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Title: Cabezon
Post by: lokidog on October 22, 2017, 03:35:18 PM: Caught this on way back from town. Unfortunately, a half inch short. Had to get one try in before end of season....(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171022/b0f26b88f6e996e6678588e8bef233a7.jpg)

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Title: Re: Cabezon
Post by: JKEEN33 on October 22, 2017, 04:34:38 PM: How do you usually cook these? I was halibut and ling fishing last year out of Neah Bay and caught a really large one. I thought the meat was really mushy when I was cleaning it and gave to a friend. I’ve since heard they are really good, but that was the only one I have ever caught.
Title: Re: Cabezon
Post by: lokidog on October 22, 2017, 05:07:51 PM: To me, a Cabezon is like eating a fish made completely out of Lingcod cheeks.... :drool: :drool:

I prefer them dipped in egg and cornflake crumbs then deep fried. I try to keep my pieces less than an inch thick in at least one dimension.
Title: Re: Cabezon
Post by: NRA4LIFE on October 22, 2017, 05:23:40 PM: Oh man, bummer. To me, that is one of the best tasting creatures in the sea. We just licked up our last from the freezer a couple weeks ago.
Title: Re: Cabezon
Post by: Alchase on October 22, 2017, 07:05:03 PM: Deep fried with some French fries!
Yum!
Title: Re: Cabezon
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on October 23, 2017, 09:16:03 AM: I am developing an odd urge to catch one of these magnificently ugly things
Title: Re: Cabezon
Post by: lokidog on October 23, 2017, 10:27:39 AM: Quote from: DOUBLELUNG on October 23, 2017, 09:16:03 AM
I am developing an odd urge to catch one of these magnificently ugly things

I wish I could target them more specifically, just happened to be the first fish I caught, while trying for them. 8) I also released four really nice Rockfish after tagging the two Coppers.

Here is my biggest, caught this summer. 18 pounds and 30 1/2" long, twas a beast.
Title: Re: Cabezon
Post by: Alchase on October 24, 2017, 10:52:28 AM: 18 lbs and 10 lbs of it is head!
That thing is a beast!
Some good fillets out of that one.
Title: Re: Cabezon
Post by: Cap.Silver on October 24, 2017, 11:03:59 AM: :tup: Ed, how is the new boat running ? Miss you guys .
Title: Re: Cabezon
Post by: lokidog on October 24, 2017, 10:56:21 PM: Quote from: Cap.Silver on October 24, 2017, 11:03:59 AM
:tup: Ed, how is the new boat running ? Miss you guys .

It's been great, though it drinks a lot more gas than the old one.

Quote from: Alchase on October 24, 2017, 10:52:28 AM
18 lbs and 10 lbs of it is head!
That thing is a beast!
Some good fillets out of that one.

The state record is 23 pounds, probably only four or five inches bigger.
Title: Re: Cabezon
Post by: Fishstiq on October 25, 2017, 05:57:11 AM: Quote from: lokidog on October 22, 2017, 05:07:51 PM
To me, a Cabezon is like eating a fish made completely out of Lingcod cheeks.... :drool: :drool:

100% this!!

As delicious as they are ugly! I got one 2 weeks ago inside one of my crab pots, a nice 22 incher. Never caught a fish in a crab pot before, but man was I happy to see it :tup:.

I like to bake them as well. Usually in an oven safe dish, I cover the top of the fillet with a mixture of mayo, butter, panko and parmesan cheese (about 3 tbsp mayo, 3 tbsp butter, 3/4 cup panko, 3/4 cup parmesan, mixed well). Maybe a dash of hot sauce and a squirt of lemon in there too. Then bake 'em at 425 for ~10 minutes. Good stuff :EAT: :drool:
Title: Re: Cabezon
Post by: jagermiester on October 26, 2017, 06:19:23 AM: Quote from: lokidog on October 23, 2017, 10:27:39 AM
Quote from: DOUBLELUNG on October 23, 2017, 09:16:03 AM
I am developing an odd urge to catch one of these magnificently ugly things

I wish I could target them more specifically, just happened to be the first fish I caught, while trying for them. 8) I also released four really nice Rockfish after tagging the two Coppers.

Here is my biggest, caught this summer. 18 pounds and 30 1/2" long, twas a beast.

That fish is probably 10 years old. Takes them a long time to get that big. That's awesome.
Title: Re: Cabezon
Post by: lokidog on October 26, 2017, 08:59:28 AM: It's probably older than that. One CA study shows that 24" Cabezon are generally over 9 years old including a 26" at 12yo and a 28" at 13 yo.
Title: Re: Cabezon
Post by: jagermiester on October 26, 2017, 02:20:30 PM: That's so cool.
Some rock fish in the sound live like 60 years right?
Title: Re: Cabezon
Post by: lokidog on October 26, 2017, 06:58:34 PM: Quote from: jagermiester on October 26, 2017, 02:20:30 PM
That's so cool.
Some rock fish in the sound live like 60 years right?

Yes, the Canary and Yelloweye grow slow for a long time.
Title: Re: Cabezon
Post by: wahunter21 on November 19, 2017, 08:07:04 PM: I like cabezon more than lings! They feel like pulling up an anchor, they spread out there fins and creat a larg amount of drag when reeling them in from the depths.
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on November 29, 2017, 09:05:03 PM: What could taste better than a creature that eats octopus and crab? I wish I had a picture of this, but my wife hauled up a 28"-er a couple years ago near Neah Bay that when we got it on deck puked up probably a 5 lb octopus.
Title: Re: Cabezon
Post by: follow maggie on December 23, 2017, 10:54:44 PM: A bunch of years ago I caught one of these on my fly rod from the beach at Point No Point. Imagine my surprise when I got it reeled in.
Title: Re: Cabezon
Post by: ribka on December 24, 2017, 07:15:24 AM: that is a nice one!

Quote from: lokidog on October 23, 2017, 10:27:39 AM
Quote from: DOUBLELUNG on October 23, 2017, 09:16:03 AM
I am developing an odd urge to catch one of these magnificently ugly things

I wish I could target them more specifically, just happened to be the first fish I caught, while trying for them. 8) I also released four really nice Rockfish after tagging the two Coppers.

Here is my biggest, caught this summer. 18 pounds and 30 1/2" long, twas a beast.