Eating Raw Tuna -- Advice

[jmurr711]

i have never frozen anything i used for sashimi tuna,mackerel,sea bass, & flat trash alwasy kept it ice cold rinsed it off and sliced it thin

[codbuster]

JRMURR is right on!! As long as it was iced immediatly it should be ok!!I bring a 6 gallon bucket and a lot of ice as I put the fresh caught fish in the bucket to die or bleed out and get rid of most of the slime!! A large chunk of ice in the bucket with the fresh sea water!! Then the fish go in the cooler which is also ice filled!! The only fish I don't eat raw is bluefish!!

[Ol Pedro]

Originally Posted by jmurr711

i have never frozen anything i used for sashimi tuna,mackerel,sea bass, & flat trash alwasy kept it ice cold rinsed it off and sliced it thin

It was my understanding that parasites that live in Tuna/other saltwater fish can't live in our systems but , Freshwater and Saltwater fish that migrate from one to the other shouldn't be consumed raw . I never eat raw Salmon or Stripers . I love to eat the rack meat as we loin out the Tuna .

[sportfishingusa]

freeze it for a week, then defrost and enjoy but you need to freeze fast, like flash freeze. All sushi and sashimi comes frozen before they do anything with it.

Forget about the parasites and other garbage on it, i dont care what anyone says, fresh tuna front the dock when you are fishing or just getting back from fishing, smells and tastes like piss and ammonia

[Ol Pedro]

Originally Posted by sportfishingusa

forget about the parasites and other garbage on it, i dont care what anyone says, fresh tuna front the dock when you are fishing or just getting back from fishing, smells and tastes like piss and ammonia

Sportie , are you talking Blue Shark and not Tuna ? Our Tuna are bled and chilled/collered before loining .

[sportfishingusa]

Originally Posted by Ol Pedro

Sportie , are you talking Blue Shark and not Tuna ? Our Tuna are bled and chilled/collered before loining .

You can collar and prep it all you want. Unless it is thoroughly cleaned per loun after skinning it is disgusting. IMHO. I see guys do it every trip. Take pieces and eat it. I think it smells and tastes horrible. I rather eat it cooked or ice cold and cleaned. But that's just me. Everyone else seems to eat it all the time so maybe I smell like piss hahahahaha

[codbuster]

You must be talking about "catfish" if you get my drift!! The fresher the better with all the other types of fish!!

[EEL killer]

FDA says all fish in US to be eaten raw has to be flash frozen for at least two weeks to get rid of any bacteria that's in it.Personally I eat it while the tuna is still moving.Yesterday got back with Jersey Hooker with 3 big eyes and we were eating as it was being cut up.I don't know what your guys are eating but it did not taste like piss(who would know what that tastes like) or ammonia

[Captain Rich]

Originally Posted by Ol Pedro

It was my understanding that parasites that live in Tuna/other saltwater fish can't live in our systems but , Freshwater and Saltwater fish that migrate from one to the other shouldn't be consumed raw . I never eat raw Salmon or Stripers . I love to eat the rack meat as we loin out the Tuna .

Pedro- the fish tapeworms can absolutely jump the genetic tree and live in people. I think everyone who works in the industry will at one time or another start nibbling on "rack meat" while cutting up the catch, that we don't get parasites is just plain good luck, before the FDA put in the frozen sushi rule, this issue was a lot more common with people who enjoyed sushi at restaurants.

[codbuster]

Originally Posted by Captain Rich Adler

Pedro- the fish tapeworms can absolutely jump the genetic tree and live in people. I think everyone who works in the industry will at one time or another start nibbling on "rack meat" while cutting up the catch, that we don't get parasites is just plain good luck, before the FDA put in the frozen sushi rule, this issue was a lot more common with people who enjoyed sushi at restaurants.

I've never heard anyone getting cod worm sickness or anything else like that!!Still some peeps are afraid to eat cod with worms even after cooking!! Just hand it over to me and I'll take care of it!!