Grilled Rockfish Tacos

[Compulsive Smoker]

Do you mind if I ask what seasoning you put on your fillets before grilling? I generally just use lemon pepper, but love new ideas!

 

[akjeff]

Do you mind if I ask what seasoning you put on your fillets before grilling? I generally just use lemon pepper, but love new ideas!

It's general purpose "Mexican" seasoning I throw together at home. It's equal parts salt&pepper, cumin, and cornstarch, and two parts chili powder. The cornstarch is there in case I'm just seasoning taco meat in a skillet, so it thickens up a bit, when a little water is added. It can be omitted for just a rub.

 

[Compulsive Smoker]

It's general purpose "Mexican" seasoning I throw together at home. It's equal parts salt&pepper, cumin, and cornstarch, and two parts chili powder. The cornstarch is there in case I'm just seasoning taco meat in a skillet, so it thickens up a bit, when a little water is added. It can be omitted for just a rub.

Sounds good! Thanks!

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Rockfish on the east coast is our west coast striped bass.

Yes...mostly. Along the coast and mostly up north, they are called rockfish. Inshore where they've been stocked in freshwater lakes, they're called striped bass or simply stripers, but the old timers still call them rockfish. Sounds kinda confusing, I know.

As for Alaskan rockfish, we caught them last year when we went to Elfin Cove on a self-guided 5 day fishing trip. I wish we would've focused a little more on them because they are so good to eat and so easy to catch once we found them. We didn't even try to find them the 1st 2 days...

 

[912smoker]

Yes...mostly. Along the coast and mostly up north, they are called rockfish. Inshore where they've been stocked in freshwater lakes, they're called striped bass or simply stripers, but the old timers still call them rockfish. Sounds kinda confusing, I know.

As for Alaskan rockfish, we caught them last year when we went to Elfin Cove on a self-guided 5 day fishing trip. I wish we would've focused a little more on them because they are so good to eat and so easy to catch once we found them. We didn't even try to find them the 1st 2 days...

Yes Charles and we still call the rock fish in the Ogeechee river but stripers in the lakes.

And those tacos look killa!

Keith

 

[forktender]

Yes...mostly. Along the coast and mostly up north, they are called rockfish. Inshore where they've been stocked in freshwater lakes, they're called striped bass or simply stripers, but the old timers still call them rockfish. Sounds kinda confusing, I know.

As for Alaskan rockfish, we caught them last year when we went to Elfin Cove on a self-guided 5 day fishing trip. I wish we would've focused a little more on them because they are so good to eat and so easy to catch once we found them. We didn't even try to find them the 1st 2 days...

The big orange rockfish which are Yelloweye's and Canary's, are some of my favorite fish to catch and eat, as long as they aren't 300' deep. Many times the school will come up once someone cranks one up from the deep. They will often stay up as long as they are chumed, that's when they are fun to catch on a flippin' stick or my favorite, an old fiberglass crank'in rod with 15-20 mono line, and a 6'' swimbait.

I would much rather catch them over halibut any day, and they are way tastier.

 

[forktender]

It's general purpose "Mexican" seasoning I throw together at home. It's equal parts salt&pepper, cumin, and cornstarch, and two parts chili powder. The cornstarch is there in case I'm just seasoning taco meat in a skillet, so it thickens up a bit, when a little water is added. It can be omitted for just a rub.

It also pulls moisture away from the fish, which helps it get nice and crispy when either deep or pan fried. It works perfectly in a fish seasoning/ rub, I'd leave it.
Not only that, but the seasoning/ rub sounds fantastic too.

 

[akjeff]

It also pulls moisture away from the fish, which helps it get nice and crispy when either deep or pan fried. It works perfectly in a fish seasoning/ rub, I'd leave it.
Not only that, but the seasoning/ rub sounds fantastic too.

Good point!