5/6/2023 0 Comments Whole bluefish recipesThe fish were everywhere, and the surface of the water boiled with the violence of their feeding activity. If you haven’t been in the middle of a blitz, written word will fail to convey the excitement and chaos of it. Out of nowhere, a big school of bluefish cruised through, and we quickly re-rigged with bucktails (no leader- we didn’t bring any) and started casting. We launched our tiny boat and headed a mile offshore on a dead calm day to some structure that we thought might hold spadefish. Serve as appetizer with sharp cheese, crackers and white wine.Our most memorable bluefish day was a few years back, when we were still getting our feet wet with fishing in the Chesapeake Bay. Check for doneness: The outside should have a dark bronze glazed look and the meat should flake easily. ![]() If you have access to the whole fennel plant, try using the dry stems to supplement your wood smoke. Also sprinkle liberally with either oregano or fennel (leaves or seeds, fresh or dry) or with both. Place skin side down on wire racks and sprinkle liberally with coarse ground pepper. ![]() Leave at room temperature for 1 to 4 hours, rinse briefly, and allow to air dry for about an hour while you prepare the smoker. When ready to smoke, thaw and layer fillets in a glass baking dish covering each layer with kosher salt. Freezing ruptures cells and the fish smoke better. The French would use the herb, then put the stalks on the cooking fire for more flavor. The association of oily fish and fennel goes back for centuries. This is the tall herb that grows wild around here and tastes like licorice not the Florence fennel with the big root. We also found that fennel compliments blue and other oily fish. They were fun to catch but then we had to figure out how to make them palatable. Here in Virginia, Bluefish took over the Chesapeake Bay about 20 years ago and ate up all of the good fish. Recipe by: Dan Gill Posted to bbq-digest by Dan Gill on Dec 17, 1998, NOTES ![]() Serve as appetizer with sharp cheese, crackers and white wine. ![]()
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