Yellow Fin Tuna on the Barby

Jay Honeck

Jay Honeck

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Okay, so this is about as far afield from aviation as it gets, but I grilled some fresh yellow fin tuna (caught about 60 miles out in the Gulf, by one of our favorite repeat hotel guests) tonight, and it was abso-freaking-lutely amazing!

I marinated it in a ginger/rice wine/soy mixture for 30 minutes before grilling, then grilled it for 6 minutes on one side, 3 on the other. (My grill is a coolish mini-Weber propane grill. On a full-sized grill, I'd give it less time!)

Dunno if anyone else here is a seafood fanatic, but in my five years on the island, this was the best seafood I've made, yet!

Here's what it looked like on the grill:

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And here's what it looks like on the platter:

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And to think I lived 14 years in Iowa (AKA: Seafood Hell). The fishing here is amazing! :)
 
Nothing better than fresh fish! We fish a fair bit, mostly snapper and grouper, occasionally we'll go out for tuna and wahoo. There's a restaurant across the harbor that cooks your catch for you, when we have a group, we'll take a couple bags of the day's catch, they'll fry, grill or blacken it, we usually do some of all 3. Everybody raves about the difference in fresh caught fish and 2-3 day old "fresh fish" :D:D
 
If you did any more that wave hello to the charcoal with it then it was overcooked!

:)
 
timwinters said:
If you did any more that wave hello to the charcoal with it then it was overcooked!

:)
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Ah, a sushi lover, eh? :)

Mary likes it cooked through. I like it either way. You know who gets to choose! :lol:
 
N747JB said:
Nothing better than fresh fish! We fish a fair bit, mostly snapper and grouper, occasionally we'll go out for tuna and wahoo. There's a restaurant across the harbor that cooks your catch for you, when we have a group, we'll take a couple bags of the day's catch, they'll fry, grill or blacken it, we usually do some of all 3. Everybody raves about the difference in fresh caught fish and 2-3 day old "fresh fish" :D:D
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It's interesting -- the vast majority of our guests do one (or more) of these things during their stay on the island:

1. Fish
2. Beach
3. Bar hop

Many do all three, but lots of our guests go out on 8 to 12 hour charter fishing expeditions, and FILL our freezer with their catch.

Interestingly, in almost five years, I only know of a tiny hand-full of fly-in guests who have gone on these charter fishing trips. Why this is, I have no idea. They're not that expensive!

And you are almost 100% guaranteed of coming home with fish. They filet them, and we freeze them in our commercial freezer into a rock-solid fishsicle that will make the flight home in a cooler. Or, as you described, there are several restaurants here that will "cook your catch".

Or, we've got a big ol' propane grill at poolside (not the one pictured) for guests to use. IMHO, that's the way to do it!

Personally, I'm not a big fisherman -- but I sure benefit from the enormous catch many of our guests bring in. :D
 
Jay Honeck said:
Ah, a sushi lover, eh? :)
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Yeah, but a big ol' 2" thick tuna steak that hits the grille for a minute (max) on each side. That's so tender you can cut it like butter with a fork.

That's stylin'!
 
timwinters said:
Yeah, but a big ol' 2" thick tuna steak that hits the grille for a minute (max) on each side. That's so tender you can cut it like butter with a fork.

That's stylin'!
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Dude. You live in South Iowa (Missouri). There ain't no seafood there!

I thought I knew seafood, growing up on the shores of Lake Michigan. I was dead wrong. The seafood on this island is unreal, unlike anything that falls off the back of the Sysco truck -- which is about all you can get in MO.

Best of all, you can make the claim that it's healthy. Well, except for all that mercury, and fertilizer run off. :lol:
 
Jay Honeck said:
Dude. You live in South Iowa (Missouri). There ain't no seafood there!

I thought I knew seafood, growing up on the shores of Lake Michigan. I was dead wrong.
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So?

I've worked (and essentially lived) in LA, San Diego, San Jose, Portland (both of 'em), Ft. Myers, Gulfport, New Orleans, Boston, Savannah...to name a few...

...no seafood in any of those towns...

:rofl:

Just 'cause you aren't well traveled...
 
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timwinters said:
So?

I've worked (and essentially lived) in LA, San Diego, San Jose, Portland (both of 'em), Ft. Myers, Gulfport, New Orleans, Boston, Savannah...to name a few...

...no seafood in any of those towns...

:rofl:

Just 'cause you aren't well traveled...
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:lol:

I've been to all of those places, and more -- and they've got good seafood, no doubt.

I'm just glad I don't have to travel to get it anymore. :)
 
Nice, looks like it spent about 9 minutes too long on the grill though for my taste. :D
 
timwinters said:
Yeah, but a big ol' 2" thick tuna steak that hits the grille for a minute (max) on each side. That's so tender you can cut it like butter with a fork.

That's stylin'!
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Are t you on of the people that usually whine and complain about. People trashing well intended threads?
Perhaps I'm wrong because you seem to enjoy doing it n

Great looking fish Jay. If it was over cooked you would know it because it would be dry and chewy.
 
You could always take your piece off before the wife's? I did a fresh whole rainbow trout last night over a charcoal grill. Mmmm-mmm!
 
Jay Honeck said:
Interestingly, in almost five years, I only know of a tiny hand-full of fly-in guests who have gone on these charter fishing trips. Why this is, I have no idea. They're not that expensive!
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Maybe if folks are inclined to be avid fishermen, they spend their money on boats instead of planes? You'd think there'd still be some overlap between pilots and occasional fishermen...

I don't have any problem with motion sickness in the plane, but I've been dog-sick enough times on a boat that I have decided it's just not worth it.
 
JOhnH said:
Are t you on of the people that usually whine and complain about. People trashing well intended threads?
Perhaps I'm wrong because you seem to enjoy doing it
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It was meant to be in good fun (note the smileys) but maybe it didn't come across that way.

That is until Jay threw the uppity insult...

Still...

Mea Culpa.
 
timwinters said:
It was meant to be in good fun (note the smileys) but maybe it didn't come across that way.

That is until Jay threw the uppity insult...

Still...

Mea Culpa.
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I apologize for the insult. But I think you would have to agree that too often someone posts something completely fun and in good humor and all of a sudden people have to start criticizing them for it.

I really got fed up with that on July 4 when Ben tried to post a "happy 4th" message. Look what happened to that.

edit: Oh, I just noticed that you said Jay threw the insult. I thought you were referring to my post.
 
ebykowsky said:
You could always take your piece off before the wife's?
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Bass-ackwards: Jay, put your piece on after Mary's, both will then be hot off the grill.

Or, just keep saying, "yes, dear." Seems to be working out for you so far. :)

And I swear, someday I will take you up on youir fly-in fishing poolside grilling challenge. Might even bar hop after that!
 
JOhnH said:
I apologize for the insult. But I think you would have to agree that too often someone posts something completely fun and in good humor and all of a sudden people have to start criticizing them for it.
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You won't get an argument out of me on that one.

Still, I like my tuna just like a like my steak...mooing fish style! :goofy:
 
Jay Honeck said:
It's interesting -- the vast majority of our guests do one (or more) of these things during their stay on the island:

1. Fish
2. Beach
3. Bar hop

Many do all three, but lots of our guests go out on 8 to 12 hour charter fishing expeditions, and FILL our freezer with their catch.

Interestingly, in almost five years, I only know of a tiny hand-full of fly-in guests who have gone on these charter fishing trips. Why this is, I have no idea. They're not that expensive!

And you are almost 100% guaranteed of coming home with fish. They filet them, and we freeze them in our commercial freezer into a rock-solid fishsicle that will make the flight home in a cooler. Or, as you described, there are several restaurants here that will "cook your catch".

Or, we've got a big ol' propane grill at poolside (not the one pictured) for guests to use. IMHO, that's the way to do it!

Personally, I'm not a big fisherman -- but I sure benefit from the enormous catch many of our guests bring in. :D
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Because fishing from a boat is boring and often nauseating. The only good way to fish is with a spear gun so you can go dive and pick your fish.
 
Geico266 said:
Headed to Alaska in a week. Can't wait for fresh halibut. :D


Looks good Jay! :yes:
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Oh man! Now my mouth is watering. That fresh-off-the-boat halibut in Seward was so good!

John
 
Henning said:
Because fishing from a boat is boring and often nauseating. The only good way to fish is with a spear gun so you can go dive and pick your fish.
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Meh...no fishing is boring if you're catching but I'm sure spear fishing is a hoot, never done it though.

I've only been ocean fishing once but I had fun.

I also had the best tuna I've ever eaten on that trip. Someone caught a big one and the boat hands immediately started cutting it up and serving it sashimi style to everyone on board. Mmmmmm...that was amazing tuna.

But what do I know? I'm just a dumb Missouri hick who's never been out of the state (my ocean fishing trip was Table Rock Lake!) and don't know my ass from a shotgun when it comes to seafood!

:goofy:

;)

:goofy:

:rolleyes:
 
Seafood hell is right! I'm still in Iowa (52 years now). Been thinking about Texas a lot lately. I may need to come down there to sample some tuna and maybe a tour. Hint-hint....

Paul Austin


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That looks quite nice. I don't fish a lot, but if I do get a decent salmon, you can bet a quarter of it will turn in to Sashimi while the rest cooks on the grill.

Cooking fish on the grill can be tough. Trick is to maintain heat control as not so sear the fish to the grill, and use plenty of non-stick. When I do salmon, I do filets, skin side down, covered, and don't flip. The skin usually doesn't stick and if it does, NBFD.
 
While I love fresh tuna on the grill (had same last night, leftovers for lunch today), Spike beat me to the Shiner comment. One thing I miss from Tejas is Shiner.
 
timwinters said:
It was meant to be in good fun (note the smileys) but maybe it didn't come across that way.

That is until Jay threw the uppity insult...

Still...

Mea Culpa.
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Wait, what? Pointing out that you live in Missouri, as far from real seafood as possible, is an "uppity insult"?

Now I'm confused. When I lived in Iowa, I heard this all the time -- AND IT WAS TRUE. The Midwest is just Seafood Hell.

Now if you want to talk pork, or sweet corn...
 
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