Thread: Which are DO NOT EAT fish?

Pull on that left ear and let a little air out.......

Originally Posted by Pier#r

bf, you keep feeding him like that and we'll have to add him to the payroll ;-)

Wait just a minute, there's a payroll?

I was one of the people that thought black drum would be bad eating one day I caught a small one so I decided to eat it I was amazed I won't keep the bigger ones tho because of the worms so if you're not sure how a certain kind of fish tastes just try it bit I'm not saying for y'all to get a bait fish and eat it lol

Originally Posted by derekb

I was one of the people that thought black drum would be bad eating one day I caught a small one so I decided to eat it I was amazed I won't keep the bigger ones tho because of the worms so if you're not sure how a certain kind of fish tastes just try it bit I'm not saying for y'all to get a bait fish and eat it lol

Yes I don't think shad would taste good

Nice to see the return to the topic this string started with. I am laid up tonight with a blood clot and this forum is a helpful distraction. As to the freshwater drum ; they are fun to catch and when you can locate a schooling area you can wear out your arm. The body structure is such that you need to catch drum that weigh 1.5 to 3 pounds to get the best eating filets. They fry well and also are good baked with many different type recipes.

Fin, they told me I could keep all the money I found on the pier and so far, I'm up over a dollar. I ain't sayin' how much I found in the parking lot, might get too much competition.

Originally Posted by oldfisherman

Nice to see the return to the topic this string started with. I am laid up tonight with a blood clot and this forum is a helpful distraction. As to the freshwater drum ; they are fun to catch and when you can locate a schooling area you can wear out your arm. The body structure is such that you need to catch drum that weigh 1.5 to 3 pounds to get the best eating filets. They fry well and also are good baked with many different type recipes.

They indeed fry well I have also grilled them!

I've eaten a fair amount of small drum-up to maybe two pounds and they aren't bad. My brother and I were camping on the Tennessee river and I caught a big one, at least ten pounds. My brother said he'd eat it if I cooked it-and he tried without success. He said it tasted like very fishy rubber bands. There was alcohol involved.......

I like small drum myself.and you know I was always told rays were nasty.i tried them and I like them.same thing with bluefish.and keeping this in mind my better half talked me into trying hardhead one day.we were in port st joe with a uab research group inspecting sea urchin and scallop populations.well every morning we would fish and every evening we would fish.and all we would catch was hard heads and not small ones I mean these things were monster's for hardheads.some had to be around 3 pounds.and the weren't gaff top s.so she decided to talk me into keeping two of them.we went back to the room and I cleaned them.and after I removed the huge bone that runs the length of their heads and half of their back.they looked like a regular old freshwater cat.i threw them in the oven and sprinkled a little lemon pepper on them.well when it came time to do the deed lol she was more gutsy than I was.after her first bite it took her a couple minutes to convince me.and when I finally took a bite I was shocked it had a really mild taste and was actually pretty good.but due to the nature of that beast and the dangers of handling them that may not happen often.

Keep in mind that Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens are NOT the same species as Saltwater (Black) Drum Pogonias cromis