Eating Bonito: Food Network

I've had "bonita" several times and it ranks right up there with some of the better tasting "restaraunt tuna" I have had...Always makes me wonder what I was really eating at those establishments ::)

Necrothread revival... I'm way late to this party, but I'm reading danged near everything here trying to learn enough to have half a clue.

I saw the Gar comment and just have to chime in.

Gar is excellent, a b!tch to clean, but excellent.
Goes to figure that some Louisiana restaurants charge a premium for it.
This 44" 15lb Longnosed came out of Dog River and was tasty.
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+1 on the Gar!!

We run jugs at my camp on the Red River in La in pursuit of Gar Fish. 2 liter bottle on about a 4' piece of bamboo. You gotta chase the big Gar down with the boat. Pretty fun!

Gar Fish balls (not testicles) browned down in a gravy, served over rice of course is hard to beat.

Hey dont knock possum until youve tried it,,,,,baked possum or opossum to city peope and baked sweet potatoes

Don't be knocking my gar. Gar balls (no, not gar nuts) are fine fine fine eating. My grandma made 'em yum yum.

Jacks are similar to a Bluefish in my opinion not the worst tasting fish :eat: but it is just way to much trouble. If I was hungry they would go home every time I caught one. :poke1:

Not sure about Bonito or Gar ,but last summer while on the pier fishing beside a couple ,she from Portugal and her husband American businessman were bewildered that I would release the Hardtails I caught . The husband swore they tasted like pompono. Gave the others I caught to them .

I tried bonita this past weekend and i have to admit it is not bad. I will definatley be keeping and eating any i catch. If you did not know it was a bonita you would think you were eating quality tuna.

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Don't be knocking my gar. Gar balls (no, not gar nuts) are fine fine fine eating. My grandma made 'em yum yum.
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You got that right divedeep, my grandma passed about 3mnths ago, boy she could cook. If I'm half the cook she ever was I'll be doing ok.

I had an Indian Guy (the kind with a dot on their heads, not the ones that go wawawawawa), he was keeping my pinfish and telling me about how healthy the organs of the fish were to eat. He said the heart and junk had great nutritional value.

He was a doctor, and that might be true, but I dont eat fissh for their nutritional value. I eat it cuz they taste good deep fried with tarter sauce.