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The Fishing Report

Ever Eat A Snakehead?

Uploaded on January 13, 2009

Apparently this dude in FL has and loves them. Here's the story. http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/story/1319821.html

Not for nothing, but I don't think I could eat one of those nasty suckers. Would you or have you? Granted, monkfish are pretty ugly and taste of lobster. Maybe I'm missing out. What say you?

JC

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from DaleJ wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

I'd have to pass.

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from bnorth1 wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

I dunno if I would eat one, but I have heard that they are good to eat. NatGeo recently did an episode on snakeheads and mentioned several times how "tasty" they are. Always worth a try. Where do you get a pound of illegal snakehead?

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from D.Krick wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

Couldn't do it... No way!

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from reischjake wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

I dont know what it would taste like but it would be worth a try

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from whiteriverguide1 wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

I just hope I don't have to change my diet to snakehead because they took over. They could be in our waters now.

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

Never had the shot, not naturally in my home area, but i'd try it, just like carp, which isn't half bad, and if it's smoked it's pretty darn good.

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from MB915 wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

I would gladly eat one. But more important if you want to eat one or not, they should all be killed and not released since they are an invasive species. In the Potomac River they are begining to become a problem, and thats just one more predator the bass need to compete with. Kill them all.

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from jerry k wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

just about anything would taste good if you bread it and fry it

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from alabamahunter wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

I'd be willing to give it a shot. Like Jerry said, anything battered and fried is good (i.e. chitlins.)

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from BamaCreekBum wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

I would have to skip out on that one. I'll stick to crappie and catfish.

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from teebox25 wrote 3 years 17 weeks ago

I gonna pass too....ewwwww

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from troutrageous1 wrote 3 years 17 weeks ago

Don't think I'd go there, at least not if it was something I caught & filleted. Perhaps I'd eat one if it was already prepared and I didn't know what it was ~ heck would probably love it.

You never know, sometimes the uglier the fish, the better they taste. There's some hardwater folks that swear eelpout taste like lobster. Not trying that either.

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from HillbillyDeluxe wrote 3 years 17 weeks ago

If I was intoxicated and not paying much attention or intoxicated with lots of peer pressure, there would be a good shot I would eat one.

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from T wrote 3 years 17 weeks ago

I....can safely say.....only if you go first.

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from dwaynez wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

I would pass on this one

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from Ghbagpipes wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

The locals supposedly started a snakehead population in flushing meadows/corona lake in Queens NY because snakehead is apparently quite the delicacy for local Koreans.

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from pumakitchen wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

I don't think I could eat something that looks like that. They are creepy looking fish.

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from TheEasternShore... wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

yea me too

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from minnow hunter wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

Never have, but I have heard they are good. I would eat one, it also gets rid of them.

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from barefootwt wrote 34 weeks 13 hours ago

They are outlawed where I live. The Fish and Game commision says once they are out of the water, Do Not Throw Back In!

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from nuclear_fisher wrote 31 weeks 4 days ago

I would certainly try it, the leading theory of how they got over here in the first place is that they were introduced intentionally for eating. In fact, the entire reason they are over here at all, alive or not, is because people eat them. And there's got to be something to that.

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from fezzant wrote 18 weeks 3 days ago

They are considered a delicaey in their native ranges. Like nuclear_fisher said, that's why they're here - they were brought over from (I believe) Asia. Of course, so is bird's nest soup, and that's nothing but dried bird spit.

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from rock rat wrote 16 weeks 1 day ago

Sold at most wet markets in SEAsia, with a screen over the top of the tub because they tend to jump out, but in answer to your question, yes.

One time I was at one of those dinners. The kind government employees in China love because it's on the govt dime and there's tons of expensive food. It happened there was one other round eye there and his wife so they sat us close to each other. As he turned over the giant fish we were all digging into he asked me if I knew what kind it is. Looked like fish to me. Carp was his answer. Tasted great.

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from brettminer wrote 8 weeks 6 days ago

I honestly don't know what we are talking about here. Whether or not you can eat an ugly fish. I say give it a shot . . . A real shot, not the 7 year old "there I tried it." Let me put it this way, if everything we ate had to be visually appealing we would only eat fruit and vegetables. If you knew where hotdogs came from, or more importantly, saw where hot dogs came from. . . Well you get the point.

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from MB915 wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

I would gladly eat one. But more important if you want to eat one or not, they should all be killed and not released since they are an invasive species. In the Potomac River they are begining to become a problem, and thats just one more predator the bass need to compete with. Kill them all.

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from DaleJ wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

I'd have to pass.

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from bnorth1 wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

I dunno if I would eat one, but I have heard that they are good to eat. NatGeo recently did an episode on snakeheads and mentioned several times how "tasty" they are. Always worth a try. Where do you get a pound of illegal snakehead?

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from D.Krick wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

Couldn't do it... No way!

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from reischjake wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

I dont know what it would taste like but it would be worth a try

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from whiteriverguide1 wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

I just hope I don't have to change my diet to snakehead because they took over. They could be in our waters now.

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

Never had the shot, not naturally in my home area, but i'd try it, just like carp, which isn't half bad, and if it's smoked it's pretty darn good.

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from jerry k wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

just about anything would taste good if you bread it and fry it

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from alabamahunter wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

I'd be willing to give it a shot. Like Jerry said, anything battered and fried is good (i.e. chitlins.)

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from BamaCreekBum wrote 3 years 18 weeks ago

I would have to skip out on that one. I'll stick to crappie and catfish.

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from teebox25 wrote 3 years 17 weeks ago

I gonna pass too....ewwwww

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from troutrageous1 wrote 3 years 17 weeks ago

Don't think I'd go there, at least not if it was something I caught & filleted. Perhaps I'd eat one if it was already prepared and I didn't know what it was ~ heck would probably love it.

You never know, sometimes the uglier the fish, the better they taste. There's some hardwater folks that swear eelpout taste like lobster. Not trying that either.

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from HillbillyDeluxe wrote 3 years 17 weeks ago

If I was intoxicated and not paying much attention or intoxicated with lots of peer pressure, there would be a good shot I would eat one.

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from T wrote 3 years 17 weeks ago

I....can safely say.....only if you go first.

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from dwaynez wrote 3 years 16 weeks ago

I would pass on this one

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from Ghbagpipes wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

The locals supposedly started a snakehead population in flushing meadows/corona lake in Queens NY because snakehead is apparently quite the delicacy for local Koreans.

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from pumakitchen wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

I don't think I could eat something that looks like that. They are creepy looking fish.

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from TheEasternShore... wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

yea me too

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from minnow hunter wrote 1 year 42 weeks ago

Never have, but I have heard they are good. I would eat one, it also gets rid of them.

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from barefootwt wrote 34 weeks 13 hours ago

They are outlawed where I live. The Fish and Game commision says once they are out of the water, Do Not Throw Back In!

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from nuclear_fisher wrote 31 weeks 4 days ago

I would certainly try it, the leading theory of how they got over here in the first place is that they were introduced intentionally for eating. In fact, the entire reason they are over here at all, alive or not, is because people eat them. And there's got to be something to that.

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from fezzant wrote 18 weeks 3 days ago

They are considered a delicaey in their native ranges. Like nuclear_fisher said, that's why they're here - they were brought over from (I believe) Asia. Of course, so is bird's nest soup, and that's nothing but dried bird spit.

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from rock rat wrote 16 weeks 1 day ago

Sold at most wet markets in SEAsia, with a screen over the top of the tub because they tend to jump out, but in answer to your question, yes.

One time I was at one of those dinners. The kind government employees in China love because it's on the govt dime and there's tons of expensive food. It happened there was one other round eye there and his wife so they sat us close to each other. As he turned over the giant fish we were all digging into he asked me if I knew what kind it is. Looked like fish to me. Carp was his answer. Tasted great.

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from brettminer wrote 8 weeks 6 days ago

I honestly don't know what we are talking about here. Whether or not you can eat an ugly fish. I say give it a shot . . . A real shot, not the 7 year old "there I tried it." Let me put it this way, if everything we ate had to be visually appealing we would only eat fruit and vegetables. If you knew where hotdogs came from, or more importantly, saw where hot dogs came from. . . Well you get the point.

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