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Any body know the official name of this fish
Posted: November 10th, 2008, 10:09 am
by Sir reel
I've heard them referred to by a couple of different names, "toad fish", "mother in law", etc but does anybody know the official name? Thanks.
Re: Any body know the official name of this fish
Posted: November 10th, 2008, 10:35 am
by FUTCHCAIRO
HEY BUD, I HAVE ALWAYS CALLED THEM (TOAD FISH), DO NOT KNOW THE SCIENTIFIC NAME.
PA THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA
Re: Any body know the official name of this fish
Posted: November 10th, 2008, 10:38 am
by PinFishKing
I believe that is the Leopard Toadfish (Opsanus pardus)
Re: Any body know the official name of this fish
Posted: November 10th, 2008, 11:19 am
by Dubble Trubble
There are 2 different ones... Gulf and Leapord... both UUUGGGLLLYYYY
http://www.rodnreel.com/gulffish/gulffi ... FishID=132
Dubble
Re: Any body know the official name of this fish
Posted: November 10th, 2008, 11:34 am
by Speedy
OK, but I have some other questions.
Are they edible? If so, how do they taste? I've caught a few and I've always put them back.
Re: Any body know the official name of this fish
Posted: November 10th, 2008, 11:36 am
by Sir reel
SOME OF THEM ARE HAZARDOUS IF EATEN...BEST TO TREAT ALL THE TOAD VARIETY THE SAME, NOT NOT NOT NOT EDIBLE!!!!
Re: Any body know the official name of this fish
Posted: November 10th, 2008, 12:36 pm
by jsuber
Every thing is edible, I would just have to ask, how hungry are you?
Re: Any body know the official name of this fish
Posted: November 10th, 2008, 1:27 pm
by Dubble Trubble
I think it may be a confusion with the pufferfish which IS highly poisonous to eat. They do kind of favor the Toadfish....
Anyway, who would wanna eat something so ugly....
Dubble
Re: Any body know the official name of this fish
Posted: November 10th, 2008, 2:08 pm
by procraftwes
they are nasty bastids.. All i can tell you is to keep your fingers out of that mouth if you wanna keep them.. they have been known to bite toes off of swimmers
Re: Any body know the official name of this fish
Posted: November 10th, 2008, 2:54 pm
by Breambuster
Speedy wrote:OK, but I have some other questions.
Are they edible? If so, how do they taste? I've caught a few and I've always put them back.
I have seen them for sale in the fish market in Atlanta. Personally, I still wouldnt eat it.
Anyone knows why they're called the "mother inlaw" fish?
Re: Any body know the official name of this fish
Posted: November 10th, 2008, 3:35 pm
by Flint River Pirate
It looks to ugly to eat. Buy hey, one day some brave dude shucked a raw oyster and changed history! Ha Ha
Re: Any body know the official name of this fish
Posted: November 10th, 2008, 5:22 pm
by flounderpounder
There are certain ethnic races that love to eat them. I had a black guy ask if I had caught them one day. I asked him how they were and he said they were "sweet meat".
Re: Any body know the official name of this fish
Posted: November 11th, 2008, 7:19 pm
by procraftwes
Re: Any body know the official name of this fish
Posted: November 11th, 2008, 7:30 pm
by Jumptrout51
Re: Any body know the official name of this fish
Posted: November 11th, 2008, 8:53 pm
by flounderpounder
Anyone knows why they're called the "mother inlaw" fish?[/quote]
Because there a pain in the ass.
