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The Fishing News
00000177-ba84-d5f4-a5ff-bbfc9abb0000 with Steve JunkerEach week during saltwater fishing season Steve Junker checks in with the folks at On the Water magazine and others to find out who's catching what where around the Cape and Islands—and how they're doing it. 00000177-ba84-d5f4-a5ff-bbfc9abc0000For a detailed weekly Fishing Forecast, check out On the Water.00000177-ba84-d5f4-a5ff-bbfc9abb0001

Yummy or Not? The Myth of the Inedible False Albacore

www.onthewater.com/kayak-albies/

Local fishermen will tell you two things about false albacore: they're thrilling to fish for, and they taste terrible.

The first is indisputable.  But the second has long been a lingering question. 

After all, false albacore belong to the same family as bonito, which are as tasty as it gets.

Kevin Blinkoff, intrepid editor at On The Water magazine, decided to take on the myth of the inedible albie. On the this week's Fishing News, he describes the process by which he came to the conclusion that the funny fish can be "very good - not too much different than a tuna."

You want highlights? Here they are:

• Gotta treat that fish right. Because albies are an oily fish, you want to bleed it immediately and get it right into icy water. This means planning ahead, bringing plenty of ice. 

• Cut out all that dark meat. As much as a third of the filet is the dark, oilier meat. This is where the "fishy" taste is. Remove it and feed it to a cat.

Kevin also talks about two different ways he prepared the fish. And we round-up the weekly fishing action, from albies all over the Cape's south side and Woods Hole, to good stripers at the Canal. It's all in this week's Fishing News, below - give it a listen.

Steve is Managing Editor of News. He came to WCAI in 2007. He also hosts the weekly News Roundup on Friday mornings and produces The Fishing News.