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Please don’t call sandabs mini halibut because people will mistake an actual baby halibut as a sandab and take it home which is illegal and hurts the halibut population 😨
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Outdoor Chef Life inspiring too, I’m moving out to the west coast next year and already am looking for tide pool foraging spots near where I’ll be living!
my personal best lingcod, 24 pounds, I caught in a tidal pool about the size of a small car, back in 1988, I just jumped in, it was quite a wrestling match, in Westport, just north of Ft. Bragg, CA
I can't get enough of your videos :D Not only you make me hungry, but love that type of videos. It's really inspiring what you can do with resources you gathered yourself! It's 10 times more interesting to see, how you get the ingridients yourself instead of buying them. It's the whole process I love.
They indeed FCKIN DELICIOUS its so fragrant (yes... fragrant, not fishy), marinated easily, and the meat... ohh its so soft n flaky Such a dreamy fish Unluckily, there is not many of them sold in my town (im from Indo btw)
Damn Taku!!! Makin me hungry 😋. Born n raised in hawaii. But now living in Vegas. I use to catch a lot of those but never knew it was good eating those mini halibut aka sand fish until I saw your video. But the wok looks nice I need one of those. Aloha
I think they have them in Hawaii because I used to walk around where a river came out to the ocean in Punalu'u on the windward side of Oahu and it was pretty common (and funny!) to feel one of those slip out from under my foot.
Hey Taku! Fun fact about green onions, if you only chop the green part you can save the white stalks and put them in a cup/mason jar/even a water bottle with enough water to cover about half the stalk and you can easily grow new and fresh green onions in as little 1-3 weeks
Well, Sanddab are used for live bait when Ling Cod fishing and we try to bring up as many as we can on the Subiki rig to fill the bait well. this time of year the Dabs are often the target fish when on the combo trips. Dabs first then go pull the crab pots. Dabs are a fantastic eating fish and offered at a lot of high-end restaurants. They are better when battered and broiled but frying is quicker and easier. Anyway, an excellent table fish. So easy to catch so I never go out on the Dab and crab combo trips.
I love that fresh sauce you made but the only other thing I think I would add is a clove or two of fresh finely minced garlic. I'm sure your garnish is great by itself but fresh garlic has always added that little bit of extra pungent flavor for me. Thanks for sharing and while I don't have access to fresh sand dabs, which looks absolutely amazing, I'll try your fresh garnish on other kinds of fried fish very soon.
That sauce looks good. One of my favorite fish to eat. Catching them is more like work than fishing. There are so deep, usually about 300 plus feet, and you use such a heavy weight, 1 to 2 pounds, you don't reel in just one or two at a time. I usually use 10 to 12 hooks, little strips of squid for bait, and I usually have 2 gangions set up. Send one to the bottom, wait a few minutes, 5 to 10 at the most, and reel them in. You lay them out on the deck, unsnap them from the swivel, snap on the other already baited up gangion, and send that one to the bottom and set it up. You then unhook your fish, put them in a bucket, put squid strips on the hooks and lay that out. Then its time to reel in your fish, and repeat the process. The least I have ever caught in one day is 105 the most 268. Fast and easy to clean, sweeter than halibut, and if you like to catch fish to eat, one of the best deals in sportfishing. You can fry them, use just about any sole recipe, or even deep fry them until they are crisp and eat them like big chips, bones and all. Yummy. I need to go fishing.....
Lots of people target sanddabs down here in SoCal. Especially out of Ventura and around Catalina. They pull them in by the thousands. Good eats for sure.
"Knife is Life" There was a local Japanese grocery store (Mitsuwa Marketplace) that was relocating and they were having a closing sale with everything 25% off. I remember they had a few knives made in Japan on sale. They were from $60-$120 +25% off. Looking at your video makes me regret not buying a few of them while they were on sale. with that being said, my all time favorite knife has to be my Nakiri, hands down. that was a smart set up. dope!!
That sauce is what South East Asian folks use for everything. My version is garlic, thai peppers, shallots, msg, sugar/palm sugar, fish sauce, lime/lemon juice, basil/thai basil and coriander/cilantro. More heat the better tasting the suace is. Goes good on about everything.
This video was legit brother. We have been catching these little guys for a couple weeks now and had no idea most of the fish was edible. Thank you my friend for the catch and cook video. We'll see ya down the road!
If you go sanddabbing again, try leaving the rig in the water even after you set the hook on the first one. Continue setting the hooks until you don't get any more bites. Then, bring up the whole lot at one time...
No Daily limit on sandabs. I use to fish for them off Stillwater cove after rockfishing. The easiest way to clean them is to use scissors. Fry them until the bone is crispy and eat them whole. They reside deep and on sandy 120 FOW.
Dabs, small but delish! We caught and cooked them the same way in Scotland. Just snipped off the fins and so easy to bone on your plate. So good with a squeeze of lemon. Enjoyed your video.
I was skeptical until I saw the bones pull out. Then it looked really tasty! Those are two toe's favorite bait for ling cod when heads out to his Fish locker...
Dear Outdoor Chef Life, i really like watching your videos on how you catch your own seafood and cooking them afterwards. I hope that in the future during the cooking phase, you will be adventurous to try out different ways of cooking from different countries. Maybe squid ink pasta or chilli crabs etc.
What my friend and I do with a small party of people is get a few dozen of them and fillet the meat off just like you would a halibut. Then deep fry the fillets just like you did and also fry the bones as well. In doing that we get fish bone crackers and 4 pieces of fried fillets.
I've only had sand dabs once but it was amazing!! I had it in Monterey, Ca at the Old Fisherman's Grotto. They catch them right off of the dock there and cook them up. Soooo good.
Perfect as usual , love how you cook the fish , ironically targeting smaller fish , which my kids love to fish for (smaller fish) and that cilantro salsa/ pepper is spot on, I love that type too. Hopefully you get to use that rod on more traveling trips and that baitrunner reel
OUTSTANDING! excellent video. good cheffing!!! love the cilantro mix with the fish sauce on top!! honestly, made my mouth water...lol subscribed!!! thank you keep em coming!
We have some similar fishes over here in europe. But even when fried super crispy they still have a bunch of bones around the body where some small fins are. Those are not that much fun to eat. You really didn't remove anything else but the head and guts? Looked super tasty! Greetings from germany and keep up the great content! :)
I had sand dabs on my honeymoon in Catalina. The waitress said the only thing they brought in fresh today Sand Dabs. So I ordered that and it was delicious.
Some small fish are even tastier than the more popular big ones, especially if you can fry them whole and small bones melt during the cooking process. As I can't eat spicy peppers (medical reasons), I'm using green dill and garlic flavored oil for the salad, it's different but still complements the fish very well.
Taku, thanks for another great video! I always caught sand dabs and I always throw them back. Next time I will keep a few so that I can try them. I always hear how good they taste. Corn starch over flour, thanks for the tip!!! Looking forward to your next video;
Last time I went on a charter, a lot of people were catching sand dabs and they were just tossing them back and going home empty handed. I started collecting all of them and went home with quite a few. Fried them up with some panko and shredded coconut. They were delicious!
@@shitboxoffroad Could have something to do with cooking times or something. Maybe I just got lucky and hit the right point where the meat was soft and flaky, but the spine was still rigid.
🤤🤤. Great sauce with steak as well. I add tamarind powder to mine. My brother makes it with tomatoes over fried fish. Awesome vid. You should hit up some crappie soon. Great pan fish to fry up as well. Tight lines!
I've eaten a lot of different flatfish but never sand dabs. I wonder if they get up to the OR coast. I'll have to check it out since I love the way you can practically eat them whole.
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Please don’t call sandabs mini halibut because people will mistake an actual baby halibut as a sandab and take it home which is illegal and hurts the halibut population 😨
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okay dokay! Thanks!
A little tip fishing for dabs, when you get bit just keep it in the drift until they all load up. You'll be reeling up fully loaded with dabs.
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Laying here at 5:30 in the morning, haven't slept yet, now I'm hungry as HELL!!
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Outdoor chef life is the bees knees bruh...gonna be getting a roll up knife kit here soon...keep up the good stuff...
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Outdoor Chef Life inspiring too, I’m moving out to the west coast next year and already am looking for tide pool foraging spots near where I’ll be living!
my personal best lingcod, 24 pounds, I caught in a tidal pool about the size of a small car, back in 1988, I just jumped in, it was quite a wrestling match, in Westport, just north of Ft. Bragg, CA
I’m glad people you used that sauce. We used that’s sauce for a lot of our dishes. Garlic would make it even more better.
Get me every time... after i watch I'm starving for some fresh seafood.
I can't get enough of your videos :D Not only you make me hungry, but love that type of videos. It's really inspiring what you can do with resources you gathered yourself! It's 10 times more interesting to see, how you get the ingridients yourself instead of buying them. It's the whole process I love.
They look like the size of a bluegill or perch. Looks delicious.
Wonder if they could be fixed this way, after scraping off the scales....? 🤔
Theyre kinda gross ngl
They indeed FCKIN DELICIOUS its so fragrant (yes... fragrant, not fishy), marinated easily, and the meat... ohh its so soft n flaky
Such a dreamy fish
Unluckily, there is not many of them sold in my town (im from Indo btw)
They are, they're really nice with butter and garlic/wine sauce.
@@gus473 He said, the scales are so small they come off when he washes them.
Easy and quick. Love it. Gonna make this one day but with red onions in the salsa. Most of the sand dab recipes I've seen are just butter poached.
Real halibut are my favourite fish by a long shot 👌
The best catch and cook in the game right now
What a coincidence! We're actually going on a crab and sanddab fishing trip this Saturday! Nice video, Taku👍
Who even has time to dislikes such a chill, calm and soothing video!!!! Its was the most relaxing video🙌🍻
Damn Taku!!! Makin me hungry 😋. Born n raised in hawaii. But now living in Vegas. I use to catch a lot of those but never knew it was good eating those mini halibut aka sand fish until I saw your video. But the wok looks nice I need one of those. Aloha
I think they have them in Hawaii because I used to walk around where a river came out to the ocean in Punalu'u on the windward side of Oahu and it was pretty common (and funny!) to feel one of those slip out from under my foot.
"knife is life" Everything you cook always looks so tasty.
Hey Taku! Fun fact about green onions, if you only chop the green part you can save the white stalks and put them in a cup/mason jar/even a water bottle with enough water to cover about half the stalk and you can easily grow new and fresh green onions in as little 1-3 weeks
Another stellar video! The crunch when you bit into the fish was awesome!
You can also add diced tomatoes to that sauce as well! I have never seen anyone on TH-cam make that sauce but I make it all the time haha
Nothing special about lime and fish sauce lol
Well, Sanddab are used for live bait when Ling Cod fishing and we try to bring up as many as we can on the Subiki rig to fill the bait well.
this time of year the Dabs are often the target fish when on the combo trips. Dabs first then go pull the crab pots.
Dabs are a fantastic eating fish and offered at a lot of high-end restaurants. They are better when battered and broiled but frying is quicker and easier.
Anyway, an excellent table fish.
So easy to catch so I never go out on the Dab and crab combo trips.
Don't eat any seafood but here I lay watching every video you post ❤
I love that fresh sauce you made but the only other thing I think I would add is a clove or two of fresh finely minced garlic. I'm sure your garnish is great by itself but fresh garlic has always added that little bit of extra pungent flavor for me.
Thanks for sharing and while I don't have access to fresh sand dabs, which looks absolutely amazing, I'll try your fresh garnish on other kinds of fried fish very soon.
I just realized that Jocelyn is down with the cooked fish now. When did that change?
She likes it when it's crispy!
That sauce looks good. One of my favorite fish to eat. Catching them is more like work than fishing. There are so deep, usually about 300 plus feet, and you use such a heavy weight, 1 to 2 pounds, you don't reel in just one or two at a time. I usually use 10 to 12 hooks, little strips of squid for bait, and I usually have 2 gangions set up. Send one to the bottom, wait a few minutes, 5 to 10 at the most, and reel them in. You lay them out on the deck, unsnap them from the swivel, snap on the other already baited up gangion, and send that one to the bottom and set it up. You then unhook your fish, put them in a bucket, put squid strips on the hooks and lay that out. Then its time to reel in your fish, and repeat the process. The least I have ever caught in one day is 105 the most 268. Fast and easy to clean, sweeter than halibut, and if you like to catch fish to eat, one of the best deals in sportfishing. You can fry them, use just about any sole recipe, or even deep fry them until they are crisp and eat them like big chips, bones and all. Yummy. I need to go fishing.....
Hey, I loved this vid as the fish was basically consumed whole without any leftover, not even any fins, very sustainable. Keep it up Taku!
This guy makes me so hungry! I dont know why i watch these videos on an empty stomach 🤣🤣
Almost see through little guys! Food looked delicious! That Comb fish looked cool! Awesome video!
Lots of people target sanddabs down here in SoCal. Especially out of Ventura and around Catalina. They pull them in by the thousands. Good eats for sure.
This man will will make anything look good!
Looks good! I like to add palm sugar to take away the sharp acidity and a little lime zest.
"Knife is Life"
There was a local Japanese grocery store (Mitsuwa Marketplace) that was relocating and they were having a closing sale with everything 25% off. I remember they had a few knives made in Japan on sale. They were from $60-$120 +25% off. Looking at your video makes me regret not buying a few of them while they were on sale. with that being said, my all time favorite knife has to be my Nakiri, hands down.
that was a smart set up. dope!!
That sauce is what South East Asian folks use for everything. My version is garlic, thai peppers, shallots, msg, sugar/palm sugar, fish sauce, lime/lemon juice, basil/thai basil and coriander/cilantro. More heat the better tasting the suace is. Goes good on about everything.
This video was legit brother. We have been catching these little guys for a couple weeks now and had no idea most of the fish was edible. Thank you my friend for the catch and cook video. We'll see ya down the road!
If you go sanddabbing again, try leaving the rig in the water even after you set the hook on the first one. Continue setting the hooks until you don't get any more bites. Then, bring up the whole lot at one time...
They are also tasty when steamed with ground pork, shrimp paste and silky tofu. Then pour super hot oil.
joselin: was it fun catching them?
taku: no
lol gotta go 2lb line on a dock demon
Kind of like catching crappies. Great tasting fish but not much of a fighter.
love the frequency of uploads love u taku!
No Daily limit on sandabs. I use to fish for them off Stillwater cove after rockfishing. The easiest way to clean them is to use scissors. Fry them until the bone is crispy and eat them whole. They reside deep and on sandy 120 FOW.
I love how you take care of Joselyn it’s beautiful excuse me if I misspelled her name!! You Two will definitely prosper!!
Dabs, small but delish! We caught and cooked them the same way in Scotland. Just snipped off the fins and so easy to bone on your plate. So good with a squeeze of lemon. Enjoyed your video.
I was skeptical until I saw the bones pull out. Then it looked really tasty! Those are two toe's favorite bait for ling cod when heads out to his Fish locker...
Bro now we're talking. Super awesome seeing you make somthing other then sushi. Thumbs up and looking forward to your next recipe. Taku is the man.
Ive been watching your videos to pass time and I throughly enjoy them! New subscriber
thanks Taku for another great video!!!
My dad catches sanddabs all the time. Fried is one of my favorites but we also steam them with a black bean garlic sauce
KNIFE IS LIFE!!!!!!!!!!! AWESOME WORK BRO
So awesome to see all the new stuff you're getting hooked up with! great content as always
The crunch is so satisfying 🔥
dope cook out and agree that they even seemed a bit boring to catch in the video, the wok looks fire.
Danggggg way to make something delicious out of something a lot of people take for granted! And cheers with that Lagunitas! 🍻
Dear Outdoor Chef Life, i really like watching your videos on how you catch your own seafood and cooking them afterwards. I hope that in the future during the cooking phase, you will be adventurous to try out different ways of cooking from different countries. Maybe squid ink pasta or chilli crabs etc.
I catch these all the time Surf Perch fishing. I will definitely have to try them now
“Knife is life” great video.
I am in "binge watch heaven". Thank you for great videos.
What my friend and I do with a small party of people is get a few dozen of them and fillet the meat off just like you would a halibut. Then deep fry the fillets just like you did and also fry the bones as well. In doing that we get fish bone crackers and 4 pieces of fried fillets.
I've only had sand dabs once but it was amazing!! I had it in Monterey, Ca at the Old Fisherman's Grotto. They catch them right off of the dock there and cook them up. Soooo good.
This sauce is exactly what my family uses at every meal - so tasty and umami!
Hi, chef for life. You have catch and cooking at same time. Hard working man. Like all your video from Saipan near Guam. Cheers.
Perfect as usual , love how you cook the fish , ironically targeting smaller fish , which my kids love to fish for (smaller fish) and that cilantro salsa/ pepper is spot on, I love that type too.
Hopefully you get to use that rod on more traveling trips and that baitrunner reel
OUTSTANDING! excellent video. good cheffing!!! love the cilantro mix with the fish sauce on top!! honestly, made my mouth water...lol subscribed!!! thank you keep em coming!
We have some similar fishes over here in europe. But even when fried super crispy they still have a bunch of bones around the body where some small fins are. Those are not that much fun to eat.
You really didn't remove anything else but the head and guts?
Looked super tasty!
Greetings from germany and keep up the great content! :)
Just give them some slit where there is many bone, fry em to crisp, and u could eat those crispy bone
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I had sand dabs on my honeymoon in Catalina. The waitress said the only thing they brought in fresh today Sand Dabs. So I ordered that and it was delicious.
In the office season there is a couple of boats that go out every once in a while and target sand dabs. I don't think there is a limit on them.
Right on time. Dinner time. Looks delicious as always.
Nice Catch , Clean and fry up of those Sand Dabs ! Looks delicious ! Thanks and Taku and Jocelyn too !
Looks great. I hope to get out in the water soon for some dabs and flounder.
I think it will be more appropriate to call it flounder than mini halibut
either way, how you cooked it look so delicious!
I love sand dab. Easy to catch off the LA waters. Most fish markets sell them also
Nice apron. Love the color combo and double pocket.Great place for chopsticks.
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Oh hey I use that same rod and reel combo for saltwater fishing too! Kastking blackhawk2 and shimano nasci4000.
Sheesh that looks delicious. I think I can handle making this. That sauce looked refreshing.
Some small fish are even tastier than the more popular big ones, especially if you can fry them whole and small bones melt during the cooking process. As I can't eat spicy peppers (medical reasons), I'm using green dill and garlic flavored oil for the salad, it's different but still complements the fish very well.
Taku, thanks for another great video! I always caught sand dabs and I always throw them back. Next time I will keep a few so that I can try them. I always hear how good they taste. Corn starch over flour, thanks for the tip!!! Looking forward to your next video;
caught my first fish ever and it was also a sanddab!! ginger, green onion, and soy sauce. tasty.
Damn you got it down now Taku, simple fishing awesome cooking!
Last time I went on a charter, a lot of people were catching sand dabs and they were just tossing them back and going home empty handed. I started collecting all of them and went home with quite a few. Fried them up with some panko and shredded coconut. They were delicious!
What about the bones?
@@shitboxoffroad they popped right out, just like in this video.
@@LarsSveen nice I guess the one I caught had a lot of small bones that were hard to pick out, might have been to small.
@@shitboxoffroad Could have something to do with cooking times or something. Maybe I just got lucky and hit the right point where the meat was soft and flaky, but the spine was still rigid.
Awesome people awesome food . Keep it up guys
I've had it before fried as well, caught them off Catalina island. was actually really good. You should do a blue perch catch n cook
Got my first sand dab at the jetty last weekend! Crabbin' and Dabbin'!
TH-cam recommended me your channel, and goddamn I love your content, keep it up!
A beer company needs to sponsor my boiii taku! Looks tasty man needa try when I get a chance.
Another great video chef! You’re “doin’ right!”🔥
That would be great with some Thai sticky rice! Looks great!
🤤🤤. Great sauce with steak as well. I add tamarind powder to mine. My brother makes it with tomatoes over fried fish. Awesome vid. You should hit up some crappie soon. Great pan fish to fry up as well. Tight lines!
I've eaten a lot of different flatfish but never sand dabs. I wonder if they get up to the OR coast. I'll have to check it out since I love the way you can practically eat them whole.
Love it bro I learn alot cooking wise watching you truly inspirational 💯
you know the dude from Minnesota has got his fishing rod game down i'm sure you got a dope rod
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that blue carbon steel is a beauty
I love the ever day post keep up the good work
I first heard of Sand Dabs watching the odd Couple. I'll never forget hearing Felix unger order it.
Thanks for the easy delicious sauce recipe. Learn something new every day. Might try it kona crabs or Menpachi.
Wow that sounded crispy! And followed your IG! :D Another great video - thank you both!
Hello from Minnesota but you can literally make anything look good
Next time, add some lemon grass!! 😍😍😍
As long as you're giggling while fishing ! They actually used to run sand dab trips out of L.A. .
Ah yes a catch and cook on my birthday nice! lol
Happy birthday this one's for you!
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everytime I watch ur videos I allways eat cuz u make me so hungry jhhahaha