False albacore are not typically regarded as a good fish to eat.
If you don't treat them properly, albies will make a bloody mess when you fillet them, with lots of dark red meat that maybe only the dog would consider trying.
Albies are typically not regarded as good to eat, but if you treat them properly they can be delicious!
However, over the years I have seen posts and received messages from people telling me that albies can taste good-if you treat them right.
One such email came from MFCC fan and follower John Wait. John was kind enough to send me photos and details about his method for grilling albies that taste so good people will think they're eating yellowfin tuna.
Today I wanted to share John's method here on the site. If you give this a try, please let me know how it works out!
By John Wait
Bleeding the Albies
Right off the bat, as soon as I've landed an albie, I make sure to cut the tail. If you look close in the photo below you'll see where I've made the tail cut.
If you look close at these albies you will see where John cut the tail. This allows the fish to fully bleed out which is critically important if you want to eat an albie.
I also rip or cut out the gills.
I then toss the fish into an 18-gallon live well that’s running full blast. This helps them bleed out thoroughly.
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