What the hell fish is this? (1 Viewer)

[SaintsInDome2006]

Now this is true: Louisiana caviar is coming on. It's even better than the Russian stuff, maybe because at least it's fresher.

From these??

Actually maybe not, from what I believe is a cousin, the Chopique.

 

[optionmaven]

I've caught quite a few of these things (mostly in the 1-5lb range) and I hate catching them. They'll eat anything. I've caught them on artificial bass lures as well as live bait. People that are actually fishing for gar will often use frayed nylon rope as bait (the rope strands tangle in the fish's teeth). They are slimy, they stink badly and those sharp teeth will #### you up if you aren't careful unhooking them.

Used to go bass fishing at Little Sand lake in orlando. Hooked into one of these (plastic worm) and thought i was catching a world record bass. After a 5 minute fight finally got it to the boat and was like wtf is that? I had never seen one up until that point. Friend informed me what it was calling it a vile and nasty creature. Cut the line(wasn't going anywhere near that mouth) and released it back into the water. Why anyone would want to eat one, i don't know. Damn thing stunk to high heaven.

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

I've caught quite a few of these things (mostly in the 1-5lb range) and I hate catching them. They'll eat anything. I've caught them on artificial bass lures as well as live bait. People that are actually fishing for gar will often use frayed nylon rope as bait (the rope strands tangle in the fish's teeth). They are slimy, they stink badly and those sharp teeth will #### you up if you aren't careful unhooking them.

Used to go bass fishing at Little Sand lake in orlando. Hooked into one of these (plastic worm) and thought i was catching a world record bass. After a 5 minute fight finally got it to the boat and was like wtf is that? I had never seen one up until that point. Friend informed me what it was calling it a vile and nasty creature. Cut the line(wasn't going anywhere near that mouth) and released it back into the water. Why anyone would want to eat one, i don't know. Damn thing stunk to high heaven.

I didn't have to catch, clean, or cook the ones I ate, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered with it either. If I ever catch one, I generally just get my needle-nose pliers out and de-hook it without touching the nasty thing.

 

[jamny]

How is the eatin' on that thang? Taste good?

Lots of nasty looking fish are good eating (like chilean sea bass, flounder, etc). Likewise, many good looking / sounding fish (red snapper) are not.

Red Snapper? One of my favorites.

 

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lake city gar

 

[Guest]

Back in high school, I worked at a marina on the Missouri River. We had a few ducks that hung around the place (people would feed them popcorn, etc) At one point during the summer, the ducks wouldn't go into the water. After a few days, someone saw one of these gars swimming around in the shallows.

Again, probably not an alligator gar.

 

[KCitons]

Back in high school, I worked at a marina on the Missouri River. We had a few ducks that hung around the place (people would feed them popcorn, etc) At one point during the summer, the ducks wouldn't go into the water. After a few days, someone saw one of these gars swimming around in the shallows.

Again, probably not an alligator gar.

Just an alligator.

 

[General Malaise]

How is the eatin' on that thang? Taste good?

Lots of nasty looking fish are good eating (like chilean sea bass, flounder, etc). Likewise, many good looking / sounding fish (red snapper) are not.

Red Snapper? One of my favorites.

I prefer pink snapper myself, but I'm pro-eating any snapper, really.

 

[jamny]

How is the eatin' on that thang? Taste good?

Lots of nasty looking fish are good eating (like chilean sea bass, flounder, etc). Likewise, many good looking / sounding fish (red snapper) are not.

Red Snapper? One of my favorites.

I prefer pink snapper myself, but I'm pro-eating any snapper, really.

I was waiting for that from someone.,.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

How is the eatin' on that thang? Taste good?

Lots of nasty looking fish are good eating (like chilean sea bass, flounder, etc). Likewise, many good looking / sounding fish (red snapper) are not.

Red Snapper? One of my favorites.

Very tasty

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Me and Soulfly went fishing on Lake Champlain one time and I hooked a Goblin Shark, which ate his Alligator Gar, which ate the goose with the golden egg at the end of a rainbow. Took us three days to get it in and by that time we had floated out onto the Pacific Ocean where a pod of Killer Whales knocked our boat over and ate Otis. After that we clamped on to some wreckage of flight 370 and ended up in the Bermuda Triangle where Soulfly married a chick with a Dick Cheney.

 

[E-Z Glider]

How is the eatin' on that thang? Taste good?

Lots of nasty looking fish are good eating (like chilean sea bass, flounder, etc). Likewise, many good looking / sounding fish (red snapper) are not.

Red Snapper? One of my favorites.

It's certainly edible and not a bad fish, but its over-priced (and over-ordered in restaurants) because its a pretty looking fish (on the outside) and people like the name. The fillet itself is pretty small, lacks flavor, and has a thick bloodline (which is the really "fishy" tasting part) that needs to be removed.

Black sea bass are just as plentiful and produce a much, much better fillet with thick white fillets and no bloodline, yet they sell for half the price because they're ugly and it doesnt sound as cool as Red Snapper.

 

[General Malaise]

I'd like to eat this red snapper.

 

[Henry Ford]

I'd like to eat this red snapper.

Looks like a lot of work.

 

[optionmaven]

I'd like to eat this red snapper.

Looks like a lot of work.

Nah. A minute or two of a fast, furious, violent shocker would work wonders here.

 

[Ignoramus]

Back in high school, I worked at a marina on the Missouri River. We had a few ducks that hung around the place (people would feed them popcorn, etc) At one point during the summer, the ducks wouldn't go into the water. After a few days, someone saw one of these gars swimming around in the shallows.

That's pretty neat. And then what happened?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I'd like to eat this red snapper.

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[Ignoramus]

You can just poach it in butter. Tasty

Just about anything poached in butter is tasty. Heck, I'd eat my wife's snapper if it were poached in butter. She's not the greatest cook and usually she just steams it so the flavor isn't anything to write home about plus it ends up stinking up the house.

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

You can just poach it in butter. Tasty

Just about anything poached in butter is tasty. Heck, I'd eat my wife's snapper if it were poached in butter. She's not the greatest cook and usually she just steams it so the flavor isn't anything to write home about plus it ends up stinking up the house.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I'd like to eat this red snapper.

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[Das Boot]

I'd like to eat this red snapper.

The girl is pretty good looking too.