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Stingray...the other white meat!!
Posted on 6/7/13 at 12:54 am
Posted on 6/7/13 at 12:54 am
Caught a sizeable one on Sunday and decided to make him a meal. I've eaten ray before in Mexico but I've always cut the line when we catch them around Lake Pontchartrain. This time I decided to go for it, and let me tell you...keep throwing them back...so I can have 'em.
They aren't easy to clean and you need to be precise with your filleting, but they are worth it in my opinion - flaky, white meat. One thing I learned, they have to be very large to make it worthwhile. Enjoy.
They aren't easy to clean and you need to be precise with your filleting, but they are worth it in my opinion - flaky, white meat. One thing I learned, they have to be very large to make it worthwhile. Enjoy.
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Posted on 6/7/13 at 1:49 am to TigerPimpNationTrank
Been wanting to try it, heard it tastes like scallops. How did you cook it?
Posted on 6/7/13 at 5:44 am to TigerPimpNationTrank
Once you trimmed the wings, how did you skin it out? I've always wanted to try one.
This post was edited on 6/7/13 at 7:29 am
Posted on 6/7/13 at 6:04 am to Icansee4miles
Once you have your two "wings" (which are easy to determine and remove from the main head/tail), you need to use catfish skinning pliers and remove the skin from the top and bottom of each wing. There's a layer of thin cartilage/bone that runs the entire length of each wing. You carefully run your filet knife along both sides to get the meat. The filets almost look like the consistency of ground turkey - very thin and delicate. On the final outer 2-3" of each wing, the catrilage/bone does not run through the middle - so you just have a long strip of thin meat.
We battered and fried em like any other fish. Out of the four guys we had, we all thought it was great...time consuming but great. In Mexico, I had them cooked like ground meat and then stuffed in an empanada and fried - basically a stingray meatpie. It was awesome.
We battered and fried em like any other fish. Out of the four guys we had, we all thought it was great...time consuming but great. In Mexico, I had them cooked like ground meat and then stuffed in an empanada and fried - basically a stingray meatpie. It was awesome.
Posted on 6/7/13 at 7:36 am to TigerPimpNationTrank
quote:want
stingray meatpie
Posted on 6/7/13 at 7:47 am to TigerPimpNationTrank
Stingray meatpie. Jesus that makes me hungry.
Posted on 6/7/13 at 8:43 am to TigerPimpNationTrank
I found them really easy to clean. I don't sever the wing and only fillet the top portion since there isn't very much meat on the under side of a ray that small. But you are right that they do eat pretty well.
ETA: Best of all there is no limit and they will bite when nothing else will. Now if i could only find a use for hard head....
ETA: Best of all there is no limit and they will bite when nothing else will. Now if i could only find a use for hard head....
This post was edited on 6/7/13 at 8:45 am
Posted on 6/7/13 at 10:04 am to bayoudude
quote:
find a use for hard head
Posted on 6/7/13 at 10:51 am to TigerPimpNationTrank
From an earlier thread:
quote:
I'll pass along a good trick an old sponge fisherman from Tarpon Springs, FL passed on to me. If you take your Makita or Dewalt out and put a 1" hole saw in it you can just run along the wings punching out "scallops". You just rinse them and skin the little 1" rounds instead of having to break down and skin the whole wing.
Posted on 6/7/13 at 11:15 am to bayoudude
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hard head
I've caught numerous fish using numerous types of cut bait.
Never got a bite using hardhead for bait.
Posted on 6/7/13 at 11:19 am to Kcrad
quote:
Never got a bite using hardhead for bait.
A Ling will eat them in a heart beat.
Posted on 6/7/13 at 11:23 am to ReelFun
Snip off the fins, prime cobia bait.
Posted on 6/7/13 at 11:24 am to ReelFun
Thanks for the advice.
They don't taste too bad either(hardheads). Gaffs, on the other hand taste nasty.
They don't taste too bad either(hardheads). Gaffs, on the other hand taste nasty.
Posted on 6/7/13 at 11:28 am to Kcrad
I think it's the opposite, I don't eat saltwater cats though
Posted on 6/7/13 at 11:30 am to MrCoachKlein
The big gafftops taste like piss. The smaller ones ain't too bad.
Hardheads are fricking gross.
I throw them both back however.
Hardheads are fricking gross.
I throw them both back however.
Posted on 6/7/13 at 11:34 am to JAB528
different strokes
I was surprised hardheads tasted decent, but it was an experiment. I continue to throw them back, unless next time ling fishing.
ETA: The gaffs we ate were big suckers. I could put my fist in their mouth.
My favorite cut bait is eel.
I was surprised hardheads tasted decent, but it was an experiment. I continue to throw them back, unless next time ling fishing.
ETA: The gaffs we ate were big suckers. I could put my fist in their mouth.
My favorite cut bait is eel.
This post was edited on 6/7/13 at 11:37 am
Posted on 6/7/13 at 11:44 am to ReelFun
quote:
A Ling will eat them in a heart beat.
Anything else eat them?
Posted on 6/7/13 at 11:45 am to Kcrad
quote:I always thought the opposite. A gafftop is delicious
They don't taste too bad either(hardheads). Gaffs, on the other hand taste nasty.
This post was edited on 6/7/13 at 11:46 am
Posted on 6/7/13 at 11:50 am to TigerTatorTots
Big gaffs are horrible.
Or as I brown brothers call them "gas tops".
Or as I brown brothers call them "gas tops".
Posted on 6/7/13 at 12:08 pm to Kcrad
Big gaffs taste like a public restroom smells.
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