1-10 Trigger on the troll

Swordslayer71 · Post by **Swordslayer71** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:03 am

Long day today, my neighbor who's boat we were on got sick as a dog 10 minutes in, but still wanted to give it a shot so he fell asleep up front for the rest of the trip.We trolled from the 100-200 ft range for about 2 hours, saw a real nice school of bait showering, trolled around it, pitched livies, nothing. Getting ready to head in and land a nice size triggerfish that hit a trolled yo-zuri. No pics yet. Normally I wouldn't post an unexciting report but a triggerfish on the troll is new in my books.

JDL · Post by **JDL** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:44 am

I have also caught triggers trolling live ballyhoo and plugs behind my kayak. They can be really aggressive.

snapperfanatic18 · Post by **snapperfanatic18** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:43 pm

where u guys trolling 11knots? those triggers are faster than wahoos

Swordslayer71 · Post by **Swordslayer71** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:12 pm

Just slow trolling, and not huge, but a good size. Still just more suprising really than anything.

snapperfanatic18 · Post by **snapperfanatic18** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:54 am

i went on a party boat out of haulover sunday and we went looking for vermies in about 230 ft and the triggers were everywhere. i would catch 3 ata time. a big friggin nuisance. triggers from hell

GO4EM · Post by **GO4EM** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:33 pm

very good to eat!

james380 · Post by **james380** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:03 pm

Yes indeed they are a whitemeat and quite tasty.

PhishingPhanatic · Post by **PhishingPhanatic** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:05 pm

One of my favorites to eat, but cleaning them is a PITA. Skin like shoeleather.

fishnfool73 · Post by **fishnfool73** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:12 pm

They are easy to clean Rory if you figure out the secret inside out.

They are my top 3 as far as eating goes.

james380 · Post by **james380** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:21 pm

I still can't believe after all those years of loving about them stealing bait and come to find out they are yuuummy.

Cookinman · Post by **Cookinman** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:55 pm

Rijkaard wrote:right under the pectoral fin there's a soft spot, put the knife through there and cut the fish down to the guts, then fillet it as a regular snapper, skin is so tough that's really easy to remove

They are legal to keep at 14 this year, up from 12

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