I sit here writing this post after a great dinner of Smoked Amber Jack & Ginger Citrus Glazed Grilled Wahoo. These are both fish I’ve never eaten before but I can attest they are fine eating fish. Many people consider the Amber Jack to be not a good fish to eat but I found it to pretty good, it’s kind of strong flavored like a blue fish but I grilled it in the “Timber Creek” Mesquite Wood Smoking Tray. It was the first time I ever tried this product and it worked great. It gave a great smoky flavor to the fish. I took the Amber Jack and sprinkled some lemon pepper as well as some of Buck Gardner’s Smokey Mountain seasoning on both sides of the filet and then put it in the smoking tray and put it on the grill and just kept checking on it so it didn’t get over cooked. Once it was done I took it off the grill squeezed a little fresh lime & lemon juice on it and served.
The Wahoo I sprinkled with lemon pepper and laid the filet skin side down on the grill. When it was just about done I brushed on some Ginger & Citrus Sauce from Harris Teeter and left it on the grill for another 90 seconds. Pulled that off squeezed a little fresh lime and lemon juice on and served. A salad and some wild rice and that was dinner.
I vacuumed sealed & froze the Tile Fish, sea bass and some additional Amber Jack to use latter. Tile & Bass both freeze well but we’ll see how the Amber Jack does.
This was the third year of our annual fishing trip my buddies and I take and we always go out on the Risky Business out of Oregon Inlet. Capt’n Jamie is great and he and Andy the mate always seem to find the fish and make sure we have an enjoyable time. The tile fish was a bit harder then the past few years but the size of the fish were much bigger on average then last year. We got some sea bass and one Wahoo. We then hit a spot where the Amber Jacks were and what a blast it wasn’t unusual for 3 or 4 of us to be fighting one at the same time. We caught and released a mess of them and held a few to eat. By the time quitting time came in we were relieved to give our arms a break.
Once again another great fishing trip and we are booked for our 4th trip in June 2008. If your looking for a spectacular fishing experience there is nothing risky about booking a trip with the “Risky Business”
Me with My Amber Jack
Wahoo
John Fighting One
John with a Nice Amber Jack
Mike
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