Smoking Porgies

[Chinacat]

Running a bunch of sea bass fillets and some porgies thru the smoker right now
Never figured id run sea bass but weve caught oh so many this year so why not
Plan is to make a big ass bowl of key west style smoked fish dip??

 

[Chinacat]

Came out pretty damn good?

 

[cany]

Came out pretty damn good?
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Look great

 

[Chinacat]

Look great

Thanks!
Perfectly paired with the Long Ireland Polishtown Pilsner on tap?

 

[Chinacat]

So the sea bass came out better than I imagined.
It is naturally moist and actually a bit oily
Looking up recipes to try a key west style dip

 

[Snapprhead27]

Cant wait till I move out of my co-op so I can get a smoker. I'd love to try runing fish through it.

 

[george]

Wow that looks great!

 

[wader]

have you ever smoked the whole fish?

 

[Chinacat]

have you ever smoked the whole fish?

Yes but i never had as much success that way. I find It takes alot longer and doesnt get into the meat as good

 

[Chinacat]

Did a peconic run today
Me an my boy came home with 27.
Many big ones in the mix perfect for 'da smoker.
Guess I'm smokin' tomorrow....

 

[Chinacat]

Did a peconic run wednesday with Dad and my son
The porgies are in the brine now taking a bath and getting ready....

 

[Chinacat]

1st batch done

 

[Chinacat]

2nd batch from yesterday came out pretty good ?
Today I’m doing the blue fish with the rest of the larger porgy fillets

 

[Occh639]

2nd batch from yesterday came out pretty good ?
Today I’m doing the blue fish with the rest of the larger porgy filletsView attachment 33911

Hey , I am a novice smoker and I just did some weakfish and bluefish in a wet brine and it came out good. I noticed in your picture that you have spices on a batch. question...do you do a brine and then put spices on the Fish. I thought it was either one or the other.
thanks

 

[Chinacat]

Well, its smoked porgy day today
Made a peconic run on Saturday and just loaded them in now

 

[Chinacat]

Done

 

[cany]

DoneView attachment 80379

looks awesome good job

 

[Chinacat]

looks awesome good job

Thanks

 

[Snapprhead27]

Never had smoked fish

 

[Chinacat]

Never had smoked fish

C’mon…
You said that like a year ago too
Never had any kind of smoked salmon or lox or herring or eels or anything????
No smoked fish dip at a waterfront waterhole on a trip to FLA??
Time to get in the game already