Cooking Rocks

[DumBbaSS]

Got a question about Rocks this happened to a friend of mine and me the same night. My Buddy had 2 nice rocks that he had caught and had on ice for 2 days I had 2 nice rocks that I had caught and had on ice for less than 20 hours we both fillet them and he cooked his one way and me another (used a crab cake res. spread it out on top of the fish and broiled them). Took em out of the oven and they looked a tad bit over cooked but nothing tooo bad. Man o man took one bite of them and the fishy taste was sooo bad and over powering that I couldn't eat another bight. Felt bad about that and put them down for the dog to eat and she couldn't even finish them. Called my buddy up the next day and he said his fish had a real bad fishy taste to them as well. When I cleaned the fish they looked good and I even cut out the dark meat on the fillet. Not sure what went wrong but was wondering if anyone has had this happen to them and what I could do in the future to make sure this doesn't happen again...Tanks

[Sam]

That is unfortunate. I usually leave mine on ice for at least 12 hours before cleaning and that seems to help. Strange...

[Charkbait]

some times if they are feeding heavily on bunker/oily smelly fish they will carry that over in their flesh...the way I solved the problem is to just let them go so I don't feel guilty about wasting them. IMO fish over 40" are twice as likely to taste 'fishy' then under 40" so that's how I stay away from it.

[Randy Stinchcomb]

Originally Posted by Charkbait

some times if they are feeding heavily on bunker/oily smelly fish they will carry that over in their flesh...the way I solved the problem is to just let them go so I don't feel guilty about wasting them. IMO fish over 40" are twice as likely to taste 'fishy' then under 40" so that's how I stay away from it.

..........X's 2 on what Ben says next time, just visit the Gordons Fisherman

[DumBbaSS]

Yea I felt bad about not eating them, and I usually let most of them go. But it had been a while since I had caught a keeper so I told the wife that if I caught one I would bring it home. They were not that large either 22 and 24 inches and I had never had one that small taste that bad. I guess it is what ya said they must have been dinning on some stanky bunkers