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Sheepshead
Posted on 6/22/23 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 6/22/23 at 1:11 pm
Don’t ever let anyone tell you it’s a trash fish, lol. May be the best thing I’ve ever eaten!
Posted on 6/22/23 at 1:14 pm to RichJ
most fish is great drowned in butter sauce and almondine mode....
Kinda like wrapping a duck breast w bacon.
Kinda like wrapping a duck breast w bacon.
Posted on 6/22/23 at 1:15 pm to RichJ
quote:
Don’t ever let anyone tell you it’s a trash fish
Them and Mangroves have been all the rage the past 5 yrs or so.
*They're both really good eating and easy to catch. Theyve been getting beat on pretty good
This post was edited on 6/22/23 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 6/22/23 at 1:25 pm to RichJ
Most people just don't want to fool with them. I think everyone knows they are great eating.
Posted on 6/22/23 at 1:39 pm to AlxTgr
Right. I keep em if it isn't a great day, but I'm not throwing one in on top of a limit of specs
Posted on 6/22/23 at 1:51 pm to RichJ
I love them, just not much ratio of meat/fish.
Posted on 6/22/23 at 2:06 pm to RichJ
They are very good...and can be made to taste almost exactly like Lobster....similar texture and real close. Damned fun to catch too....like gigantic bream!
Posted on 6/22/23 at 2:14 pm to RichJ
Great eating. A bitch to clean.
Posted on 6/22/23 at 2:16 pm to RichJ
try cutting off head, gutting don't bother to scale and wrap in cheesecloth and drop into crab boil for 3 minutes and soak for 30. Unwrap cheesecloth and scales fall off. Use the flaky meat any way you would crab meat it's even better!
Posted on 6/22/23 at 2:17 pm to SloaneRanger
not really just fillet around those rib bones
Posted on 6/22/23 at 2:37 pm to Saskwatch
quote:
Them and Mangroves have been all the rage the past 5 yrs or so.
*They're both really good eating and easy to catch. Theyve been getting beat on pretty good
Took my 6 year old on an inshore fishing trip in Destin Tuesday. He wore out the Mangroves. We enjoyed our meal
Posted on 6/22/23 at 2:46 pm to RichJ
When you filet them, the yield of filet is not big or long because of the build of sheepshead's body. Many people put back because of this. The meat is very good though
Posted on 6/22/23 at 3:05 pm to AlxTgr
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Most people just don't want to fool with them
I wish it was still that way over here. I love catching a pile of them stacked up in the winter. Unfortunately, so does everyone else these days.
Posted on 6/22/23 at 3:10 pm to Chasseur
quote:Cut the rib area off with the head. Cleaner process after the boil
try cutting off head, gutting don't bother to scale and wrap in cheesecloth and drop into crab boil for 3 minutes and soak for 30. Unwrap cheesecloth and scales fall off. Use the flaky meat any way you would crab meat it's even better!
Posted on 6/22/23 at 3:17 pm to SloaneRanger
quote:I mean yeah they’re harder to clean than a redfish but once you get the hang of it and where all the meat is they really aren’t that bad that I wouldn’t want to keep one
Great eating. A bitch to clean.
Posted on 6/22/23 at 4:15 pm to Pelican fan99
Agreed. They've got a nice little slot to slide the knife down the spine in one quick move too.
Posted on 6/22/23 at 4:39 pm to Saskwatch
Some of the whitest meat out there. I love going out to the MRGO rocks and getting on them. They are much harder to cllean than trout, but they taste as good if not better.
This post was edited on 6/22/23 at 6:25 pm
Posted on 6/22/23 at 4:50 pm to AwgustaDawg
quote:Wha??
Lobster....similar texture
Posted on 6/22/23 at 5:28 pm to RichJ
The only problem with them is a 5 pound sheephead has filet about size of 2 pound trout due to those damn Y bones. We used to catch dozens that size on the old wooden RR bridge between OS and Biloxi growing up. It would take several of us to carry them. Would catch black drum and huge flounder too. Good ole days
Posted on 6/22/23 at 5:41 pm to RichJ
I like using it for fish tacos. Blackened and sautéed in butter
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