re: What fish do you keep that others don’t?

Jack Crevalle make some mean fish tacos if you soak the filets in milk for a little bit before cooking

Blue marlin

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Goo Choupique

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For those of us not from louisiana. What the frick are those?

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For those of us not from louisiana. What the frick are those?

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Goo is short for Gaspergou, a fresh water drum, sometimes known as Buffalo Fish.

Choupique are bowfin's, a freshwater bottom dwellers that many folk liken to the snakehead but they are 2 different species.

Gotcha. Thanks. We got bowfins but I’ve never seen a freshwater drum around south Alabama.

Goo makes a good courtbouillon much like a large redfish.

I've used choupique to make fish cakes after boiling them in seafood boil and picking the meat. Same with garfish to make gar balls.

I especially like shark meat since there are no bones to deal with and it is an excellent choice to grill and baste with garlic/butter/lemon sauce as it cooks.

i heard that it makes awesome sashimi

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My grandfather was from Evergreen and would keep a Gou in a heartbeat. It must be an Avoyelles thing.

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I know my late father-in-law, also from Mansura in Avoyelles Parish would love to bake a goo courtbouillon.

Found a lot of people that think trigger fish are trash fish, but I keep them.

My grandfather used to spend his weekends drinking ole mule in the red can and fishing specifically for gou. My grandmother would cook a mean couvillion with it. Ive not yet master the couvillion. One of these days ill get it perfect.

Eta: i dont keep much other than bass, catfish, and bream. I typically have enough catfish from one weekend setting lines in the summer to last the year, so i often dont keep anything i catch, at all.