Albacore 'Chicken of the Sea'

[twoutes]

Just got back from a few days fishing for tuna at Portland, about a 5 hour drive from where l live.
We heard that Albacore Tuna were being caught, and all l can say is that they don't call them the 'Chicken of the sea' for nothing. Had some for dinner tonight and can highly recommend it.
My son caught his first Blufin tuna as well weighing aroung 15kg. Always good spending time on the water, but when one of your kids outfish you.....well that's priceles.....though l did have to put up with all the stirring the whole 5 hours trip back home.

Hope you enjoy some photos from our trip


the 50km run out


My son Mathews first blufin tune 16kg


First albacore to come into the boat


my nephews forst albacore


my brother with a larger albacore


Boats waiting to get out


Buisy times at the cleaning tables


Standing room only


Lures that worked onthe day


Plenty of these wind generators along the coast.

Here in Australia, there is a limit of 2 tuna per angler regardless of species, with no size limit.

[shanook]

Nice twoutes as usual.............
I see that you are filletting the fish in quarters like the big tuna.....I like to cut the albacore into round 1'' steaks its more work but they are very presentable on the plate.
I see that you iiddnt spike and bleed the fish they taste better if you do so, clears the histamine.

[twoutes]

Hi Shanook.
Thanks for the comments
Yes we do bleed the fish straight away once caught. THey make a huge mess on the boat, but well worth for improving eating quality
The ones you see in the photos are not our fish, anf l really do not know how people can eat them with so much blood in their flesh.
I have never tried cutting them in steakes, but will give it a go next time. How hard is it cutting through the bones? or do you use a hack saw?
we cut our yellow tail king fish in steakes, and l'm actually off to New Zealand ina few days chasin large 30kg yellow tail king fish....wish me luck

[shanook]

Should have realised you wouldnt make that mistake of not bleeding the fish.......
Its not hard to cut through the mid bone a good serrated knife will do the job, but u have to use fishing gloves to hold the fish as it is quite slippery.

GOOD LUCK on your next trip........and dont forget to tease us by posting pictures and videos......Looking forward to seeing your catch.
ENJOY

[skip]

I love it when Joe keeps us in the loop with the fishing down under, great fun to see and thanks for sharing as well what worked for you on the day

I'm sure your nephew was very chuffed with his first and your son....well as you said couldn't stop winding you up!

Proset

[givella]

Nice pictures Twoutes.
Can you elaborate more on how one should bleed the Albacore please.
Last year I tried but for sure was not the right way because I saw only a little blood.

[shanook]

givella if u search on the forum there are posts that explain it very clearly

have a look at the pdf file below it was posted by Skip........there is other reading apart from this

[twoutes]

Nice twoutes as usual.............
I see that you are filletting the fish in quarters like the big tuna.....I like to cut the albacore into round 1'' steaks its more work but they are very presentable on the plate.
I see that you iiddnt spike and bleed the fish they taste better if you do so, clears the histamine.

Hopefully l'll come back with some pictures of 20kg plus yellow tail king fish that my wife and l have caught from the Bay of Islands......With my luck she'll catch a bigger on than me :p

I love it when Joe keeps us in the loop with the fishing down under, great fun to see and thanks for sharing as well what worked for you on the day

I'm sure your nephew was very chuffed with his first and your son....well as you said couldn't stop winding you up!

Proset

Always a pleasure Nick.In the same token l like to check out what you guys are getting up to. Even though we are half a world apart, fishing is fishing.
You may recocnize one of those lures, as it was in the williamsons pack l bought out ony you boat

Nice pictures Twoutes.
Can you elaborate more on how one should bleed the Albacore please.
Last year I tried but for sure was not the right way because I saw only a little blood.

There's a few different ways of bleeding fish, but its alway importantant to do it straight away while the fish is alive, not only wil it help killing the fish quicker, but enables it to pump the blood out.
On tuna l usually cut through the gills down an out all the way through, and also cut a ring around the base of the tail.
If you only see a little blood comming out, you havn't done it properly. You will notice a big difference in eating quality when you bleed any fish.

[malvizzu]

Thanks for sharing a great catch and photos. Much appreciated. Good luck on your next fishing trip.

[fisheye]

Very nice twoutes thanks for sharing you always amaze us with great catches, wonderful photos and write ups.

[fishfinder]

Nice twoutes as usual it's always nice to see your fantastic pictures. thanks for sharing

[twoutes]

Thanks for all the comments guys.
It's always a pleasure sharing my fishing trips with all you guys.

[The_Gaffer]

thanks for sharing this Joe.  When are we going to have you here and chase tuna?

[twoutes]

thanks for sharing this Joe.  When are we going to have you here and chase tuna?

That's a very good question. I'm overdue to do a trip back to my homeland. But when l do, l still have unfinished buisness with a swordfish

[shanook]

where are u from 'Devil' and dont tell me down under LOL