View Full Version : 40" butt from Cabrillo pier... (wasn't mine, GRRRR)
klocked
03-12-2008, 07:25 PM
Yesterday, a guy pulled up a 40" butt on light tackle with the help of his hoop. He used a live smelt about 8" on a Carolina rig set up.... :confused:
He then not only cleaned it but also SCALED IT! :smash:
As for myself.... :skunk: :skunk: :skunk: lately
Next one's mine!!, I hope
spooks
03-12-2008, 08:06 PM
I guess some people do fish with the purpose of eating it .
klocked
03-12-2008, 08:26 PM
I guess some people do fish with the purpose of eating it .
Bleed and gut is understandable but scaling it? why bother?
I think that after you scale a fish, alot of the fish oil and juice will drain out of it if you dont cook it within a reasonable time. He stayed for a few more hours after catching it.
I guess I should of added that little detail in my post.
willis949
03-12-2008, 08:48 PM
Plus with a 40" halibut its all about filets.Why bother scaling it?
fish4keep
03-12-2008, 09:12 PM
Not everyone fillet their catch. Some people like to cook with the skin intact, that's why they scale the fish.
blackwater
03-12-2008, 09:26 PM
Damn, I would like to see a picture of that fish!
ghetto dad
03-12-2008, 09:32 PM
cool catch....but he ate it huh....hes peeing neon green about now....
Brian_GSC
03-13-2008, 09:58 AM
It probably wasn't that hard to catch...that thing was glowing so bright he was probably sight fishing! :rofl:
Catching a fish from Cabrillo is one thing...but eating it! yuck.
FISH_HUNTER
03-13-2008, 02:18 PM
Didn't Know Butts Have Scales
one_leg
03-13-2008, 02:38 PM
why all the hate?
:rofl:
GeordyBass
03-13-2008, 05:05 PM
damn and i wanted to try fishin there!!!!WTF?LOL
Whats wrong with eatin fish there?
That harbor is so polluted. I bet he got his recommended dose of heavy metals for a decade just from eating one fillet. But congrats to him for catching something that big.
GeordyBass
03-14-2008, 03:43 PM
sounds safe!LOL
now i changed my mind and wanna try newport!LOL
willis949
03-14-2008, 07:49 PM
Thanks for letting me know why people scale fish,I thought they did it so it would look prettier on the plate.What I was saying was why scale a fish that has been laying on the sea floor its whole life when a 40" halibut would yield a lot of nice filets.
klocked
03-15-2008, 12:44 AM
I suppose all those contestants in the Plastic Navy or Bay Tubers derby's that landed hali's and ate them, what.... got sick? .... pee'd neon green?.
There's been a few on this board that have landed some butts in the harbor near Cabrillo pier. Did you guys eat them? Grown any extra limbs since then?
Anyway, I just thought it was cool to finally see a butt that nice.... from that pier.
Nessie Hunter
03-15-2008, 08:27 AM
Didn't Know Butts Have Scales
DITTO !! ! :roll:
klocked
03-15-2008, 10:55 AM
Their small scales are actually a part of their skin, instead of lying on top of it and are called derma-denticles.
That butt looked like shredded meat laying there on the pier. He put in alot of effort trying
trying to remove them.
Nhatster
03-15-2008, 02:06 PM
Grilled Halibut is the BEST! Probably safer to order from a restaurant though.
fishincrave
03-15-2008, 08:03 PM
sounds safe!LOL
now i changed my mind and wanna try newport!LOL
newport not much better
Hog Caller
03-15-2008, 08:46 PM
I wonder if that butt taste like butt?
HC
FishBandit
03-16-2008, 10:36 AM
Wintertime has struck you folks pretty hard. My suggestion - GET OUT THERE AND FISH!!
theBandit
ghetto dad
03-16-2008, 11:27 AM
Wintertime has struck you folks pretty hard. My suggestion - GET OUT THERE AND FISH!!
theBandit
lol....i know huh FB...i have been going every weekend, this would have been my 9th in a row...damn wind!!!! Thats ok, spitfire next saturday...WOO HOOOO!!!
GD