Thread: King Mackerel Tip

I fished Destin last week, while down there the only fish we caught that we could keep were Lane Snapper and King Mackerel. I normally don't care much for Kings but while cleaning them I got a tip from an old man, he advised cutting them in 4 sections, trimming the red out and then soaking them in Sprite for about 30 minutes before grilling. I seasoned with Redfish Magic and grilled them, then Lanes that were all that was left after supper. Don't know if I would fry them but they were very good grilled.

Well that's a fine recipe and thanks for sharing, but how many kings did you catch, was the bite steady, what were they biting on and was flipper being hateful?

Details?

Rich we were fishing from my boat, we caught 4 kings on 4 casts, biggest 22 lbs, smallest 13....about 3 miles offshore, bait was cigar minnows, caught ll we needed with 1 cast of my net at the Destin Marina and as for Flippers, we saw several but the did not eat any of the fish we released.

Recipe sounds good to me.
I like Lemon Pepper seasoning and onions on my grilled King.

This thread would be sooo much better with some food pRon.

This thread would be sooo much better with some food pRon

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Originally Posted by crazynewts

This thread would be sooo much better with some food pRon

This thread would be sooo much better if you offered free home delivery of food!

I do... To a very small and select group of people.

i've heard the same thing but with 7-Up. I guess it's a coke vs. pepsi thing.

Originally Posted by j. gravy

i've heard the same thing but with 7-Up. I guess it's a coke vs. pepsi thing.

I think it works with any lemon lime type soda. I've used a variety of different ones and they all have the same effect. I use this technique on all fish before I cook it.

I tried it and it worked, I will try it once more time to be sure. The old man that told me about it owns Destin Marina, he said that in the old days it was Club soda and lemon juice so I guess it might be a citrus thing