Some nice Florida drum!

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send me a link so I can download some to my frying pan



I do not remember at the MOMENT......lol,.....but I think my research took me to longnose. I have to double-check for you.

Here's what I use most of the time. Works best with 12-16" fish as they're the tastiest (20"+ gets a bit too firm of a texture for my liking, 30" fish are my target and fight like crazy but feel like a biting on a tire LOL). I normally swap the tomato for a piece of cheese myself.

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Here's what I use most of the time. Works best with 12-16" fish as they're the tastiest (20"+ gets a bit too firm of a texture for my liking, 30" fish are my target and fight like crazy but feel like a biting on a tire LOL). I normally swap the tomato for a piece of cheese myself.

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You know any good easy quick recipes for COD?

send me a link so I can download some to my frying pan



I do not remember at the MOMENT......lol,.....but I think my research took me to longnose. I have to double-check for you.

My info is saying the Spotted and Longnose are the only 2 species native to Central Florida and they both grow over 3 feet, so I think I remember them having heavily spotted patterns, but it could have been either or both......2004 was a long time ago

here's some freshwater stingrays for thought as well.....finally got me to care enough to look up what they were and why:
http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~pmpie/ecoray.htm
 
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You know any good easy quick recipes for COD?



My info is saying the Spotted and Longnose are the only 2 species native to Central Florida and they both grow over 3 feet, so I think I remember them having heavily spotted patterns, but it could have been either or both......2004 was a long time ago

here's some freshwater stingrays for thought as well.....finally got me to care enough to look up what they were and why:
http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~pmpie/ecoray.htm

What kind of Cod? I have several good recipes for Burbot if you're interested.

Spotteds can get to 36", but it's rare, my money is in Longnose.
 
killing a Musky is so wrong. killing a 50"-er in vain is a mortal sin. Why would you waste anything in the pike/walleye family ??? delicate white meat, just remove the bones.......wholesome tender strengthening chunks of goodness
To be fair, eating muskies cannot be that healthy. Full of mercury.
 
To be fair, eating muskies cannot be that healthy. Full of mercury.
so can eating any fish in amounts more than the FDA recommends. You can get mercury poisoning from ANY fish - mercury doesn't segregate. No reason to waste it. Fillet it or cut steaks , weigh each one to 8oz. portions or w/e you want ......wrap them in wax paper, then again in foil and FREEZE FREEZE FREEZE. If u plan on keeping them longer than 2-3 months, freeze them in a freezer bag with the meat submerged in water - lasts at least a year like that, no freezerburn

Defrost a portion when you've waited the proper time in-between recreationally-caught fish meals and cook it up.

Or just do what I do and give some to your friends for their kitchen.....or freezer

Our neighborhood CATS even finish what we don't, entrails included. I'm Native American, we waste NOTHING except bones. No reason ANY animal should ever die in vain and go to waste
 
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waste NOTHING except bones. No reason ANY animal should ever die in vain and go to waste

^ This!!! I completely agree with this statement in every way! This is why I generally don't keep fish to mount, if you're going to keep a fish then eat all the meat and use every other part possible. The PFBC says not to keep Lake Trout over 30" because of PCBs, but if I were to catch the state record (which I'm hoping/dreaming to do eventually with the small amounts of PA anglers that target them) then I'd take all sorts of measurements and weights to get a replica made (possibly utilizing the skin of the fish) then cut up filets and put them in the freezer to eat in small amounts at a time over the next several months as well as help feed my Sunfish and Bullheads :). I'd also figure out some way to get the skull bones and glue them together to have the actual skull of the fish and preserve the gizzards as catfish bait.
 
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That works too haha.
it was delicious. heavy black pepper, salt, Mrs. Dash, butter mixed with mango juice....then drain it all off after 15-20 minutes and finish it off in the bare pan - was .65lbs before cooking....I ate every drop.....sliced off some raw thin strips of fatty belly-meat to freeze in little packs for my Morays too. They wrecked some Scrod last night too.
 
so can eating any fish in amounts more than the FDA recommends. You can get mercury poisoning from ANY fish - mercury doesn't segregate. No reason to waste it. Fillet it or cut steaks , weigh each one to 8oz. portions or w/e you want ......wrap them in wax paper, then again in foil and FREEZE FREEZE FREEZE. If u plan on keeping them longer than 2-3 months, freeze them in a freezer bag with the meat submerged in water - lasts at least a year like that, no freezerburn

Defrost a portion when you've waited the proper time in-between recreationally-caught fish meals and cook it up.

Or just do what I do and give some to your friends for their kitchen.....or freezer

Our neighborhood CATS even finish what we don't, entrails included. I'm Native American, we waste NOTHING except bones. No reason ANY animal should ever die in vain and go to waste
Dude, it's much safe to eating a 22" pike than a 55" muskellunge. I got super ill from eating a 45" northern pike two years ago. Massive stomach aches and pass out randomly at different times. Mercury levels in small fish isn't same levels in larger fishes. That's why it's recommend to eat a larger fish (minus trout and salmon) over 28" per one month. I knew few people get sick from eating 30" walleyes and larger pikes they caught. It doesn't matter if you cutting up the larger fillets in small ones, it's too much mercury in the fillets.
 
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