Little salt
Feb 19, 2021 16:46:35 #
Went out with a friend and caught a few, no keepers. Probably a dozen mangroves, 6 sheep heads and 1 puffer who thought he was bigger than he was.
Feb 19, 2021 17:13:31 #
Feb 19, 2021 18:34:00 #
HosChap wrote:
Went out with a friend and caught a few, no keepers. Probably a dozen mangroves, 6 sheep heads and 1 puffer who thought he was bigger than he was.
Sounds like fun. Did you keep the sheephead? They are good to eat. How about the Mangrove? What are your size and creel limits? Thanks.
Feb 19, 2021 18:34:03 #
Feb 19, 2021 18:46:27 #
hemihappy
Loc: pawleys island s.c.
That is not a Northern Puffer, what is it. Here I had been throwing away pain in the butt Puffers but a guy asked me
if I ever ate them. I decided to take his advice and try a couple and they are beyond outstanding simple to clean with the help of an on line video and so worth keeping. I'll never throw one back again.
if I ever ate them. I decided to take his advice and try a couple and they are beyond outstanding simple to clean with the help of an on line video and so worth keeping. I'll never throw one back again.
Feb 19, 2021 19:04:02 #
I hear people saying how good Pufferfish taste, I don’t think I’ll ever want to try it though. Pufferfish are extremely poisonous. They contain a few different toxins that there is no antidote for. The toxins are contained in their internal organs, their blood, brain, and even their skin. They can release the toxin in their skin when they feel threatened or attacked. You can be affected by the toxin by just holding the fish in your bare hand when you are trying to remove the hook. Check out this article. Eat Pufferfish at your own risk.
https://www.fda.gov/food/alerts-advisories-safety-information/advisory-puffer-fish
https://www.fda.gov/food/alerts-advisories-safety-information/advisory-puffer-fish
Feb 19, 2021 19:07:06 #
Feb 19, 2021 19:23:53 #
HosChap wrote:
Sheep heads have to be 12”, one was 11.5”. All mangroves were around 8 in.
We catch them that big in the marshes around Fourchon. Too small but would be perfect eating size if they were legal. The legal size are caught offshore at the close rigs, 12” and up and 10 per man per day. No size limits on the sheephead but we don’t keep anything under 12”.
Feb 19, 2021 19:44:46 #
hemihappy
Loc: pawleys island s.c.
Northern puffers like we have here have no toxins. We have a very cool cleaning method also. There are puffers in Florida you should stay away from but I have eaten lots of them from here. You know another fish that has beautiful white meat is a sea robin. If they have a little size I take them home also. I did some on line research before I started keeping them to make sure. Northern puffers have very distinct markings so you can't mistake them.
Feb 19, 2021 20:38:27 #
Feb 19, 2021 22:47:41 #
HosChap wrote:
Went out with a friend and caught a few, no keepers. Probably a dozen mangroves, 6 sheep heads and 1 puffer who thought he was bigger than he was.
Nice catch HC, and glad to see you got out to wet a line. Thanks for the pictures!
Feb 20, 2021 05:00:42 #
Never caught a sheepshead, don’t have them in my neck of the woods but what a cool looking fish, thanks for the pictures.
Feb 20, 2021 08:43:03 #
Thanks for the pics! Since the only salt water fishing I do is for cod I love seeing all the cool fish you guys catch.
Feb 20, 2021 11:23:22 #
HosChap wrote:
Went out with a friend and caught a few, no keepers. Probably a dozen mangroves, 6 sheep heads and 1 puffer who thought he was bigger than he was.
Fun day hos. We don’t have those out here.
Feb 20, 2021 15:03:38 #
hemihappy wrote:
Northern puffers like we have here have no toxins. We have a very cool cleaning method also. There are puffers in Florida you should stay away from but I have eaten lots of them from here. You know another fish that has beautiful white meat is a sea robin. If they have a little size I take them home also. I did some on line research before I started keeping them to make sure. Northern puffers have very distinct markings so you can't mistake them.
I don't through them back either. I have posted this before that I go to West Palm Beach every Labor Day weekend and fish with my brother in law. Three days fishing I bring back 100 to 200 puffers. The only thing in them that is poisonous is the liver. It's black and sticks out like a sore thumb. Cant miss it. The locales down there call them todies.
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