Inc. is the copyright holder of this image under U.S. and international copyright laws. I smoked them and made my Cajun fish dip. Spray oil a suitable sized piece of foil, place filet, skin down on foil and brush with mayo. wash bluefish with sea salt and vinegar thoroughly. Fishermen often catch blues quickly and in large numbers when the beasts are surface feeding, and in the excitement of the moment, the fish are thrown to the deck or put in boxes and forgotten until the commotion of the blitz is over, the tangled lines are straightened out and the gear is overhauled. Some and cook it on ice until cooking time catch bluefish is disliked by many for being or. 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