Don’t put this on your Fish!

Did you know that tap water does this to saltwater fish? THIS is why you don't put freshwater on Saltwater fish!

In this video I'll show you how to make a saltwater brine to clean your fish using simple, step-by-step instructions.

- Reed the Fishmonger

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[knightclan]

I can't believe I'm 58 and just now learning that tip.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[jacksuarez]

I’ve given up trying to teach this to my crew😂. Learned this from the old timers. Coming in from offshore i always try to get a good bucket of clean sea water( a few miles out, not from the marina) and all my personal fish get the salty ice bath treatment and packaged my way.

For people that are skeptical it’s quite an easy experiment. Rinse one filet in tap and one in the salt solution. It will have an extremely different feel to it, almost slippery, firm, tight. If rinsed in tap water the meat will feel a little softer/squishy and the flakes or fibers will be begin to pull apart and separate. Part of the meat separation is a result of the meat getting too warm while your filleting the fish but the other part is absorbing all that water. Great video bud, keep it up💪🏼

[Userbts]

Thank you thank you so much for this! I never knew it. My family is a big fan of shrimp and I usually defrost in regular tap water. WELLL I defrosted them in a salt brine as you demonstrated here and oh my God what a difference! I will never ever put my fish in freshwater again. You’re the best! I love your channel!

[TwoToed]

It would be great to see a video of you describing how you learned your trade and honed your skills. I am interested and I bet your viewers are as well. Back in the day when I fished deep water in Texas I targeted amongst the usual suspects, Amberjack. Grilled, it was very tasty. Thanx for your productions .

[andyjhingory]

I was up cleaning fish until 3am this morning. Red Snapper, Lane Snapper, and a huge wahoo fillet. I used tap water to clean them. As usual. Reed is right about the tap water absorbing into the meat! After cleaning, gutting, scaling and rinsing. I take a few old hand towels stick them in the gut cavity of the fish and stand up to drain and dry. Before filleting or cutting them up to my preference.

[jmpjag]

For those wondering why he’s using faucet water to make the saltwater when he says don’t rinse your saltwater fish under the tap, it’s not the tap that’s the problem. It’s the lack of salt if your fish came from saltwater. It’s your basic biology. The process is called Osmosis. Without going into a science lesson, you basically want to keep the filets in a solution that is equal to the environment they came from. Someone suggested getting clean water from the area the fish was caught in, and that would probably be your best bet. A saltwater filet will absorb fresh water if rinsed in freshwater, but if you brine it and add too much salt, it will draw water out as well. I really don’t think you even need the ice unless you’re trying to cool the filets. Now for the science: water moves through the cell membrane from a low concentration of solute to an area with a high concentration of solute. Since the filets came from a saltwater fish, theirs cells have a higher concentration of salt (the solute) so water moves into the cells if rinsed in freshwater.

[FloridaNativeFishingChannel]

I do the same thing at home. I also add a lime or lemon to the water if I plan on eating the fish that night. It really cleans the filets really well.

[recoilrob]

The preferred salts are sea salt or kosher salt. About 35gr/liter approximates seawater.

[markstamp]

Great video! I fish from a kayak in the ocean, and I immediately bleed and gut any fish that I keep, then finish cleaning them back at the dock, trying never to let fresh water touch the meat. When I get home, my wife usually has to "clean" them a bit more, and I can never seem to convince her that fresh water is bad. Maybe this video will do the trick...

[ifyouvemadeitthisfarcongra]

Dude!!! such a straightforward and informative video. I can't wait to try this on Friday...If we're lucky out there.

[Anunaki]

I've never seen a kitchen that almost looks like a big apartment, nice. I need to get out more.

[curtmurdurk]

I’m glad you posted this vid me and most people I know rinse out fish after we filet it. Good to know we can clean it better

[francinecorry]

From now on I will be doing this.Who knew? Thanks Reed.

[toaster]

Reed can you do a video on your ideal prep of the fish from being caught to being cleaned? Bleeding them, icing them down in salt brine, etc.

[GreenhornetII]

I’ve always done that but never knew why haha. Thank you

[johnhanshe]

Always excellent information. Your a 10 on fish care. Thank you.

[ChefReyM]

Thanks Reed for answering my request from a couple of weeks ago regarding the salt water solution concentration. Tight lines! 🐟🐟

[chrispaea]

I came on here looking for how to brine fish & I just happen to be cooking pompano🙂 ty

[FishingOutdoors]

RO water seems to be the exception, tap water has lots of impurities that will spoil saltwater fish. RO water is basically as close to DI water you will get and doesn't appear to degrade the meat. Great video! Keep up the good work.

[lisamcdonald]

Thanks, this is very useful and practice information!