Oil fish and grouper in Japan
 

Hard to figure out the appropriate forum for this - reports say California and Baja. This is video of last weekend's trip for grouper and oilfish, I think it is awesome. Very few places in the world can you launch a kayak and been in 1500-1800 foot depths two miles off the beach.

https://vimeo.com/194236977

Last month's daytime catch:

https://vimeo.com/192627995

For the military guys coming to Japan : bring your kayaks! :)

cool stuff. don't eat too much of that oil fish without staying close to the bathroom :eek:

Very cool!
Has anyone tried oilfish or escolar? I wonder if the diarrhea is as bad as the internet has made it out to be.

I've eaten it in small quantities and it is delicious. The wife made the mistake of not stopping, and kept eating it knowing that she shouldn't because it was delicious. She said it was a disaster. This orange oily stuff just kept oozing out her rear, and she said it was uncontrollable and you didn't even know you were pooping yourself. Basically she lived on the toilet.

I let all these fish go. Will keep the occasional one, but its not really worth killing a 50-60lb fish for 6 ounces of meat at a time, and I'm not freezing the rest, no space.

Escolar supposed to be a bit safer but still a bit of a gamble if you eat too much.

Phil

That sounds terrible haha.
The meat looks delicious but doesn't sound worth the toilet time...unless you're looking for a good way of doing a colon cleanse :D

Awesome! Too bad I wasn't into fishing when I was stationed there, my barracks was 50 yards from the water.

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