Best tasting rockfish?

When it comes to rockfish, I feel like the quality and flavor of the flesh it has a lot more to do with the size/age of the fish and what it’s been eating than the species.

Some day when it’s cool to gather in groups again it would be fun to do a true blind taste test with various sizes of various species.


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blacks are my fav

Blues and blacks for tacos.
Lings for deep fried fish sticks.

Verm is my fav 

Ling, pic was our dinner last night. 
Verm
Olive

China, whole steamed.

I'm a fan of cabezon

The only vermillions I've eaten have been big ones, so they may have just cooked the best?  But oh man the texture of the meat, and the sweetness, it was like it had butter melted all over it.

so Verm #1 for me,
then olive.
then I like Black/Brown/Blue about the same

I would love to do a blind taste test some day.

but I think the most important thing is where the fish was taken from.

Some day when it’s cool to gather in groups again it would be fun to do a true blind taste test with various sizes of various species.

That’s a great idea!  I’m in.

Some day when it’s cool to gather in groups again it would be fun to do a true blind taste test with various sizes of various species.

That’s a great idea!  I’m in.

I would also be in.  I would even be willing to help with the blind portion, I love setting up blind beer and wine tastings, this would be really fun.

Recently caught some Starry Rockcod which I had not caught for a long time and never before off a kayak. Side by side , same method, with a Verm. The Verm was definitely better tasting than the Starry

Grassy rockfish are the best hands down.

Grassy rockfish are the best hands down.

I always really liked the grassies also.  Don't seem to catch as many from my 'yak as I did from shore/jetty, but they're super tasty.

Cabezon might still be my favorite though.

Grassy rockfish are the best hands down.

I always really liked the grassies also.  Don't seem to catch as many from my 'yak as I did from shore/jetty, but they're super tasty.

Cabezon might still be my favorite though.

if cabezon is in the running, then I vote cabezon.  but if it's just rockfishes then my previous post stands

I would be very surprised if vermilion had a lead like that in a blind taste test. We eat with our eyes, and we love of vibrant colors.

100% agree. I'm surprised that olives aren't getting more respect. They are certainly my favorite. I actually think that vermilion is mid to low in the hierarchy.

I would be very surprised if vermilion had a lead like that in a blind taste test. We eat with our eyes, and we love of vibrant colors.

100% agree. I'm surprised that olives are getting more respect. They are certainly my favorite. I actually think that vermilion is mid to low in the hierarchy.

Olives being longer fillets is a nice to boot.