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