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Pez Vela?
Is this a generic term used for all billfish? A friend gave me some smoked Pez Vela, which he swore was broadbill...Since it was caught locally, I am
skeptical....
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Sailfish.
I have had (and made) incredible-tasting smoked fish of many species.
All I require is that the fish/meat was properly handled.
My favorite for freaking people out: smoked carp with all the small bones dissolved.
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Smoked carp is as good as a any smoked fish of any kind....The question tho , COULD this have been a broadbill, as the guy who caught it claimed..
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NO, Pez Vela is specifically a sailfish, Marlin Azul, Negro, Rayado, .
I have never seen a broadbill this far north, but it is not impossible. The generic term for billfish is Picudo.
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Question for current Baja fishermen:
What's the legality on taking this class of fish?
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mulegena
What's the legality on taking this class of fish? |
1 billfish per boat per day
In Memory of E-57
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bill erhardt
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Alan
| Quote: | Originally posted by Mulegena
What's the legality on taking this class of fish? |
1 billfish per boat per day |
One billfish per person per day.
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Bill is correcto.....We dont keep none any
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bill erhardt
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Chuckie.....Good for you. Me too. Although, if I did happen to run into a rare swordfish in the SOC and get it to the boat I might have to modify my
general policy and bring it home with me.
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Hey Bill . . . glad to see you here. Miss Loreto. Not the heat.
I say sail is fine, but smoked . . . only.
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bill erhardt
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Jeff.....I saw from your posts here that you are taking a break from Loreto in the summertime. I didn't realize just how hot it is until I took a
trip north a couple of weeks ago for some Suzuki parts. The cool breezes in So. Cal. sure felt good. I'm going to splash tomorrow in the SOC and if
all is well soon thereafter tow across the hill to Lopez for the fall season. The hoos should be arriving on the banks soon, and it should be a bit
cooler on that side.
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not claiming to be a smoked fish expert, though have smoked and ate my share, doesn't the color and taste give it up?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pescador
NO, Pez Vela is specifically a sailfish, Marlin Azul, Negro, Rayado, .
I have never seen a broadbill this far north, but it is not impossible. The generic term for billfish is Picudo. |
Pescador is right on... Pez Vela translates as fish sail or as we would say sail fish. I think most sportsmen now practice catch and release with
billfish unless they are injured and wouldn't survive anyway. Jim
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Hey Mr. willardguy. How's it goin'?
Completely spoiled by Lopez table fish, just sayin' sail is palatable smoked.
Many, mucho mejor.
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Caught a Pez Vela, Sail Fish in Acapulco in 1995. Had it stuffed and it hangs in my office. I am most proud of that fish and that catch. After
having caught it, I will never kill one again. That fish is the most beautiful thing that I have ever seen in my life. When it was in the water and
just before it was brought on board, the colors were unbelievably amazing. They weren't subtractive pigment like colors where you need an external
light source to see them like a photograph or painted picture where you need light to see it. But, they were additive colors that supply their own
light source such as colors emanating from a television or computer monitor where you can turn off all the lights in the room and still the see the
colors vividly.
The beautiful metallic like radiant colors off of each and every brilliantly shimmering scale on that fish, covering every imaginable color of the
spectrum were mesmerizing and immediately awe inspiring. I knew that I had made a mistake by keeping and landing that fish as within 45 seconds of
boating that magnificent animal, it died and the colors vanished just as suddenly. I knew that I was singularly responsible for extinguishing a life
force that was more creative and beautiful than anything that I was capable of creating myself.
I won't ever do that again. Not making a judgment of others who want that trophy fish to adorn their walls, I am just speaking for myself after the
experience. I look at the fish everyday and marvel at its beauty and magnificence and that way I enjoy it over and over again.
I don't know if the fish is plentiful or endangered. If it is not endangered and you want one for your wall, make sure that you take a really good
look at it in the water before it dies. That image will be burned into your brain and you will be filled with awe and admiration and an almost
religious euphoria witnessing a unique spectacle of magnificent beauty.
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Billfish, and dorado too, do light up when excited, and quickly fade to dull and drab as life ebbs. I don't have a fish on my wall, but if conditions
allow try to get a photo(s) at the boat before release. The one below was taken last month outside Catalana after an intense fifteen minute
encounter. The release was with a de-hooker and the pez vela was never touched by human hands. I imagine that it had forgotten the inconvenience
within five minutes and was off looking for something more nutritious than my lure turned out to be.
And, the photo is now the background on my desktop.
Help yourself, if you want.
[Edited on 8-15-2013 by bill erhardt]
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Beautiful photo, Bill.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by willardguy
not claiming to be a smoked fish expert, though have smoked and ate my share, doesn't the color and taste give it up? |
Actually the loin or back of sailfish smokes up very well and is quite tasty. Not as good grilled or fried, but a lot of locals think it is great.
The area from the center line down is ok but I consider it very greasy and fatty. It smokes out ok, but is pretty oily.
Striped Marlin is not the best of the Marlin to eat, but is certainly better than sailfish. Blue Marlin is very good and is prepared in all the
normal ways. Black Marlin is absolutely delicious and is the best of the three.
Of course, swordfish is a class of its own, but it is so rare in our waters as to be almost imaginary.
That being said, I have switched over to circle hooks on everything now and it has been years since I had a billfish to the boat that was not ready to
release. I really hate it when the poor thing gets drug up on the boat, injuring internal organs, removing slime which keeps them from getting
infections, and then the boat guy throws it overboard and has the audacity to call it a "release". Like Bill Erhardt says, take a great pic, bring
them alongside, and then release them IN THE WATER. The new ARC dehooker allows for a good release.
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thx pesca, GREAT advise!...keep the fish in the water!..in my opinion, NONE of the billfish have a flavor or texture where i would want to kill one
for culinary purposes...they just aren't worth the sacrifice....kill a dorado and put it one the grill; lots more reward!
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