Wanting to catch something good to eat what you think
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Wanting to catch something good to eat what you think
grilled king mackerel is my favorite so far.
Flounder, cobia, and pompano are my top three, in that order.
Flounder,cobia,Spanish mack
Hardhead, Bermuda Chub & 3 day old ladyfish
... ;-) NOT! LOL
I'd have to say THE BEST TASTING FISH caught from the pier is one YOU have caught, and cleaned and cooked yourself ;-)
Red fish on the half shell....grilled....IMHO
Pompano, Flounder, and Speckled Trout. The Cobia is fantastic but the odds of catching one from the pier aren't in your favor. Any of the above blackened and served with cheese grits is fit for a king.
I'm locking in my answer as "what is Spanish and cobia."
Pompano, Flounder, and Speckled Trout. The Cobia is fantastic but the odds of catching one from the pier aren't in your favor. Any of the above blackened and served with cheese grits is fit for a king.
IMHO. Flounder
Pompano, spadefish, sheepshead, redfish...they're all good.
My last fish fry, I served Catfish, Sheepshead and Red... Friends thought the Sheeps were the tastiest.
My MiL loves Spanish & flounder... Served her some Spades with the meat pulled off the fish, she thought it was flounder.
Grilled or smoked King... yummy!
Pomps, Specks, Whiting, White trout, Cobes, Blues, Blacks... Man, sure some are better than others, but they're all good to great if seasoned and cooked well.
I finally cleaned and skewered a Hardtail, rubbed it with olive oil and garlic salt, roasted on the grill with the spades.
It was actually pretty decent... There had to be a reason the Sabiki Brigade sells them for $2.00 per # to the Asian markets.
Pompano is the best, but there are a whole bunch tied for second place---sheepshead, Spanish, speckled trout, cobia, spadefish, flounder, king cooked the right ways and anybody who doesn't like fresh bluefish just doesn't know how to cook them. I also hear that lookdowns taste like pompano, so they have to go on the list. There may be others that I don't know about, but I expect remora and jack crevalle are tied for #10.
In the pier poultry division, I hear that pelicans taste like chicken and herons taste like what the chicken left behind on the ground. Can't give a first hand report on either.
Pompano, by far. And Pelicans taste like my neighbors Peacocks. Or used to.
I may love to vacation there and like fishing the pier but I will have to say most of the fish I have eaten from is nasty. Redfish and snapper are ok, cobia and kings turns my stomach just thinking about it.
I know everyones tastes are different but if cobia turns your stomach your doing something wrong. Slough i will be more than willing to take any and all cobia you catch off your hands. Just call me and ill drive down and pick them up.
I doubt it's the fish, sounds like a preparation and cooking problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by sloughhunter
Saw a Guy leave kings and jacks laying on the deck for several hours a Few days ago. Said he planned to eat them. I can't imagine any fish tasting good after that sunshine marinade. I grew up eating bream and crappie. Moved on to walleye. Fish I've caught from the gulf have a different flavor. But taken care of and prepared correctly they are fine eating.
I have only ate cobia once and it was prepared by a friend of mine from gulf shores. We caught it in morning from his boat and cooked it that night. Its the only food that I could not finish from my plate and I apologized and we had a good laugh. Im treating him to a white river trout fishing trip the end of july. He said he loved trout, I can eat trout but not crazy about it. I will stick to my crappie and catfish.Quote:
Originally Posted by PurpleNGold
I love me some Sac a lait!
Whiting , spanish , pompano, sheepshead .fresh bluefish in that order and I don't care how they are prepared, as long as they are fried . I absolutely agree with most of you . The MOST important part of having great tasting fish is in the care they get after being caught . As for pelican ,best when roasted with feathers attached .
I agree with all of the above as being fine eating fish. Here are more that have not been mentioned. When they are available a dinner plate size spade fish fileted is excellent any way that you care to cook them. I personally cannot tell the difference between a good size spade fish and a trigger fish which is rarely caught inshore. I also enjoy a fried whiting filet or a fried croaker filet( about 4 to 6 filets for a meal). This posting is by an old man that eats fish 4 to six times per week. As an example last nights dinner was broiled red fish covered with sliced garlic, today's lunch was fish taco's using bream filets, tonights dinner is going to be a whole fried flounder (small size) and I have already eaten fish tacos two times earlier in the week and fired crappie filets one time. Most nights dinner is preceeded by two small bourbon and waters. My heart doctor says my pipes are clean and my chlorestrol readings are better than his own.
You and me both. When some others figure out what you're talking about, you'll get a few more in agreement.Quote:
Originally Posted by PurpleNGold
I don't think you can really mess 'em up. Never found a way they aren't delicious!Quote:
Originally Posted by PurpleNGold
Had a neighbor in Mobile years ago that always had filets in his freezer on the carport, showed me where the key was and said I could help myself anytime I wanted to, and I did!
Shame we don't have 'em at the pier.
Was a long time ago, but once had a neighbor named Boudreau here in Boaz that loved skinless, boneless sacalait. Whenever he went to N.O. to visit kinfolks, he would always bring back a cooler of fresh, off-the-boat Gulf shrimp to swap. He was bright young man who left to further his career; I miss those shrimp.
I think pompano is as good or better than crappie, which is saying a lot coming from a Tennessee boy.
When I was a kid we had a neighbor that would let me frog in his pond. For every frog I'd bring him live, he'd let me catch 2 Sac a lait. Needless to say we had fish and he had frog legs. Looking back on it now, that was the smartest Game Warden I've met, considering it wasn't his pond and he had fresh frog legs year round.
Scamp would have to be my favorite, followed by pompano, flounder, cobia, specs, and sheepshead . There's no shortage of good tasting fish and no one is the same. Cobia is good even raw : ) I like redfish if its a good slot red. Mmmmm, this thread is making me seriously hungry and jones'n for some gulf seafood.
At my pier today, it's WALLEYE!!!
When you coming back?Quote:
Originally Posted by tofer
Someday, its pretty nice out here but the fishing sure ain't the same. Was hoping to make a visit sooner, but thinking September. That's probably my favorite time of year out there and its a lot less crowded.
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I love chicken! Come here Sam......lol!Quote:
Originally Posted by Haywire
I don't have a lot of experience sampling saltwater fish, but agree with Rich1 and the walleye! Probably the best tasting fish hands down!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich1
Ooops! Sorry for responding to a year old post.