Thread: Black margate eating

So I'm sitting inside watching YouTube fishing and a guy says they are good eating, but sometime later in a different video he says he has tried to cook them different ways and they aren't any good. Anyone tried them? What's your experience?

What's Black Margate?

Googled it and it looks like a sheepshead to me.

Hmm... The video was in south Florida. Maybe they don't make it far enough north.

And apparently Im not smart enough to paste a picture.

The Margate, either White or Black, belongs to the grunt family. The Margate can be found on offshore reefs, inshore, or the surf, and grows to around 15 pounds and 2 feet. This fish is referred to as the white snapper and makes great table fare because it feeds on crustaceans, although you do not get a lot of meat off the fish.
Source: NOAA

ain't from around here?

I've never seen one.
According to Fishbase they are more prevalent in the south western GoM...
Anisotremus surinamensis, Black margate : fisheries, aquarium

I've eaten other grunts and found them quite tasty!

Don't worry shallow I tried to post a pic first of the week and gave up,,,,,to hard on this tablet

Tomtate (ruby lips) is the closest thing we have to a black margate.
They taste ok, just not much meat on them, not worth messing with IMO.

I only know ruby lips from using them as bait for groupers, for which they are a great bait.

The white snapper around here tend to have a strong iodine taste, some more than others. Occasionally, you'll find one so strong it will taint all the other fish in your cooler.