I forgot how good triggerfish is...
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I forgot how good triggerfish is...
Man I had forgotten how good triggers are, I just ate one from the Tortugas, fried it with some panko tossed with lemon pepper, I devoured 2 decent size fillets. Firm white meat, as mild as can be, almost reminds me of lobster. I'm going to target them next time they start pecking my kingfish bait.
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my favorite fish to eat,the big ones they love warm water ,when the sun its real hot.need a real sharp knife to clean them.
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Re: I forgot how good triggerfish is...
A box cutter works well to make the initial cuts if you have a bunch of them to clean.
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PhishingPhanatic wrote:A box cutter works well to make the initial cuts if you have a bunch of them to clean.
i will try that ,on my next victim
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Ya I was really surprised the first time I had one.
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They are good stuff eh?.they love to eat lobster .james380 wrote:Ya I was really surprised the first time I had one.
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Yes sir!
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permitchaser wrote:They are good stuff eh?.they love to eat lobster .james380 wrote:Ya I was really surprised the first time I had one.
sounds like a cuban
i dont eat fish but willl try it one day! yea i know a fisherman that dosent eat fish o well!
its like when they ask if u have a boat when u say u love fishing, lol
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I guess i will give them a try. Everytime i go out on my freinds boat they show up within minutes of putting the chum bag out. Last one I caught spit up an octopus tentacle.permitchaser wrote:They are good stuff eh?.they love to eat lobster .james380 wrote:Ya I was really surprised the first time I had one.
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SFLHooker wrote:I guess i will give them a try. Everytime i go out on my freinds boat they show up within minutes of putting the chum bag out. Last one I caught spit up an octopus tentacle.permitchaser wrote:They are good stuff eh?.they love to eat lobster .james380 wrote:Ya I was really surprised the first time I had one.
remember guys ,you need a very sharp knife or a box cutter,skin its very tuff,its not easy to clean them ,meaning get fillets out of them.
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Anyone try frying and eating them with the skin on?
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not a good idea, the womans in bahamas used the skin of the triger fish to wash dishes .this is how i do it with a sharp knife i do a cut around the gills ,and another on the top and bottom kind of a triangle and you get plyers and pull it off ,and the flesh looks like a chicken breast mmmmmm good stuff,hope this make sense.SFLHooker wrote:Anyone try frying and eating them with the skin on?
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Ok sounds simple enough. Kinda like skinning a catfish. Thanks.
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SFLHooker wrote:Ok sounds simple enough. Kinda like skinning a catfish. Thanks.
oh yes, if you want to skin a cat talk to bolo
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Very easy to clean once you figure them out. Don't try to cut thru the part by the fin. Go around it. Very easy, just like fileting other fish. I used to hate cleaning them, now they are a piece of cake.
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You don't live next to Bolo do you???jettypark28 wrote:I'll feed them to my neighors cats
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No, if he did live next to me there will be no cats to feed.GO4EM wrote:You don't live next to Bolo do you???jettypark28 wrote:I'll feed them to my neighors cats
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jettypark28 wrote:Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... damn it!!! everytime i go out with people i get all of them, nobody knows how good
they really are and most people think they are trash fish..
I was cleaning a mess of them and these guys came in with some black seabass and i could hear them say, that i must
really be hunry to clean and eat those ugly things
but i kept quiet (hard for my azz to do)
I even pick up a few from people coming in from charter boats.. alot of crews don't like
to mess with cleaning them.
But like was already, once you know how.. its pretty easy and its worth it...
oh hell what am i saying... Triggerfish SUCK and they arent worth the time to clean them,
so if you have any go ahead and call me..
I'll feed them to my neighors cats
Very hard to clean, taste so, so. Put them in the fridg for a couple of days and forget it. Don't even think about freezing them and eating later!!! Anyone that want's to give them to me I will take them to feed the stray cat's around.
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I dont always eat fish but when I do I prefer trigger.
Dreaming the dream that one day I can be as good as some of the boatless pros and catch some 12 inch mangrove snapper.
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Quote "Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... damn it!!! everytime i go out with people i get all of them, nobody knows how good
they really are and most people think they are trash fish.."
One mans trash is another mans treasure
they really are and most people think they are trash fish.."
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"Political correctness is tyranny with manners."
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Re: I forgot how good triggerfish is...
hey, what do they look like again?
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Love em
Unfortunately the people I know with boats are too wise for me to get some freebies.
Unfortunately the people I know with boats are too wise for me to get some freebies.
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Trigger fish..... AKA Sea Legs graze.
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Ever try Triggers in the microwave? It's freaking awesome!!!!
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Re: I forgot how good triggerfish is...
PhishingPhanatic wrote: Firm white meat, as mild as can be, almost reminds me of lobster.
That's why many call it Poor man's Lobster. They used to be very plentiful and of big size here in South Florida, until people found out how good they were and also before they started filling all the beaches with sand.