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re: Spanish Mackerel ...do you eat them?

Posted on 7/12/12 at 7:18 pm to
Posted by msu202020
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 7/12/12 at 7:18 pm to
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channel mulllet


What are you calling a channel mullet? I hope not a ground mullet.
Posted by msu202020
Member since Feb 2011
4330 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 7:20 pm to
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I'm sure all of these are edible and i guess if I fished where the trout limit was 5 or there simply weren't any fish I'd keep them but there's really no point in louisiana. I can't give away all the trout I catch and now have more snapper, grouper, and lemon fish than will fit in my freezer.


Ground Mullet, (whiting) is just as good fried as all the fish you just listed. I think that is why people are saying don't throw them back.
Posted by greenhead11
Member since Feb 2012
954 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 8:10 pm to
How do you target these things? I got on em one night under a dock light, eat just like trout
Posted by Tigerhouse
Member since Feb 2012
347 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 8:22 pm to
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quote: channel mulllet



Channel Mullet Aka Crockers. ( Spelling) Are one of the best eating fish in the Gulf. Most of them are between 12oz and 16oz about the size of a brim. They are excellent fried or on baked. I would eat these over speckled trout.... Enjoy.

Posted by Tigerhouse
Member since Feb 2012
347 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 8:23 pm to
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roacker or channel mullet. In fact channel mullet are damn good.



:dude: :dude: :dude:
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
24138 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 9:35 pm to
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so maybe I'm demented.


You think? There's no maybe about it
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
98925 posts
Posted on 7/13/12 at 7:48 am to
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Channel Mullet Aka Crockers.


whoa

I never realized you people were talking about croaker, I'll eat them but don't catch them big enough very often


ETA: and anybody that wants fish just has to show up at my house with an ice chest, I've given fish to a few posters from here
This post was edited on 7/13/12 at 7:49 am
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
40364 posts
Posted on 7/13/12 at 7:59 am to
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Most of them are between 12oz and 16oz about the size of a brim



Flat bill or curved?
Posted by pooponsaban
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2008
13494 posts
Posted on 7/13/12 at 8:02 am to
They aren't the same thing. Remember when you could catch 2-3 lb croaker at the close rigs? Talk about good eating. Haven't caught one in years.
Posted by Tigris
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Member since Jul 2005
13122 posts
Posted on 7/13/12 at 8:50 am to
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Spanish Mackerel ...do you eat them?


I've done it and there was nothing wrong with them. Fried that night, was careful to cut out the blood line completely, and soaked them for a bit in weak vinegar. They tasted just fine.

BTW a game warden checked us and gave us crap for having a few Spanish Mackerel in the ice chest. The old "the best way to cook them is use a board and then throw away the fish and eat the board" joke. A lot of Louisianans are pretty picky about the fish they will eat. And then there are the coonasses that eat EVERYTHING.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
87342 posts
Posted on 7/13/12 at 8:53 am to
A guy I fish with on occasion gets all excited about Spanish. It's one of the reasons I am glad I have my own boat now. May I never have to fish in his boat ever again.
Posted by Tilco Baller
[posi] nega barner
Member since Jun 2012
1563 posts
Posted on 7/13/12 at 8:55 am to
lol at the folks on this board that will eat croaker but turn their nose up at spanish.
Posted by JOJO Hammer
Member since Nov 2010
12384 posts
Posted on 7/13/12 at 9:04 am to
There not bad if you cook them right away. I like to grill them. But if I'm catching trout I don't waste my time with them.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
98925 posts
Posted on 7/13/12 at 9:08 am to
our spanish are even more oily than normal from the oil spill
Posted by Jed Zeppelin
Maurice
Member since Feb 2010
1049 posts
Posted on 7/13/12 at 9:08 am to
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brim


quote:

Flat bill or curved?


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