Cobia...not a lot of pics...

[Gonna Smoke]

It's been awhile since I've posted a cook and there are a few who know why, but here is one from tonight and not too many pics.

Back a few months ago, I went offshore fishing with a bunch of buddies and we caught one legal Cobia along with a bunch of other fish including some shark bait fish for the captain (the barracuda and the amberjack)...

Yes, I'm in that pic, just look for the old man... Cobia really is great grilled so I said "why not?" I have in the past posted this thread so I won't walk on dirt I've already walked.

Anyway, I had the Cobia and seasoned simply with coarse salt & pepper...

On the grill with Jealous Devil lump...

Now done...

This was served with pan seared jumbo sea scallops (my wife LOVES scallops, I think I'm gonna fire her )...

...and roasted red potatoes. I made sautéed spinach and a beurre blanc sauce just like in the other thread and all is ready to eat. Not many other prep pics, but here's my plated pic...

I hope that y'all have stuck with me through all of our trials and tribulations. It's been a LONG journey and I have recently gotten back my desire to cook and post again. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers, they have sincerely changed our life...

I'm still going to FIRE my wife just because... God, I love that woman SO MUCH...

 

[indaswamp]

Nice fishing trip. Almaco jacks can be great when cooked right. And Mangrove snapper are excellent table fare. However-I agree with the captain on the baracuda. Big ones can harbor bad bacteria. We don't keep them when caught in the hot Gulf of Mexico waters.

 

[chilerelleno]

F Yeah! Fishing and Cooking in the same post is Win!

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Oh yeah Charles! I be all over that. Love grilled fish. Been wanting to go with a crappie guide and keep some whole to grill. I pray that your wife is doing better. Your family has been threw some hard times and glad to see your post again.

 

[JLeonard]

Good to see ya posting again. And that cook looks excellent.

Jim

 

[jcam222]

What a great meal man! Looks like you all had a fun day of bringing in the fish too. I've never had cobia

 

[DRKsmoking]

Well Charles , this is a very good cook and how you did it.
And very glad to see you back at the cookers.

The love you have for your wife is beautiful. Reminds me of the song by Johnny Horton
" All for the love of a Girl " We would do anything we can for the loves of our life.

God bless you both

David

 

[tx smoker]

Charles my friend, I'm thrilled to see you back cooking and posting again. Tracy, mom, and myself were absolutely ecstatic to hear the latest news about Sheila. What a HUGE relief buddy.

The meal looks nothing short of amazing. Cobia is an outstanding fish and makes for a fantastic meal. The way you prepared it and the sides are just spectacular. I can only guess how good it all was.

I'm still going to FIRE my wife just because..

I'd recommend against doing that

Robert

 

[fltsfshr]

Cobia is always good. Nice looking meal. Do you have Buttonwood where you are? That makes a great smoke with it.
You made me hungry. :)

 

[smokerjim]

Looks excellant

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Nice fishing trip. Almaco jacks can be great when cooked right. And Mangrove snapper are excellent table fare. However-I agree with the captain on the baracuda. Big ones can harbor bad bacteria. We don't keep them when caught in the hot Gulf of Mexico waters.

I've never had Almaco before. Do they have worms like the AJ's? I've heard that AJ's are good, but I can't get past the worms and I've cleaned small ones and big ones.

Mangroves are great. The limit is 20/per and we could've caught 100 that day, but we didn't want to clean that many.

That captain also runs shark fishing trips so he'll keep some fish for that.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Oh yeah Charles! I be all over that. Love grilled fish. Been wanting to go with a crappie guide and keep some whole to grill. I pray that your wife is doing better. Your family has been threw some hard times and glad to see your post again.

Thank you, Brian. Words can not describe the stress...

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Good to see ya posting again. And that cook looks excellent.

Jim

Thank you, Jim...

 

[Gonna Smoke]

What a great meal man! Looks like you all had a fun day of bringing in the fish too. I've never had cobia

Thanks, Jeff!! It was a great trip with a fantastic captain and his mate. Cobia are mild and firm, not fishy tasting at all. They grill up excellently and will take smoke well, too.

Just an FYI, but there are 4 licensed boat captains in that pic...

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Well Charles , this is a very good cook and how you did it.
And very glad to see you back at the cookers.

The love you have for your wife is beautiful. Reminds me of the song by Johnny Horton
" All for the love of a Girl " We would do anything we can for the loves of our life.

God bless you both

David

I really appreciate that, David...

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Charles my friend, I'm thrilled to see you back cooking and posting again. Tracy, mom, and myself were absolutely ecstatic to hear the latest news about Sheila. What a HUGE relief buddy.

The meal looks nothing short of amazing. Cobia is an outstanding fish and makes for a fantastic meal. The way you prepared it and the sides are just spectacular. I can only guess how good it all was.

I'd recommend against doing that

Robert

Thank you, my friend. I think I'll keep her a little longer. It took me over 40 years to train her and at my age, I don't have enough time to train another...

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Cobia is always good. Nice looking meal. Do you have Buttonwood where you are? That makes a great smoke with it.
You made me hungry. :)

Thank you!! We do not have Buttonwood here...

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Looks excellant

Thank you very much, Jim!!

 

[indaswamp]

I've never had Almaco before. Do they have worms like the AJ's?

I guess they can have worms, but I've not found any in AJ's or Almaco's here in the Gulf of Mexico. But we don't catch many of either so thus is a small sample size.

Mangroves are great. The limit is 20/per and we could've caught 100 that day, but we didn't want to clean that many.

Wow...20 mangroves. We use to be able to do that, but they bumped us down to 10 per man as part of a 20 fish aggregate. I'd clean 100 in a heart beat!

 

[Gonna Smoke]

I guess they can have worms, but I've not found any in AJ's

Some will say that the small ones don't have worms, but every AJ I've ever cleaned around here has worms. There are those who love to eat them and the worms don't bother them...not me, just can't do it. Along our coast, AJs (we call them reef donkeys) are very plentiful and very easy to catch with fish up to 50 lbs. and bigger, common. State record just got broken with a fish that weighed 100 lbs. A lot of charter captains use them as "daysavers" when they can't get other fish to bite.