What fish WON'T you eat?

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What fish WON'T you eat?

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The puffer thread got me wondering what fish considered edible by some you would refuse to eat.
For me:
Puffers
Lizardfish
Lion fish
Barracuda
Bonita
Parrot fish
hard head cats and sails too (so far)
I'm sure there are others.
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Re: What fish WON'T you eat?

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Juan wrote:The puffer thread got me wondering what fish considered edible by some you would refuse to eat.
For me:
Puffers
Lizardfish
Lion fish
Barracuda
Bonita
Parrot fish
hard head cats and sails too (so far)
I'm sure there are others.
I've eaten barracuda, lionfish and parrotfish in the Bahamas, all delicious.

Wont touch ladyfish, lizardfish, or hardhead cats.

Have eaten bonita, but its low on my list.

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Re: What fish WON'T you eat?

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Adding a couple... pinfish and mullet

I probably should have asked "What's the strangest fish you HAVE eaten.. List would be shorter. :-D
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There is no fish I will not try once, unless it has been designated poisonous by a reputable source. My biggest regrets have been florida gar, bowfin (mudfish), ladyfish, and hardhead catfish. Stingrays are okay, but hell to keep safely on a stringer if you are wadefishing. Sailcats are top-notch table fare, worlds apart from flavorless hardheads. I have also cooked baitfish, including big mudminnows. Too many bones, so I will try pickling them after I retire and really need to make ends meet.
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Re: What fish WON'T you eat?

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I reckon this all depends on how hungry I am at that moment. But on current standards and endangered or morally wrong species a no go..

-ladyfish (bones/mast meat)
-most shad-like bait fish (to many bones)
-gar (unless someone else prepared it)
-mudfish (foul meat)
-carp (not a fan)

But other than that I’d try other kinds of fish a couple times before I made my opinion .


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I finally kept a sailcat after hearing others say they were tasty. I won't keep another. Too strong for me. It didn't help matters when I slipped and drove a fin spine into my thumb while cleaning it. :lol:
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The backstraps from a big gar is pretty damn good
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The backstraps from a big gar is pretty damn good!
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silverking wrote:I finally kept a sailcat after hearing others say they were tasty. I won't keep another. Too strong for me. It didn't help matters when I slipped and drove a fin spine into my thumb while cleaning it. :lol:
The sailcat I've eaten has always been fried, which I suspect is a cure for almost anything to mask the flavor.
-carp (not a fan)
I've eaten carp as well, in southern Europe. It was absolutely fantastic. I believe it was wood-fire grilled, and I would eat that every day.
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I have tried to cook or make fish dip out of bluefish about 5 different times and will not put any more effort into it. Too many other good fish to eat.
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Steve,

Try throwing bluefish fillets into red wine vinegar. Will take all the oily mess out of them.
Steve Stinson wrote:I have tried to cook or make fish dip out of bluefish about 5 different times and will not put any more effort into it. Too many other good fish to eat.
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Just took a pan of large redfish & trout heads out of the oven. Marinated in Italian dressing, seasoned with Old Bay, garlic powder, and parsley. Baked at 425 for 25 minutes. Then dug all the meat out of the heads with a small paring knife, loaded it onto a big plate of tortilla chips, sprinkled chopped red onion & shredded cheddar cheese, and microwaved for 45 seconds...

Fish Head Nachos! Sounds awful, tastes like an Apalachee Bay Flavor Explosion. Figure if I'm going to kill a fish, might as well use the whole thing. Had trout roe for appetizer.
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Bluefish are fine if you trim away the dark red parts and cook them fresh. My favorite is to sautee them in a pan with a little olive oil, sprinkled with Chef Prodhomme's blackened seasoning. Had some last week in a soft taco (warmed in the pan) with peach-mango salsa.
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I’ll eat any fish if its fixed by someone who knows how to prepare it. Way to many awesome ways to cook fish I’ve never tried.

Here’s a few I obviously don’t know how to prepare:
Carp
I like the taste of gar tenderloin, but after a trip to the dr with an infection I won’t do that again.
Pinfish(to boney)
Hardheads
Bowfin
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Re: What fish WON'T you eat?

Post by doomtrpr_z71 »

I have been tempted by the smooth puffers but have not partake of them yet, blues are great fresh, sailcats eat good, hardheads are ok fried if filleted and the red meat cut away. Lionfish would definitely be going home if I caught one.

My passes

Gar (the backstrap I'd probably do)
Mudfish
Pinfish
Shiners
Lizardfish
Ladyfish

I personally don't care for mullet much either unless it's fresh, I've had some pretty bad mullet on buffets. I don't care much for Buffalo or suckers either.
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