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Gaspargou
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:04 pm
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:04 pm
Hooked into a big gou today that eventually broke my line. Are these good to eat?
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Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:08 pm to Popths
Oh yeah, I typically use the cypress board method when cooking them.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:09 pm to Popths
No, they are trash fish full of bones
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:18 pm to Popths
With a face only a mother could love, I wouldn’t eat that sumbitch.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:36 pm to RichJ
Paint black dot or two on its tail and soak it in red dye.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:45 pm to Popths
Freshwater Drum is a delicious fish if promptly bled and iced immediately. If they are dead on a stringer or in a fish basket, their flesh will soften and lose texture and taste quite quickly.
Their skeletons have very widely spaced bones with firm white flesh that tastes great when pan fried or baked. They are excellent smoked on the half shell too. Don't listen to the old fishermen's tales from those who failed to remove the bloodline flesh and otherwise properly care for their catch.
Their skeletons have very widely spaced bones with firm white flesh that tastes great when pan fried or baked. They are excellent smoked on the half shell too. Don't listen to the old fishermen's tales from those who failed to remove the bloodline flesh and otherwise properly care for their catch.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 9:13 pm to ImaObserver
They are good up to a couple pounds. After that they get a little tough and rubbery. It’s more about texture than taste. Blackened is best.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 9:32 pm to Popths
My favorite fish for a gravy.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 9:49 pm to Popths
Caught one with my son when he was 5 years old. He called it a master goo
Posted on 11/29/25 at 4:18 am to Popths
If interested in more big gou, head to the lighthouse canal at False River in February. Basic chicken rig with live ditch crawfish and get ready. Really a hoot out of a kayak.
Posted on 11/29/25 at 6:18 am to Popths
One fish that I have learned to love to catch is the black drum. Those things are incredibly strong and will give you one hell of a fight. Big reds are awesome in a different way.
Posted on 11/30/25 at 11:05 am to AlxTgr
I might eat it if your mom had cooked it. Not sure abt yours.
Posted on 11/30/25 at 11:10 am to Mung
quote:GFY
Not sure abt yours.
Posted on 11/30/25 at 11:19 am to Mung
Well, the state values them more than crappie. Go look at the limits.
They are great in a gravy. The small ones are good fried. The meat on the older ones can be "hard" and inedible. The gou pros can tell if they will be good as soon as they catch them. My grandfather would fish them in certain places because of the way they tasted and the chance of catching a blue gou. That was like gold to those old men. It meant an instant supper.
Like someone said, throw them on ice as soon as you catch them.
They are great in a gravy. The small ones are good fried. The meat on the older ones can be "hard" and inedible. The gou pros can tell if they will be good as soon as they catch them. My grandfather would fish them in certain places because of the way they tasted and the chance of catching a blue gou. That was like gold to those old men. It meant an instant supper.
Like someone said, throw them on ice as soon as you catch them.
This post was edited on 11/30/25 at 11:21 am
Posted on 11/30/25 at 11:21 am to AlxTgr
I tried cooking a couple that I caught w the Grrls in the Red River. Stunk up my house. Would hate to waste a good red sauce on that.
Posted on 11/30/25 at 11:36 am to Mung
quote:Leave the cooking to your husband.
Would hate to waste a good red sauce on that.
Posted on 11/30/25 at 11:40 am to Popths
quote:
Are these good to eat?
Not as far as I am concerned…there are a lot better fish out there to eat.
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