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Mr. Sandman · 06-26-2004, 07:16 PM

They are pretty popular actually....wholesale here (last couple weeks) I have been offered 2 bucks per lb for blues here when they don't have enough in the shop and demand is high, same for fluke . But I will not sell them to the market....I let them go or give them to friends. They sell them retail for like 8-10 per lb and they don't have that many of them. The problem is they will not take more then they can sell...so if you bring 500# of bluefish, they may not buy them all. And they only buy from one or two guys in a week. But honest to god, they offered me 2 bucks per lb...(the night prior I released 60 fish from the surf)

Bluefish are actually quite tasty if you prepare them right. In fact I know several people who *prefer* bluefish over bass and fluke.

I do trade my fish with an organic farmer for veggies...and he loves bluefish. Today I dropped off a dozen nice fat fresh fluke 2 hours old all cleaned and vacumed packed...He's said these are great but I prefer bluefish! But in return I got about 30# of strawberries (that is A LOT), lettuce, brocklie, asparagas, summer squash and some other tasty things. I told him I would drop off 10# of bluefish fillets next week for him....this is the best non-cash deal you can imagine...Tonight for dinner I had fluke and fresh organic veggies that were picked/caught only a few hours prior. yum!

trading is better then cash.

06-26-2004, 07:16 PM	#4
Mr. Sandman Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7,649	They are pretty popular actually....wholesale here (last couple weeks) I have been offered 2 bucks per lb for blues here when they don't have enough in the shop and demand is high, same for fluke . But I will not sell them to the market....I let them go or give them to friends. They sell them retail for like 8-10 per lb and they don't have that many of them. The problem is they will not take more then they can sell...so if you bring 500# of bluefish, they may not buy them all. And they only buy from one or two guys in a week. But honest to god, they offered me 2 bucks per lb...(the night prior I released 60 fish from the surf) Bluefish are actually quite tasty if you prepare them right. In fact I know several people who prefer bluefish over bass and fluke. I do trade my fish with an organic farmer for veggies...and he loves bluefish. Today I dropped off a dozen nice fat fresh fluke 2 hours old all cleaned and vacumed packed...He's said these are great but I prefer bluefish! But in return I got about 30# of strawberries (that is A LOT), lettuce, brocklie, asparagas, summer squash and some other tasty things. I told him I would drop off 10# of bluefish fillets next week for him....this is the best non-cash deal you can imagine...Tonight for dinner I had fluke and fresh organic veggies that were picked/caught only a few hours prior. yum! trading is better then cash. Last edited by Mr. Sandman; 06-26-2004 at 07:31 PM..