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If I can get to the pier this evening, I think I'm going to bring an old snapper boat rod and lay waste to the remoras. I've heard that some other folks have done this, and maybe we can thin the herd a little bit---unless, of course, there is a mackerel bite of some sort going on. Those sucker heads were thick yesterday afternoon.
If somebody snags another ray this afternoon while I'm there, I think I'll claim it if I can and see how they really taste.
If it is a cownose ray, it will prepare and taste identical to deer meat (venison) and you can even smoke it into jerky.
Southern rays and skates will tend to be more uniquely flavored, but texture will be more like crab meat. These are best prepared as a casserole or quiche.
In all cases with stingrays, the meat must be given a milk bath in the fridge for at least overnight to 24 hrs to remove the bitter electrolytes from the meat using milk's enzymes.
Afterward, the meat will have its natural flavor and can be prepared, marinated and seasoned for consumption however you like.
Do not punch holes in the wings, as contrary to popular belief, except for two small species of skates, stingray is nothing like scallops.
Take the entire wings off close to the body.
Fillet the cartilages out and cut the wings into manageable 4" by 4" squares. There will be workable meat above and below the cartilage sheets.
Poach the slabs in sub boiling water for 45 sec, and remove. The skin will roll off with a fork. Leaving you a slab of preparable meat with no bones or cartilage.
Enjoy.
Thanks, Viking Guy. That's valuable information and will save me lots of trial and error---I especially didn't know about the electrolytes---actually, I was going into the project with an astonishing burden of ignorance, but you have lightened my load.
Thanks VG! I copied and printed that.
I've had ray before, but not prepared in that manner.
I'll trying it again some time, just have to save one wing for the sharks.
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Thanks VG! I copied and printed that.
I've had ray before, but not prepared in that manner.
I'll trying it again some time, just have to save one wing for the sharks.
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Sure thing guys.
By the way, save both wings.
Sharks, especially Bulls, are much happier with eating the stingray's head as opposed to the wings.
Keep that big square head along with some dangling entrails as bait for sharks, and you won't regret it. 8)
Kill em All They are a royal pain in my :moon:
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Kill em All They are a royal pain in my :moon:
[/quote]Ditto!
One by one they all will fall by the point on our hooks. I just wish they would take a hint and leave on their own. I vow to kill all I can with the time I have after I get my limit...
There were two little ling mixed in with them this am.
A kid caught one on a piece of shrimp and I netted & released it. 25" FL
I'm known as the remora killa, I was there about a week ago and everyone else is hooked with a king and I'm the only one who hooked up with a KING sized remora, I screamed for a gaff but no one seem to wanna help after they saw what it was. You can see them chasing your bait when you retreve, I think they makes perfect target for my .45 colt 1911. Are firearms allowed on the pier?
No firearms, bows, crossbows, etc., are allowed. Bowfishing for remoras and rays would be a blast, but the powers that be have decreed otherwise. Probably can't use harpoons, either. Thar she blows!
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No firearms, bows, crossbows, etc., are allowed. Bowfishing for remoras and rays would be a blast, but the powers that be have decreed otherwise. Probably can't use harpoons, either. Thar she blows!
[/quote]Wrong, firearms are allowed, that is to say Handguns are allowed.
Park Regulations explicitly allow for Concealed Carry Permit holders to carry their sidearm, both in the parks and on the pier.
No need to say however, that using it to dispatch Remoras and other denizens of the deep, would be very illegal and unwise :spank:
Technically legal Open Carry is allowed too, but Open Carry is a contentious issue with many LEOs and Conservation Officers.Quote:
8. Prohibited Devices (220-5-.08)
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person other than a duly authorized law enforcement
officer to possess or carry into any State Park any form of firearm without written
permission of the manager or custodian in charge of the State Park visited;
provided, however, nothing in this regulation prohibits the possession of
handguns by lawfully licensed persons for personal protection, provided the
handguns are not used for any unlawful purpose. No person shall possess,
discharge or set off on or within a State park any firecrackers, torpedoes, rockets,
cap pistols, or other fireworks.
There is much misinterpretation/misinformation of Open Carry.
I've received three opinions from two Conservation officers and a LEO.
One said Open Carry is expressly forbidden, and that your sidearm may at no time become unconcealed... He is wrong and either lying his arse off, just plain ignorant or thinks only LEOs should carry firearms.
The other two acknowledged Open Carry as legal but asking for trouble, and one even said he'd coerce the Open Carry into Concealing it.
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There were two little ling mixed in with them this am.
A kid caught one on a piece of shrimp and I netted & released it. 25" FL
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ya they have benn there since at least monday there was one that i believe was a keeper but couldnt hook up and it left
anyways how many did yall kill :guns:
[quote author=Haywire link=topic=1561.msg14829#msg14829 date=1342093017]
No firearms, bows, crossbows, etc., are allowed. Bowfishing for remoras and rays would be a blast, but the powers that be have decreed otherwise. Probably can't use harpoons, either. Thar she blows!
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So......what about ninja throwing stars and blow guns?
[quote author=Sammy link=topic=1561.msg14852#msg14852 date=1342118423]
So......what about ninja throwing stars and blow guns?
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I like the way you think! ;)
IF we have this "REMOR-DEO" the grand prize should be something like a case of cigar minnows :headbang:
:yippee:
pistols not necessary... a 3ounce pyramid sinker can move pretty fast... the ole sucker heads sure do make good target practice
There is something refreshing with putting a knife straight through their head. So it's worth the work to get them on deck to take out some anger management issues. Wow should I seek professional help? Maybe Sammy could help me with a few...hundred.
Hmmm, if it's not too late I'd like to suggest some categories to "spread the wealth"
1. Most (of course) maybe give 1st thru 5th place ;-) :evil:
2. Biggest cut the gene pool down :violent We could make that Longest and Heaviest
3. Smallest git em BEFORE they breed ;)
Maybe offer a tag team award for group efforts :horse: :3some:
Special awards for recipies! :eat: :D
:puke:
I personally don't condone the thoughtless killing and waisting of any species no matter whether it is a nuisance or not. Doing such makes us no better than the gill netters that we so badly want removed from our waters. The shamless killing of any species no matter how abundant is dispacable in my book.
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I personally don't condone the thoughtless killing and waisting of any species no matter whether it is a nuisance or not. Doing such makes us no better than the gill netters that we so badly want removed from our waters. The shamless killing of any species no matter how abundant is dispacable in my book.
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You're right!! But we're killing them for a case of cigar minnows from pier#er!!
Kill'em all and let Neptune sort'em out... I swat skeeters too. :evil:
#r has a recipe and says they're OK to eat... Give'em to #r, he'll eat anything, just like Mikey.
It amazes me how that one commercial has been misquoted, even when it was current. For the record Mikey "hates everything", not that "he'll eat anything".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow5cHJx43i0
:eat: Killem and grillem! :headbang:
What do deer hunters do with the coyotes and other varmits they shoot. :guns:
Mmmmm grilled coyote :puke:
BTW, it was Tom E Jr who I first heard say they "ate about like cobia". ???
I can attest to Tom's claims about them eating like a cobia. He talked me into eating one on a trip last summer and I must say it was quite good. Now would I load my ice chest up with them during day light hours if my family was starving, NO.
SEND EM DOWN THE FOOD CHAIN IF DEAD ;CRABS GOTTA EAT TOO!HOW SENSITIVE ARE THEY!SOUNDS LIKE THEY NEED TO BE THINNED OUT BUT DONT SAY THAT OR BE A QUOTA ON THEM TOO! THEY PROBABLY TASTE LIKE CHICKEN!EVERYTHING ELSE DOES
Some would say its senseless killing... If we didn't cut a few trees there would be no room for homes. It's only wasted if we threw them in the trash. Other species want to eat them but can't catch them like crabs.. and crabs. If we send some to the bottom then the crabs can get fat and we will gladly eat those. Just trying to help them help us kinda deal.
please thin them out. I'll be there in 2 weeks. Don't feel like fishing for just remoras!
Now we're not being vicious and just killing for no purpose. We are helping the crab gain access to more food. Helping the survival of our bait fish. Reduce the blood pressures of many of our older anglers. All in all it's a crusade to improve our fishing ground. So I have my hats off to those that are in the fight with us.
I do it so I can win the case of cigar provided by pier#er
so when will this rodeo be?
I still think they should just be hung on the front sign over the rail. They'll commit suicide and there won't be any guilty consciences.
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before the rebuild of Gulf shores, I fished Panama city pier, and the ramora's were deck baked for a short time before there return to the water.....my wife told me she saw a lot washing up on the beach that she walked looking for shells and the stink was pretty bad....just saying.....not sure if piercing the eyes and stomach would help? :boohoo:
Just stick them suckers on that big ass sign on the south rail anf when they croak they will drop in the water and sink. seen it done last week
FINIALLY, we found a use for that stupid sign ;) :D
My only question is: would it leave a nasty smell of dead remora? Any expect advice on this?
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My only question is: would it leave a nasty smell of dead remora? Any expect advice on this?
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[size=12pt] The stench won’t be absorbed by the metal sign as it is absorbed and retained by the wood decking.
Besides, like #r said; if we are stuck the stinking sign, we might as well put it to good use!
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it :poke1: [/size]