talipa (Page 2): I would NOT consider them SEAfood but I would consider them Sh..food. Doesn't it figure that China would be supplying something such as this. It just figures. The rest...

Jeremy Loc: America

I would NOT consider them SEAfood but I would consider them Sh..food. Doesn't it figure that China would be supplying something such as this. It just figures. The rest of the world does NOT have to send money there for the fish. I don't eat Talapia. Eating vegetables grown in organic matter is normal. You also clean the vegetables good and probably skin them too. Eating fish that constantly intentionally eat fecal matter is a whole different thing.

Big dog Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York

Jeremy wrote:

I would NOT consider them SEAfood but I would consider them Sh..food. Doesn't it figure that China would be supplying something such as this. It just figures. The rest of the world does NOT have to send money there for the fish. I don't eat Talapia. Eating vegetables grown in organic matter is normal. You also clean the vegetables good and probably skin them too. Eating fish that constantly intentionally eat fecal matter is a whole different thing.

Even vegetables can be questionable. Some countries use human feces as manure which can transfer diseases. I was taught not to use any meat eating animals feces for fertilizer,(cat,dog, human,etc..).

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Graywulff wrote:

But they use good fish for sushi Spirit. I love the stuff. Tilapia though tastes like dirt, now I know why. Ugh!

I love it too. I prefer to watch the chef prepare it. Makes me feel reassured to see somebody carving on a big ol piece of tuna or salmon. Tilapia don't get that big.

Big dog Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York

Spiritof27 wrote:

I love it too. I prefer to watch the chef prepare it. Makes me feel reassured to see somebody carving on a big ol piece of tuna or salmon. Tilapia don't get that big.

When going offshore for tuna, bring along the soy sauce for when ya clean and steak your catch. I made a point of collecting the fins when we cut them out just to suck off the meat. Never even a bite wasted.

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

First time I ever had sashimi was at Enewetok Atoll and a group of Samoans were carving up a barracuda, dipping it in a teriyaki sauce they had made. Try it you'll like it. Yup.

Big dog Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York

Spiritof27 wrote:

First time I ever had sashimi was at Enewetok Atoll and a group of Samoans were carving up a barracuda, dipping it in a teriyaki sauce they had made. Try it you'll like it. Yup.

My days in the South Pacific are behind me now. But a couple of more tuna trips out to the Hudson Canyon are still possible.

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Where is the Hudson Canyon? And where are you? You should add your location to your profile, let us know where you're fishing and what for. And what were you doing in the South Pacific? Man I got a lot of questions don't I? Just tell me to mind my own business.

Steelhead Mickey Loc: NJ

For twenty-some-odd years, my workplace chartered an 80' boat out of Belmar NJ 3x/yr (June, Aug & Oct) for inshore species, usually Blues, Fluke/sea bass and in the fall, False Albies and the occasional Bonito.

The big Blues are very oily, however, we'd cut out their cheeks about the size of sea scallops & were very tasty! Fluke & the sea bass is always delicious. False Albies (fun to catch), were red-meated catfood - ugh. The Bonito were spectacular on light SW tackle & delicious. I miss those trips.

Big dog Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York

Hudson Canyon is about 80 miles south of Long Island New York , right on the edge of the continental shelf. Great fishing there.
I’m on Long Island these days.
My time in the Pacific was back in the 70s, serving in the USCG, flying in C130s doing medical evacuations, search and rescue, and LORAN replenishment flights out of Barbers point, Hawaii.
I’ve been to Midway, Kure, Kwajalein, and a few unnamed islands there abouts.

Big dog Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York

Steelhead Mickey wrote:

For twenty-some-odd years, my workplace chartered ... (show quote)

Fluke, sea bass, tautog (black fish), I love em all. Bluefish of any size are fun to catch but but I’ll pass on eating them anymore. I’ve caught but never eaten false albums or Bonito but I have heard that bleeding them out properly can make them edible.

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Big Dog was a Coastie. Or is it like Marines - once a coastie always a coastie? I mentioned Enewetok which is right out there with Kwajalein. There was a LORAN station there. Those guys had all the xxx rated videos. This was in 1977 so they had some pretty sophisticated equipment for those days. I believe they were on betamax. Used to fish for blues down at NAS Pax River. We smoked them and they were pretty good. All that oil kept them moist.

BankStalker Loc: Friendswood TX

say what you want , but I catch them a lot, and they are fun to catch. They dont jump and tailwalk, but a 2.5 tilapia , gives about the same fight as a bass of the same size. At least here it does. Ive caught them and measured them. No I dont eat them out of the canals though

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Hey nobody said they're not fun to catch. Kinda like carp. Carp can give you all you can handle. Just not going in my mouth, although I've heard that if you know what you're doing they can be pretty tasty.

doc alden

Big dog wrote:

Even vegetables can be questionable. Some countries use human feces as manure which can transfer diseases. I was taught not to use any meat eating animals feces for fertilizer,(cat,dog, human,etc..).

Haven't we had quite a few cases of e. coli contamination of Romaine lettuce in the past year or two? E. coli is normally found in the intestines of humans and other warm-blooded animals. Makes you wonder how it got on all that lettuce.

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

I don't think there's any doubt - farm laborers relieving themselves in the lettuce fields.