why did my pompano smell so fishy

[Cookinman]

they were iced down and cut and filleted at home but the skin was kept, washed them with salt and vineger and then rinsed with cold water i also added some spice to the meat before freezing them. when i cooked them with rice (normally snapper did such a good job) they came out so fishy smelling and tasting that it put me off. dont know what made this happen i tought pompano were supposed to taste good ??!!??

one thing i noticed was that when i was cleanig them even thier guts didnt smelled ??

whats the deal here ?!

Hard to say -

FYI - I almost ALWAYS cook my pompano with skin on ( I Score it with a paring knife to keep it from curling.) Never fishy.

1 - Did you Ice down while still live or immediately after catching?

2 - Did you Filet within 24 hours?

3 - After Fileting Did you store in Refridge with Zip lock bag of Ice on top ( or similar ) W/ Drainage or freeze in freezer? If the Filet's were permitted to sit in their own "Juice" for too long, they amount of bacteria growth will increase and add to the smell / taste degeneration.
4 - Not sure about that salt and vinnegar thing - Why would you do that out of curiosity ?

These are the usual reasons, but other things may have occurred.

[MoJo]

They were Female pompano

[gotants?]

I`ve had Pompano iced down in the cooler for a couple of days no problem. I`ve also frozen it, again, OK.

The first thing you have to do is ice them immediately.

Like Cook`m said, what`s with the salt and vinegar? And the spices too? Sounds to me like you were starting to make cerviche`. How long before you cooked them did you have them in this state? Where they frozen or kept on ice?

[Cookinman]

salt and vineger makes them firm up and remove the slime

Sans the Vinnegar IMHO. Ice wth a few cups salt water will do both of those things ( May be a lil slimy still, but you will have better results wiping them off with a towel rather than Vinnegar....

They were Female pompano

ROFLMAO! In fact I almost had coffee just come out my nose.