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Why would you want too? I guess if I was starving and needed food that bad I would. Same for a sculpin.
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Well it is like this...we caught one, grilled it up and ate it before we realized it was a barracuda and not a King Mackerel as I had previously thought. Then I found out about about the cig poisioning threat.
No. I have always had ciguatera phobia. If you wake up and cannot get out of bed then supposedly that is your disease. =) (sounds like a normal Monday but seriously supposedly your muscles don't work very well. )
SW Florida is one of the places where I would eat barracuda without much worry. The lack of coral reefs and the algae eaters that dwell on them makes it less likely that ciguatoxin will build up in these barracuda. You're far more likely to get it in tropical locations and any large reef dweller can give it to you. I know two people who came down with it after eating a black grouper in Key West. Barracuda is actually very good when grilled and I've eaten it twice at restaurants in the Caribbean. On Puerto Rico it's very popular but they don't eat them over two feet in length. Once you take the skin off there's none of that strong odor and they're far better than any kingfish. At the same time, I release all that I catch.
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Delicious !!!! I eat um up to about 15lbs, nice white meat, clean flavor. never been sick yet. In this neck of the woods anyhow
A Crew of Two
Ditto
I don't think anything goes past your Frankie
Capt. Bill
Here's a little guy about 7-8 lbs...he was tastier than the A.J. And the Bone head was great sashimi! Don't like them cooked though (Boneheads). Hey Bill whats goin on!
A Crew of Two
Been there and ate that!
I lived through an episode of ciguatera back in the late 80's
eating Hog snapper I spearfished in the Tortuga's.
I still eat hog fish when I can get it.
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Not to much Frankie..still having back problems and looking at surgery in thew future, probably January.
Sorry for not getting back sooner but I wan't notified of replies to this thread...WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?
Capt. Bill
Thanks gents for your replies.
Well I think I'd eat another one again if I caught one. It was VERY VERY good and we didn't get sick. But next time maybe I'd eat first and wait 6 hours before "releasing the catch" to the fam.
Try them this way too!
Smoked! Yea' I know...but there hard to light
A Crew of Two
no way 14 lbs is way to much food to eat maybe a 16 once filet would be better ,,dipped in flour then egg then panko bread crumbs with salt and pepper and some old bay....
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Sorry Frankie....still no can do!
Capt. Bill
Awww shucks, who can't eat 14 pound o' fish?!
The teeth did not give you a clue
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that's a negative...we've never caught either a barracuda or a king mackerel, and quite frankly, never seen either before. I had always thought those were king mackerels hanging around out there, as I have had ppl tell me they caught KMs out at structure.
Don't feel bad. I saw one weighed in at a kingfish tournament once.
Ouch!
I like barracuda on the grill.
I take the skin off as soon as possible.
Marinade in Jack Daniels and Fresh Black Pepper.
I eat it like a burger
Right? I'm telling ya'll, this barracuda was absolutely DELICIOUS.
the only problem with eating cudas........getting their teeth stuck in your teeth.! Doc
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