Where to buy Tuna - Ilwaco

[Remnar]

 Does anyone have a good line on where to get some fresh, never frozen tuna in Ilwaco ? ...Thanks

[CP]

It’s been a while since I was there but I only found fresh on the boats.  You kind of have to ask around the marina to see which ones just came in.  The shops only had frozen. 

[TeacherMan]

I’ve gotten lucky a couple times and bought right off the boats.

[Remnar]

 Yes, thats what im going for . It used to be no problem finding boats to buy from and alot of times could even get the Captains # and tenative fishing schedule if you wanted to preorder.

I dont have any of the old contacts that I used to use and the last few years I havent been able to find anything fresh while ive been down there or any reliable info on where to get "slush" packed fish.

[fishngamereaper]

You can order some through the seafood connection in Westport if that works for ya...

Sometimes charters/ commi guys will do last minute dock sales but rarely because of the demand for tuna..
I'll do some checking around.

[Remnar]

 Thanks for looking @fishngamereaper.

 Yes maybe my brain is just stuck in the old days (10 years and before). As im sure you know what it was like .

But even 5 years ago it seemed there were options for good fish . The last few years I havent been able to turn up anything reasonable for price/quality .

But then again what is these days .

[Sitka_Blacktail]

Does it have to be Illwaco? If not, these guys sell canned and fresh tuna in Westport.

https://www.facebook.com/SassySeafood

https://www.sassyseafood.com/

[treefarmer]

Not sure where your located but I’ve been buying it from Kerbys fish in castle rock these last couple years.   He had a fresh or frozen price last year.