My Favorite Trash Fish
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- This is my favorite Trash Fish!
In this video you will learn how to harvest the best parts of an Amberjack. Fillet, belly, cheeks, and collars.
- Reed the Fishmonger
My fillet knife - Dexter Knives
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What do you want to see cut next!? PS cooking each part video coming soon! 🙌
Shark, they keep eating my Grouper and Hogfish.
how about catfish?
African pompano
Redfish
Snakehead fish！
I find it interesting how the attitudes have changed on Amberjack. I used to clean over 3000 lbs a week for the Sand Flea restaurant on Okaloosa Island back in the 70's and early 80's. Our number one dish was grilled amberjack - super popular all over the restaurant scene in the Destin/FWB area during that time. It's my favorite for slapping on the grill with our seasoning (somewhat secret) from way back in the day. Try it grilled with jalapenos smothered in pepper jack cheese and sweet southern cole slaw, you won't regret it.
Yeah it is fascinating how things make a comeback. My dad used to sell Pink Porgy for the same price as his Snapper to some restaurants. Then price plummeted, and now they’re making a comeback 😂
I remember the Sand Flea and I remember the amberjack.
Shoot our old spots in Ft. Walton still serve up great Amber Jack. My top three favorite fish. I could eat grilled AJ any day of the week compared to almost anything
Amberjack Sandwich at the Back Porch was my go to back in the day
The worms add flavor, i promise the worms in my brain arent making me say that.
COOK THE FISH NEXT TIME
RFK loves him some worms.
You sir, are an artist. Love to watch what you do.
Thank you brotha!!
Those tape worms are why i must cook all my fish.
not all fish are as prone as these to carry them.
@@Anthony-pi6pf its just better to cook all fish/ceviche/sushi/sashimi/gravlax etc. to kill parasites in undercooked fish . Diphyllobothrium latum (broad fish tape worm) can be killed by freezing to-4 degrees below zero for at least 7 days and most home freezers cannot get that cold
A old lady used to come into the fish markets in Sydney and scrape all the bones with a desert spoon and leave with a bucket full of fish mince every morning
I love that! The meat along the bones is killer and often discarded or turned into stock/crab bait
@@reedthefishmonger I make poke bowls out of it.
Ive seen some big 'jacks caught. Often they'd win the "biggest fish" contest back when I was fishing head boats. A fine sport fish.
I’ll never forget the time I was a kid down in Ft. Lauderdale with my pops for a flea market.
We were staying at a motel right by Bahia Mar, and I asked my dad if I could go deep sea fishing. My old man told me, “If you can talk yourself into a boat, sure.” Thinking there was no way a boat would let some 12yo kid jump aboard, he figured he was in the clear. Boy was he wrong…
I found a group of 20-something’s that were down for spring break or a bachelor party or something of the like. They were already drunk so thought it hilarious that this kid wanted to join the trip and welcomed me aboard.
The only condition my dad gave the captain was that I was not allowed to bring back anything that we couldn’t eat, no “trophy fish”.
We head out onto the sea and get a few lines in the water. After about 20 minutes or so, one of the lines goes spooling out and the group of cocked partiers resoundingly said, “Let the kid take the first one!!”. After all, the captain promised a fish for every trip. They would pick up the gear after a few more pops.
Fight of my freaking life… that fish ran for what seemed like forever. I swear I worked that fish for 30-40 minutes but who knows.
After what felt like an eternity, I landed what I remember being a 60-something lb amberjack. What an awesome moment for a kid, in the most literal way. I had never seen a sea creature that big, that close.
Amidst all of my adrenaline, and the drunken cheers from my boat mates, the cap told me that this fish was garbage. “Nobody eats these!”, so back into the sea it went.
Later on in that trip, we were up in Charleston, SC visiting my sister and we went out to eat at this touristy fish place. On the wall they have this huge chalkboard with all of the fish they bring in, and they mark the ones that are fresh that day. Imagine my shock when I looked up, and right smack at the top of that list….Greater Amberjack.
Disappointed is an understatement.
Though I’m sure not as disappointed as the rest of my crew that trip, as that was the only fish we hooked the whole day. They were livid by the end of it. Screaming at the captain that he had promised them all a fish. I’ll never forget his response, “I promise a fish for every trip, you lot were too drunk and let the kid have it, piss off! Besides, he’s the only one that could’ve handled that beast”. Then he turned and winked at me. Felt on top of the world that day.
Excellent presentation! Retired chef here. It's so wonderful to hear a clear practical presentation from a professional. But no mention of the stock possibilities for your Court-Bouillon, velouté, etc?'
In Italy Amberjack is considered a very precious fish, i was surprised to see it was the "trash fish" of the video, doesn't surprise me you actually like it. Great vid!
Samurai Fishmonger, you the sensei of fish filleting mybro...keep them coming.
Thank you brotha! 🙏
This dude knows his fish! Outstanding videos...informative and entertaining!
Thank you Gary!
You are the man!! I've been eating those donkeys as sashimi for twenty years, love it!! Great technique brother!
Horse meat is delicious.
I like to make AJ (pork chop ) out of the upper loin with bone in . The bottom loin cut and rap in bacon cook on cast iron griddle on the grill with cheery wood smoke
Love me some AJ chops!!
I have never once heard amberjack referred to as a trash fish...
Happy they appreciate them more where you live. I’ve been on the commercial, retail, and wholesale side of things for over a decade. They are finally becoming more accepted in recent years. 🤙
Spaghetti worms though?
@@Hengel_AndrewsReef Donkey's are awesome, great fighting, good eating, and the worms are harmless.
@@reedthefishmonger good to hear. I am definitely just an occasional recreational fisherman but along the northern gulf coast (Alabama/Florida panhandle) the main complaint about amberjack I hear is they're never in season when they're caught lol. Keep up the awesome videos!
Same...solid clickbait title. Never once in all my years fishing have I heard of an AJ being "trash"...
Misleading for sure.
For a moment there I thought you were going to waste the collar and the cheek. Thank you so much for dispelling the hysteria around spaghetti worms.
I love watching this guy work even though I've never been able to eat fish.
COOK EM
You’re making me hungry. I sorely miss living near the coast. Fresh fish right out of the ocean is the best meat there is. My husband prefers land meat but I could eat only fresh fish and plants for the rest of my life and be totally happy. Especially if they look like this!!
I’m right there with you! I could eat fish and vegetables every day 🤙
You are the first to clear up for me if the Amberjack is like the West Coast Yellowtail thanks you did! The yellowtail is my favorite sushi Hamachi and I have not had any since moving to Mississippi 😞
What we call in TX a bull redfish, Red drum, spot tail. These fish have scales like armor! And the collar on big ones is also delicious as is that amberjack
Unfortunately, every amberjack I've ever caught was eat up with worms head to tail, and we only got a few cuts, because what we did salvage was fantastic!
You do a damn good show. Thank you.
Thank you for watching! 🙏
Nice video, with good camerawork, and well-edited cutaways. My knifework is good enough but I still would need guidance to cut up a fish like this.
That's a nice kitchen shop! Thanks for showing us good folks on how to properly trim those jack fishes. Awesome! 💯
Thank you for watching brotha! 🤙
On the West coast, they call their AJs "Yellowtail". Same body just Pacific. Favored in sushi or grill like AJs. Good smoking fish too.
Nice fish demo
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowtail_amberjack
I work in a seafood restaurant... Every fish they bring in is like " yellowtail this...amber that..." I love these kinds of videos so I can educate my coworkers.
I worked offshore and would catch a big AJ to bring home, except for the worms the meat is great on grill or smoker.
When I worked in SE Alaska, King Salmon was often by catch. I would get cheeks from some big Kings, What great meat!
Id choose this man & a boat if i had to survive on a island, hes freaking GREAT !
I’ve been watching your short videos and no joke you are legitimately the best filleting person I’ve seen.
Thank you so much brotha! I’m blessed to do what I love!
Can't wait for the cooking video 😋
Heck yeah! Each cut is slightly different so it’s fun diving into it!
I can't find the cooking video :/
I never understood why people say this is a trash fish, absolutely beautiful meat
They’re just scared of eating a fish that has worms. What they don’t know is many popular fish do like Cod and Halibut
Reed, I love your content and your passion for what you do. Subscribed!
the good ol Reef Donkey
Kudos to you fantastic at what you do. Videos are great as well.
Thank you! 🤙
we have yellowtail kingfish in New Zealand. very similar.
I think the odd lost one has been caught here, but hens teeth.
I like Yellowtail better raw but both are great!
The Amberjack is called “Kahala” in Hawaii and it has a bad reputation. The worms aren’t so much of a problem but they’re known for ciguatera toxin. Most locals ignore the warnings but catching a kahala isn’t all that common over there anyway. Still, most would release it just in case. Ciguatera poisoning isn’t worth the risk. But maybe the reef in your area is free of ciguatera so it would be fine?
Anyway, very professional cutting as usual and that meat looks delicious! 🤙🏼
we call the collars wings in the bahamas.
In Texas we call them throats.
They are great on the grill. And the worms if any have more protein than the fish
If you take the meat with the spaghetti worms. Pit in in tge refrigerator overnight..Those spaghetti worms will get cold. And, leave the host. You can jest wash them or pick them off the top.
I like to steam these with a little soy, thai birdseye chili, lime, green onions and garlic. It's delicious fish. Eat it with a little sambal and some coconut rice.
Love AJ. Used to spear them off the wrecks south of Pensacola.
Heck yeah! Fun to shoot and reel in 🤙
@@reedthefishmonger reef donkeys can give you a whooping.
Not so much trash fish as straight to the smoker fish. Never thought of frying any jacks.
ca/MEXICO yellowtail ARE AMAZING- Amberjacks and Yellowtail are Reef Donkeys!
In Japan, we are taught that hamachi and buri (amberjack) are the same species, but hamachi is the young version.
My favourite trash fish - maybe barracuda. Makes a good beer batter fried fish.
Barracuda is excellent! Probably my favorite fried trash fish too 🤙
They are good table fair but are known to have worms in flesh but not in Costa Rica waters.
I caught an amber jack. I thought my arm was gonna fall off before I got him in the boat
Oh man, first watch. HOW do you cook it? What recipes? My mind is running wild but I want to hear what other people say.
Here in California, I'm the Bay Area they are known as trash fish to. when I usually catch them, I use them as live bait.. That Jack is give though, I would have kept it at fried it also.
As a seafood chef I know exactly what you're talking about
In my wife's university course on parasitology course, they used Cod in a lab review.
They're fun to catch
Definitely a workout!!
Awesome.
What do you sharpen your knives with?
Do you keep them honed with a steel rod as well?
Back in the 70s the Gulf charter boat crews used to hang amberjacks and barracudas from hooks in front of their boats to draw customers. At the end of the day they'd throw the fish off the docks for the crabs to eat. Today this "trash" fish is very expensive smoked but delicious.
Great knife skills. Would be intersted on type of knife and sharpening. Do you go razor sharp or slightly blunt? would make a goods video.
Who would ever call AJs trash fish? They've always been highly prized on the Gulf Coast.
Alright……you made a believer out of me. I will try it…..
Been a commercial fisho for over 40 yrs and without a doubt the popular fish is only popular due to food trends.
Most commercial guys take home the "trash" fish not because its trash.
I always gets hungry when people describe food as "buttery".
I figured an AJ that size had worms in the tail
Love it man great vid
I love amber jack delicious.
In 2022, commercial landings of greater amberjack totaled 708,000 pounds and were valued at approximately $2 million, according to the NOAA Fisheries commercial fishing landings database.
I worked in the commercial fishing industry for 12 years we called them candling tables workers like 180 of them had tweezers and picked worms 18 hours a day 7 days a week for 90 days
When i started watching the reactions in youtube videos about the losw quality of this fish i was quite startled. When i first fished and cooked this fish i thought it was the best i ever tasted and still is. Then there is a trick to that. I caught that fish in the Azores arquipelago in september, it was fatty as a slab of butter. The fishermen there told us that the fish got so fatty that fishes from 10-12 pounds were the limit since from there they become so fatty that is disgusting to taste. Later i tasted the same species in the Canary islands and it was so lean that it was way worse.
Red grouper also has worms
So does cod, halibut, and many other popular fish
@@reedthefishmonger many people say they will not eat a fish with worms, they do not hurt you if did eat one but they can be cut out easy, if people only knew hahaha, fish cutters cut worms out all the time and people never know, it is no big deal, i commercial fished for about 35 years or more from bottom fish to lobster and stone crabs, i fished out of Marathon Fl
Rock on man! 🐟🐠🔥
Thank you brotha! 🤙
We call these guys a “Rig Donkey” in Texas. They’ll dislocate your arms pulling so hard! The anti-recreation fishing feds have a closed season on them during Red Snapper season June 1 through August 28.
Hamachi is technically a pen raised vs CA-mexico Yellowtail...
Good looking Stuff!
Absolutely! Thank you for watching! 🤙
The amount of people that don’t realize the amount of parasites most fish have is crazy to me. Newsflash people, if it’s not farm raised it’s probably got parasites of some kind. This goes for both freshwater and saltwater fish so my fellow Great Lakes region fishermen got it too. If you eat wild fish just learn to accept that fact. That being said most aren’t even noticeable so just cook your fish well and don’t worry too much about it. It’s not a huge deal in 99% of cases. Big worms are easy to spot and cut out and small parasites don’t matter after cooking.
"Get a grip on your membrane ", 😂😂😂
Edit: make a good tee shirt
Remember at one point lobster was considered a trash 'fish'
Absolutely!
this is beautiful fish for sashimi and grilling. unfortunately there is no big one like this near my hometown but it's still superb thanks for amazing fish!
How do you clear out the worms eggs left behind??
I like your videos
I wouldn't even throw that much away.. I'm lucky to get the opportunity to go offshore once a year at best so I'll pick 'em out. :)
They’re even safe to eat if you cook them through unlike some fish worms
@@reedthefishmonger Yeah it's more psychological at that point. I caught a big giant black drum... Same thing.. Pulled 'em all out.
The Internet makes me just not wanna eat anymore
I bet you are fun at parties.
Worms? Fish Stew... Or make it into marum/fish saluce. i dobt know of any parasite that can survive 3 months of fermentation and an hour of hot boiling and filtering brfore the bottling process.
Those worms add to the flavor, yum-yum , gobble up! Incidentally cats are the most tasty pets you can eat, dig in!
Are these similar to california yellowtails ?
It looks like mr Limpet
I wouldnt throw that bait away😂😂😂...that worm bait is probably killer
Amberjack is Kampachi, it’s really pricy for a trash fish. Asian Carp is a trash fish
try jack crevalle collar it's great
Always puzzled me that we don't appreciate this fish in the US. It's Pacific Ocean cousins are prized, so I always figured Atlantic Amberjacks would be decent.
I agree! Yellowtail Jack is definitely a superior fish for raw preparation but cooked Amberjack competes!
Some Japanese even eat fish that has worms raw. They just take them out
In Cape Hatteras, they are referred to as trash fish. I am gonna take a second look on my next amberjack. Thank you so much for the video.
I would have been mad if he didn’t get the cheek meat
Are their scales
Let’s see how you clean trigger
Describe what you look for to judge if a fish was well taken care of before you receive it.
I've never heard amberjack being called trash.
wooophff!
What brand and type of light Saber is that i mean filet 🔪
Another clickbait title 😂😂😂 I wanted to criticize that after you say; most underrated fish 🐟!! Exactly
😂 I use to spearfish them. All most same size as you had.
Amber Jack can also have Ciguatera that humans can suffer from. It's been noted that at least one case of this poisoning took 20 years to clear.
In hawaii bigger amber jack is loaded with worms not just the tail. We throw them back
All of them!? That sucks!
worm locker
That’s the most creative way I’ve heard someone say “Amberjack has worms” 😂
Definitely one of the hardest fighting fish in the sea. They don't stop, we call it combat fishing.
Definitely feel it the next day!
Reef donkeys
we call 'em 'reef donkeys'. stubborn coming up from the deep, fighting the whole way. my pb AJ is 74 lbs. they get even bigger!
I had a wrestle with one from a sailing catamaran at 8 knots with the sails up. After 10 minutes, we dropped the sails and fought for another 10 minutes. Didn't weigh it, but it felt like 35+ pounds. Couldn't even hold a beer upright for an hour after that, my arms were spent.
@@nhojcam Mine is only 38 lbs. I can't even imagine getting a 70 plus pounder up. Definately better be tackled up for it, lol.