I forgot how good triggerfish is...

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I forgot how good triggerfish is...

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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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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 :toast:
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Ya I was really surprised the first time I had one.
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james380 wrote:Ya I was really surprised the first time I had one.
They are good stuff eh?.they love to eat lobster .
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Yes sir!
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permitchaser wrote:
james380 wrote:Ya I was really surprised the first time I had one.
They are good stuff eh?.they love to eat lobster .


sounds like a cuban :D

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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permitchaser wrote:
james380 wrote:Ya I was really surprised the first time I had one.
They are good stuff eh?.they love to eat lobster .
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.

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SFLHooker wrote:
permitchaser wrote:
james380 wrote:Ya I was really surprised the first time I had one.
They are good stuff eh?.they love to eat lobster .
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.

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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SFLHooker wrote:Anyone try frying and eating them with the skin on?
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. :D
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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 :mrgreen:
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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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jettypark28 wrote:I'll feed them to my neighors cats
You don't live next to Bolo do you???
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GO4EM wrote:
jettypark28 wrote:I'll feed them to my neighors cats
You don't live next to Bolo do you???
No, if he did live next to me there will be no cats to feed.
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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 :roll:
but i kept quiet (hard for my azz :mrgreen: 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 :lol:

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.
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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.."

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hey, what do they look like again?

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Love em :P

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!!!! :cheers:
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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.

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