First time cooking fish.

Brother caught a 31.5" striped bass in the long island sound today, thought I would give a shot at cooking it.

the fish
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_GSOWXxgrr2A/SkPkdB-xGNI/AAAAAAAAClg/RKMJIFT2eXc/s512/IMG_0249.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_GSOWXxgrr2A/SmEmXuJl8uI/AAAAAAAAC98/TFU8DkKJm9A/s640/DSCN0283.JPG

sliced up some potatoes super thin and baked them.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_GSOWXxgrr2A/SmEmYHWB5kI/AAAAAAAAC-A/vHcMD1ZSzvI/s640/DSCN0286.JPG

cut up parts of fish for frying part of it as an appetizer.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_GSOWXxgrr2A/SmEmYhSoYUI/AAAAAAAAC-E/CQso595eb-k/s640/DSCN0287.JPG
frying

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_GSOWXxgrr2A/SmEmYykRyEI/AAAAAAAAC-I/-JtmhUYQPZs/s640/DSCN0288.JPG
broiling this for 10-15 minutes

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_GSOWXxgrr2A/SmEmZfxrYZI/AAAAAAAAC-M/El--XLBaV2k/s640/DSCN0289.JPG
finished broiling

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_GSOWXxgrr2A/SmEmZ2m4hVI/AAAAAAAAC-Q/80p2Uddg7Aw/s640/DSCN0290.JPG
finished frying

Overall It was a success, broiled it for a little longer than I would have wanted to, but the inside was perfectly done.

More to come, hopefully.

Gotta watch out for the aids if you are eating from the sound.

Gotta watch out for the aids if you are eating from the sound.

ruh-roh, I thought that was the Hudson river.

those are some serious butchering skills!

lol - sorry, I had to!

The key with fish is not to over cook it, but if you do, cook it till its nice and crispy!!!

those are some serious butchering skills!

lol - sorry, I had to!

The key with fish is not to over cook it, but if you do, cook it till its nice and crispy!!!

lol thanks.

Nice.

When done right striper can be one of the best tasting fish.

the great thing about fish is if its fresh all you really need is lemon and pepper maybe some salt depending on the fish.

fish is an amazing canvas. incredibly versatile. beautiful bass! the "parts" is a hack job lol but that's ok - looks like a good fillet job tho. nice.