Eat What You Catch: Malibu Fish Feast

I recently met up with my favorite fishermen, all around adventure guide and spearfishing expert David for an epic seafood feast that I will never forget! 

It was a clear sunny day in Topanga Canyon as I drove to meet David at his beautiful hippie hideaway in the Malibu mountains. We gathered all his spearfishing gear, wet suits, a case of beer and headed down to the beach to meet up with his friend Tone. We parked on the side of the road and walked over to their favorite diving spot (which will remain top secret) I filmed them getting their gear on and getting ready to dive into the deep ocean waters. For a beginner like me the waves were to unpredictable and the shoreline to rocky for me to come along, so I decided to stay on the shore and watch the action from afar. 

Over an hour later the boys came back with our catch of the day, a good sized Calico Bass and three large scallops. They said they were lucky enough to catch something that day because the waters so rough. I was glad I stayed behind this time. We put our oceanic friends in the cooler and headed over to the nearest grocery store to gather some fresh ingredients for our meal.

We decided to make Calico Bass ceviche and cook up some of their previously caught fish on the grill. The ceviche was very easy to make and tasted so fresh and delicious! We diced a filet of Calico Bass, chopped up 1 red onion, 3 avocados, 2 tomatoes on the vine, parsley, and added lots of lemon, lime and salt to taste. The ceviche only took 20 mins for the fish to fully cook from the acidity of the lemon juice. We ate it with tortilla chips. One of the best ceviches I've ever had. Wish I could be eating this everyday with a cold beer in hand!

Lastly, we chopped up some fire wood for the grill and heated up the rest of the Calico Bass, alongside scallops, bonito and white sea-bass to complete our Malibu fish feast. 

It was such an amazing day filming, cooking and eating everything we caught. Special thanks to David and Tone for letting me come along and showing me how fresh seafood can taste. All the hard work and preparation for this feast was well worth it! Check out the photos from our drool worthy meal down below.