Posts by LunkerBuster

  • A few more from Belize 2

    Quote from Dan

    2nd pic, the old man and the sea? Captain Ahab? The intensity is palpable :) Nice pics. The water does not look inviting. What is the pink reel line and how do you like it?


    You gotta post the video on youtube. Then copy the direct link and paste it in the post.


    i over looked this pic because i was viewing on my phone.


    you are correct, it is a great shot

  • Tuna & Wahoo

    Seriously. That looks amazing. Wow. You guys killed it. Literally!!


    Please post the tartar recipe and the Asian sauce you made.


    Did you use all your veggies from your paradise farm?

  • Lunkerbuster's fish stories

    Quote from Hardline

    Not too mention they are master escape artists...


    for real!! Frank shot a nice sized schoolmaster and it was on his shooting line..I saw the shot, I saw his spear stuck under a ledge. I was about to dive to grab his spear when i saw that He was about to dive for it....he grabs the spear and as he is swimming up....nothing on the shooting line.?(:S ?????? it was a solid shot through the meat and i never saw him swim away...very odd

  • Hot and sweet mackerel

    Steve- I find that if you eat it that day there is no real issue at all, the next day maybe...after that and you should have smoked it haha




    I have no experience with baja :( unfortunately, so I cannot comment on the sierras

  • St Vincent diving

    what a tremendous report..thank you for sharing that dive with us


    I spend many a dive without returning with fish, but I am not rewarded with anything like that as scenery...wow, what a paradise indeed


    that fort is also amazing...when did the british do the stairs? what various people did in the past with different and often rudimentary techiniques really blows my mind

  • Hot and sweet mackerel

    I happen to love me some cero Mack. Many dont and even more have never had it and just think that they don't like it


    My absolute favorite way to eat it is as sashimi but if you eat it the day you caught it, you really can't go wrong. I recommend you eat the skin if you grill broil or fry it as it is super tasty and full of great nutrients.


    I kinda took ideas from a few recipes an came up with this


    Ingredients
    1 medium mackerel or one side of a big one- cut out the pin bones
    Oil- I use vegetable oil so I can get the pan silly hot without worrying about it burning
    Salt
    Fresh black pepper
    Siracha hot sauce
    Sweet Asian sauce- there are literally dozens of variety of this but I found this stuff at an Asian grocery in downtown and it is very good


    Clean your fillets


    Heat the pan hot hot hot


    Dress the fillets with salt and pepper


    Add oil and carefully add your fish- it will sizzle. Don't add a lot. You are searing more than frying. A tablespoon of oil or two. I start skin down


    Let the fish cook skin down until the sides of the fillets are starting to turn white.


    Flip


    After no more than a minute flip back to the skin side just to make sure it is really crisp and set on a plate


    Mix equal parts siracha and sweet


    I put mine on top of the fish my girl had her sauce in a ramikan and added it to each bite


    Truth be told the pan seared Mac is great on its own but with the sauce it was a nice new take


    Enjoy



  • Lunkerbuster's fish stories

    Quote from Dan

    I almost got a nice grouper once playing this game. It went on for 15 minutes, finally I faked him out by pretending to dive and went straight back to the surface instead as he holed up. Stayed up for almost as long as I got him used to me laying in ambush on the bottom, and went down and waited. Sure enough he came out shortly after. But I missed the shot.


    That is agony!! But also a great idea with jerk fish.

  • Lunkerbuster's fish stories

    Seriously!!


    There was another that size who was giving me fits. We found a nice rock that had like two hundred little pathways in it and this svhoolie and a strawberry grouper were playing games with me. One would show while I was on the surface and then I'd plan a dive, he would disappear, then I'd see the other and get distracted, then he'd evade me and over and over and over


    They are super tasty though so I'll deal with the frustration :)

  • Lunkerbuster's fish stories

    Quote from Hardline

    The two macs were poetic justice. When we were swimming out, I shot at one and missed and Judah got him as he swam away. Then on the way back in Judah shot at the other one and missed and I made a hail-mary shot at him and caught him right under his jaw for a secure grab.


    Yeah. It was nice. Especially since they were almost identical fish.