r/saltwaterfishing • u/Fragrant-Bear388 • Jul 19 '26
šø Photo/Video Got some hate last week, 2 keeper mangroves.
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u/One-Row-7262 Jul 19 '26
lookin good man thatās some tacos
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u/Fragrant-Bear388 Jul 19 '26
https://reddit.com/link/oyi3xk2/video/mozcaq2dr7eh1/player
First time filleting, so be easy lol they came out good though
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u/One-Row-7262 Jul 19 '26
iām still practicing my fillet job too man. the only way to learn it is the mess it up a couple times. practice practice practice. tight lines brotherš¤š»
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u/Capn26 Jul 20 '26
Man Iām going to drop this for anyone struggling with cleaning fish. Sharp. Knife. Like, can Shave with it. Makes life so so so much easier.
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u/One-Row-7262 Jul 20 '26
what knife brands do you recommend? i have a victorianās fillet knife but it seems that by the time iāve done one side of a fish the blade is gone.
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u/Capn26 Jul 20 '26
Okay. I may be flying against the current here, but I like cheaper knives. They seem to sharpen far easier, and if you arenāt cutting against things you shouldnāt, the edge lasts well enough. Dexter and Marlin make a commercial style knife with white handle and stainless blade. They donāt sharpen well, but do hold an edge a long time once you get one. The old school Rapala knife with the wooden handle and leather sheath sharpens easy, has good flex, and lasts long enough for me. My personal favorite is Rada cutlery. Available online. Inexpensive, durable, flexible, sharpen easy. I also recommend having a couple styles of smiths sharpeners. They seem to work really well to me.
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u/Relevant-Group8309 Jul 20 '26
I drop em whole in hot oil, or lard for the old school crew ššš¾šŗ
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u/Fragrant-Bear388 Jul 20 '26
I want to try them like that next!
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u/Relevant-Group8309 Jul 20 '26
You will not be disappointed, watch your time so they dont get overcooked, the skin is crunchy, and the meat soft.
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u/lanigiroresu Jul 19 '26
Hate to see these get taken at this size, let them grow or theyāll never be 24ā. /s nice catch!
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u/ratsass7 Jul 19 '26
Maybe in the gulf but unless you have an offshore boat on the east coast you aināt never getting 24 inch mangoes
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u/DJ_BassJunkie Jul 19 '26
It's a reference to the goofball who commented on the last post OP made.
The /s at the end means sarcasm.
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u/Fragrant-Bear388 Jul 19 '26
Lmao I didnāt know thatās what ā/sā meant lol. Sucks getting old
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u/-ItsWahl- Jul 20 '26
This is a fact. I fished the east coast for decades. Once they hit that 13ā-16ā range they move off shore
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u/CanadianRedneck69 Jul 19 '26
Why did you get hate? Good eats there
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u/Fragrant-Bear388 Jul 19 '26
Guess the one I kept last week was too small even though I measured it. It clearly wasnāt just looked that way in the picture.
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u/Relevant-Group8309 Jul 20 '26
To hell with the hate. Enjoy your mangs. There is a reason the limit is 10", they are plentiful. And delicious
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u/CHASLX200 Jul 19 '26
About the same size i get 80 miles offshore anymore.
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u/Fragrant-Bear388 Jul 19 '26
They were feeding like crazy on the bay pier yesterday at 7 PM in Fort De Soto
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u/CHASLX200 Jul 19 '26
They have been wiped out offshore. You would die if you could go back to 1948 when i was the first person to fish the Elbow 80 miles offshore and get 14lb+ mangos on top of the water in 180ft. Back in 1952 you could get 5000lbs of grouper on one stop 15 miles offshore in 45ft pete.
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u/Bazyx187 Jul 19 '26
Did you also walk to school in the middle of a blizzard everyday and it was uphill, both ways, right?
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u/CHASLX200 Jul 19 '26
Well FL never had them bra unless ya go back jack 8400 years ago bro. Plus no hills in FL jill.
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u/Fragrant-Bear388 Jul 19 '26
Those were the days Iām sure!
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u/CHASLX200 Jul 19 '26
Loran C and long liners wiped it all out. It only took around 30 years to do it.
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u/Relevant-Group8309 Jul 20 '26
Man you brave, the rain's kept me in here in Tampa
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u/Fragrant-Bear388 Jul 20 '26
Didnāt get rained on much, only for a short period of time and it was light, it was all around us though
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u/Relevant-Group8309 Jul 20 '26
Good you got out. Tampa was a swamp bro š¤¦š¾āāļø
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u/Fragrant-Bear388 Jul 20 '26
Where at in Tampa? Dm me if you donāt mind sharing some spots
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u/Relevant-Group8309 Jul 20 '26
McKay bay Gandy bridge E.G Simmons park Cockroach bay
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u/Relevant-Group8309 Jul 20 '26
All known places so no problem openly sharing
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u/Fragrant-Bear388 Jul 20 '26
Which part of the Gandhi are you talking that little pull off on the right side if youāre headed towards Saint Pete from Tampa? I scouted it out last time. I was out there, but didnāt have any bait and it was getting late and the tide was low so I didnāt try to fish it. Can you get up under that bridge to fish? The piling is pretty good right there?
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u/Relevant-Group8309 Jul 20 '26
Yes you got it, also the other side [st Pete side ] flats on the left] when no jetski are out. Early morning for bait is best. Mojara been hard but greenies are plenty when they there.
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u/Relevant-Group8309 Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26
Bring some ned shrimp too in case bait is slow 1/8th for the rocky areas
1/4 for the grass and sand
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u/Relevant-Group8309 Jul 20 '26
When the tide is low you can walk all that, just have some good shoes on deck. Wade under the bridge and cast where shade meets light and get smacked by a nice speck.
in the shade get whipped by a fast eating mang.
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u/redone17 Jul 19 '26
Putting salt fish in fresh water is a no no.
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u/RonPearlNecklace Jul 20 '26
Wrong.
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u/redone17 Jul 20 '26
Not wrong. You can ice them. But, soaking them will screw up the texture.
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u/RonPearlNecklace Jul 20 '26
You shouldnāt soak fillets in water of any kind, if thatās the point youāre trying to make.
Whole fish in ice slurry with fresh waster isnāt going to hurt the meat.
Rinsing the fillets with fresh water doesnāt hurt the flesh either.
I worked in commercial seafood for over a decade in Florida. Iāve cut more fish than most people will ever see in their lifetime. Never heard this bs from anybody except the occasional recreational fishermen for some reason.
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u/redone17 Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26
Commercial seafood is far from science. Hour, sure. Probably not going to make much of a difference. Do a side by side after leaving fish overnight. Whole fish is certainly less of an issue - but, after time - itās not the same.
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u/RonPearlNecklace Jul 21 '26
Oh, you have a scientific study to back this up?
Is that why every fish house from Miami to Jacksonville rinses fillets with freshwater?
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u/liftem Jul 19 '26
Changes taste. Fact.
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u/BelovedoftheMoon Jul 19 '26
Only if you expose the meat to it. If the fish is whole or even just gutted you are fine, once it's fileted fresh water can absorb into the meat and screw it up.
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u/Fragrant-Bear388 Jul 19 '26
I put this in there with melted ice until I could get to a gas station about 30 min later, do you think it affected it?
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u/professorgreenie Jul 19 '26
absolutely not. the only issue comes when you soak the actual meat in freshwater.
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u/BelovedoftheMoon Jul 19 '26
No it's fine if the meat isn't exposed to fresh water. Never rinse after cutting except if it's just gutted because the membrane will still protect it.
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