Fished on a charter with some well known fishers once (by accident) and one of them jigged up a 15-20kg job and he was stoked and insisted it was better than sambo and kept it for sashimi I think.
when they are schooling to breed they are a bit off.
Re the size, I've had good and bad from size to jumbos, the reason I say that, I landed a 41kg off the stones in bunno and it was very satisfying to a variety of peoples.
The missus gave it away to the whole street and they all said it was great.
You caught a 41kg amberjack off the rocks in Bunbury? How long ago was that? Hell of an effort mate, congrats! I've heard of small sambos getting caught near hasties and BP but figured you'd have a better chance of finding bigfoot than landing a 40kg+ AJ off the rocks here.
I agree with most above- smaller ones nice as fresh sashimi. mind you the only ones I catch are from the middle east upto about 10kg (I suppose its still the indian ocean) I have found fillets cut into nice size chunks go really good in marinades, spices, tanjine type recipes.
While i've never frozen one, I wouldnt reccommend it, the flesh seems to be quite soft.
high Noon
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Date Joined: 27/10/11
Taste the same as a samson.
Taste the same as a samson. Some ok. Some not so good.
JohnF
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Date Joined: 07/07/10
Small ones ok.
Small ones ok.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
MattMiller
Posts: 4171
Date Joined: 15/06/09
Hit and miss
I think they get the same parasite as Sambo's which turns the flesh to mush.
Flavour is better than Sambo's but still no where near as good as YTK
Guardy
Posts: 381
Date Joined: 09/08/12
Sashimi
Makes great sashimi.
Uluabuster
Posts: 724
Date Joined: 12/12/10
Had small amberjack for
Had small amberjack for sashimi before and it was good.
Jim
Posts: 1336
Date Joined: 05/05/06
Fished on a charter with some
Fished on a charter with some well known fishers once (by accident) and one of them jigged up a 15-20kg job and he was stoked and insisted it was better than sambo and kept it for sashimi I think.
Bend over
till
Posts: 9358
Date Joined: 21/02/08
The big ones taste pretty. We
The big ones taste pretty bad. We got a non-release candidate ~20kg doing deep drop and it was awful. Make sure its just on legal if you keep one.
squidder
Posts: 457
Date Joined: 03/09/10
I find
when they are schooling to breed they are a bit off.
Re the size, I've had good and bad from size to jumbos, the reason I say that, I landed a 41kg off the stones in bunno and it was very satisfying to a variety of peoples.
The missus gave it away to the whole street and they all said it was great.
catch.fish
Posts: 150
Date Joined: 12/10/11
AJ
You caught a 41kg amberjack off the rocks in Bunbury? How long ago was that? Hell of an effort mate, congrats! I've heard of small sambos getting caught near hasties and BP but figured you'd have a better chance of finding bigfoot than landing a 40kg+ AJ off the rocks here.
Ben85
Posts: 442
Date Joined: 20/11/11
I agree with most above-
I agree with most above- smaller ones nice as fresh sashimi. mind you the only ones I catch are from the middle east upto about 10kg (I suppose its still the indian ocean) I have found fillets cut into nice size chunks go really good in marinades, spices, tanjine type recipes.
While i've never frozen one, I wouldnt reccommend it, the flesh seems to be quite soft.