Trigger Fish explosion

[mrbrklyn]

I had a chance to go fishing with my son for the first time in a couple of years and we loaded up on Porgies and then at the end of the trip we ended up with a school of huge tigger fish, many as big as sewer caps.  I pulled in 18 myself, and the rest of the boat followed:





http://www.brooklyn-living.com/fishing.html#tiggerhappy

[Swami805]

Nice, tough to beat fishing with your boy and getting a load of fish. Those triggers make great ceviche but hard on the fillet knife.

[Benni3]

I catch and release 99% of the time,,,,but not tiggers ,,,great job guys

[conchydong]

Nice, Triggers are great eats. Didn't know you got them in such quantities that far north. Not that difficult to clean if poke you the tip of your knife through the skin and use the blade from the inside out to cut through the skin prior to filleting.

[Dominick]

I never heard of a trigger fish until I caught some in Baja.  They really are good eating.  Dominick

[Alto Mare]

Always nice sharing a day with your son.
Are those from the Hudson🤔?

[1badf350]

Wow very nice!!!

[George6308]

Trigger fish have been caught off of Cape May Wildwood New Jersey area for about 10 years.

[RamseyReelRepair]

I think their locking fins are cool and the fact that you have to push down their 3rd fin (pulling the trigger) to be able to lay down their dorsal fin. Looks like you had a lot of fun! Congrats!

West

[Long Enuff]

We got into them on Friday as well, 175 ft. out of Charleston, SC.

[conchydong]

We got into them on Friday as well, 175 ft. out of Charleston, SC.

Your table looks similar to mine! Vermilions, Red Porgies and Triggers only difference is the Almaco.

[broschro]

Love me some triggers! We call those red eyes the small snapper and we call the porgies pinkies here in Florida East Coast.

[Long Enuff]

Red porgies, Pinkies, silver snapper all common names here for the same fish.  The vermillion snapper are also known as B-liners, short for bucket liners. Back in the day they could always be counted on to fill the five gallon buckets of fishermen on head boats even if nothing else co-operated.

[MarkT]

In SoCal they're an invasive species that come up during the El Niño years and the stick around. We always released them assuming they're trash fish. We caught a bunch of them done in PV and kept them since the crews mom likes them. We ate them too and they were pretty good! Definitely not trash fish but their skin can trash your knives when cleaning them!

[Long Enuff]

Sharp six inch boning knife to pierce the skin and remove the fillet.  Then an eight inch fillet knife to remove the skin. One of the sweetest best tasting fish in the ocean.

One of my favorite trigger fish dishes: trigger fish with a shrimp, capers and sun dried tomato sauce over pasta.