I treated opaleye as one of the regular perch spices for a long time, till I read articles saying that it's 1000 RMB (roughly $142) per pound in China. Hard to believe!

I don't know why it's so expensive, but we have abundant opaleyes around jetties in SoCal. All we need is moss, shrimp, clams, bobber and patience.

To let the fish's original taste shine, so that we could make more accurate assessment, we used basic and plain ingredients to cook it. Is it really worse the money? Here is my answer:
https://youtu.be/Bqke7MfqEnc

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