OMG! possible Saturday bottomfish window!!

Windy still has Friday and Saturday as very nice from Newport

Halibutt poker said:

How are u planning on eating that eel. I caught one last year in a crab pot. It ate a dozen crab in the pot. After watching it slither around the deck I got to thinking. How am I gonna cook that. That one swam away. But after some research they are supposed to be delicious

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The guy that caught it had some idea apparently. He was nice enough to give me a couple pieces, I'm planning to fry it tonight. I will say there was WAY more meat on there than I initially thought. He did a great job filleting it, simple skeleton, a gut pouch and the rest a very firm, dense, very white flesh. Reminded me of black cod in texture and color and I know those are fantastic. They mostly feed on crustaceans, and that's why everyone likes cabazon so much, I know there's some varying opinions on keeping them, I've always let them go, but I wasn't going to tell a guest on a free trip he couldn't keep it, and I have to say after seeing the flesh I'm excited to try it.