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re: Why dont the majority of folks eat mullet in Louisiana?
Posted on 8/16/23 at 6:53 am to tigerpimpbot
Posted on 8/16/23 at 6:53 am to tigerpimpbot
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The Louisiana side of my family makes fun of the side in FL that love mullet. The mud vs sand now makes sense to me.
Iv never tried them because growing up my pawpaw didn’t eat them and he ate everything!!
But when a person who has grown up eating them is sitting with a boat load of 5000lbs tells you he eats mullet but won’t eat mud mullets I take his word for it.
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Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:04 am to Islandboy777
Growing up poor in Biloxi in the 70's we ate mullet 3 or 4 times a week because they were readily available. I remember many mornings watching the sun come up from my skiff seat with Pop's throwing the cast net before I went to school. Those are great memories, but if I ever have to eat another piece of that nasty muddy crap it will be too soon. I've eaten enough of it in my lifetime for 10 people 
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:52 am to Islandboy777
Damn near anything is edible if a man is hungry enough. I've fried hard heads before just to see, because you don't know unless you try it. Soaked them in vinegar and water for a few hours and fried them up. They weren't bad at all. Just like with anything, you have to figure out how to make it taste good.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 8:12 am to Sea Hoss
They're catching a bunch at Point Cadet and back bay Biloxi
Posted on 8/16/23 at 8:21 am to Islandboy777
Because they’re turd hustlers.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 8:34 am to LongueCarabine
Many moons ago, when I worked in coastal NC out near the Outer Banks, there was a restaurant that had them on the menu. We used to order them just to mess with our co-workers. 
That was almost 25 years ago. I wish I could remember the name of the place....
That was almost 25 years ago. I wish I could remember the name of the place....
Posted on 8/16/23 at 9:06 am to Islandboy777
I caught a couple of big mullet casting for shrimp a few years ago. They were ok, I guess. A little oily-fishy as I recall.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 9:57 am to wahoocs
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People are stupid.
Billy said it best,
"God is great, beer is good and people are crazy!"
Posted on 8/16/23 at 10:55 am to Ol boy
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They swore that the white sand mullets in Florida was a delicacy.
My great grandparents lived in Perry, Florida (little east of Apalachicola) when I was a kid growing up. Deal's Oyster House has fried mullet, and I always loved it. I would detour on my way to Gainesville to go to Deal's for fried mullet, raw oysters, and hush puppies with guava jelly.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 1:02 pm to tigerpimpbot
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The mud vs sand now makes sense to me
yep!
similar to early season field spoonies versus late season marsh spoonies.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 1:56 pm to Islandboy777
Mullet species and location is everything. In the 1980's, I'd visit a friend for 2-3 weeks during the Summer who lived in Gautier, MS. We'd use cast nets to catch mullet south of Hwy 90 near Rabbit Island, Twin Islands, and Ingalls Shipyard. Then fillet and fry them. The mullet were clean, flaky, and delicious.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 3:55 pm to Got Blaze
Graveline Bayou has some good fishing
Posted on 8/16/23 at 4:17 pm to Islandboy777
I'm sure it tastes fine but that photo looks like something that was left in the livewell for a few weeks. I couldn't tell you the last time I purchased seafood from a store/market but if it came down to mullet or the store I think I'd just go to the store.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 4:33 pm to Islandboy777
my friend lived on Sandalwood 6 houses from the Bay/water ... just off Graveline Rd and by Shepard State Park. His mom taught 8th grade English at the Pascagoula Jr HS ??? I was probably 10 ~ 15 yrs old, and would catch a Greyhound bus from NOLA to Ocean Springs $10.00 bus fare traveling with my Benjamin pellet rifle. We would shoot fiddler crabs during low tide and fish all day. At night we'd hang out at The Point
pretty sure Hurricane Georges in 1998 Fk'd up that area big time. Many homes and areas I remember are no longer there per Google Maps images.
pretty sure Hurricane Georges in 1998 Fk'd up that area big time. Many homes and areas I remember are no longer there per Google Maps images.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 5:03 pm to Wavefan
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One reason. Because we can catch plenty of better fish.
I know shots were fired talking about Reds but those things eat damn near anything but a mullet in LA is bait so they are considered almost a trash fish. That is actually amusing since folks from South LA are pretty well known for making anything taste good enough to eat but oddly the Redfish gets the hallpass on being a target fish while the mullet does not. Kinda reminds me of the nutria.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 5:10 pm to MWP
Catfish can taste muddy also, and it sucks. And I'm talking about pond raised.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 12:35 pm to speckledawg
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There's way too many better fish around to eat, but the below is true.
While this is true, those better fish cannot be caught by the hundreds with a few tosses of a 12ft cast net. Big family, big cookout, easy food to feed all (+ some white bread and hot sauce).
Posted on 8/17/23 at 1:39 pm to Islandboy777
Many years ago...35 maybe...I was in Pensacola for a few days of work...was invited to a fish fry...they had mullet and mullet roe. Mullet was very good...mullet roe was awesome!
Posted on 8/17/23 at 2:14 pm to LSU Tiger Bob
Mullet gizzards fried are delicious
Posted on 8/17/23 at 2:17 pm to Got Blaze
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pretty sure Hurricane Georges in 1998 Fk'd up that area big time.
What George didn't get Katrina did. They had a big swimming pool back there at the mouth of the bayou.
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