Hello everyone! A friend of mine went fishing this past weekend and sadly a very big blue marlin died on the fishing line while he was reeling it in. The only upside is he now has a lot of blue marlin meat that we have to go through. I've heard about smoking marlin before but have never tried it. Has anyone here? I'm guessing I should brine it for a couple of hours, but I'm not really sure to what temp I should take the fish or how long this would take. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
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Never done it but if I had some marlin to try, I would start with the same brine I use for salmon. One cup regular salt & 2 cups brown sugar in a gallon of water. Brine marlin steaks (2" +/-) overnight, rinse and hot smoke to 150 or so. I usually top salmon with some brown sugar or maple syrup glaze towards the endbut not sure how that would play with marlin? Could add or adjust other spices as you wish (see Huskee's Smoked Salmon thread). Have fun!
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I've used these guys' way several times on fish, and the results are amazingly good. A bit time and labor intensive though. https://docs.google.com/viewer?docex...%20Process.pdf
I don't rinse the fish following the brining.Last edited by EdF; January 24, 2017, 03:03 PM.
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