Thread: Respect for the resource -

I thought sharks taste like urine.

Just imagine how much money the state could make. We could sell tourist tags for 50 bucks a pop to land a shark and I'm sure we could find somebody to clean them. Even if they didn't want the meat somebody would be more than willing to take it. Of course if we started doing that after the first couple were cleaned and remains thrown over the rail all the rest would probably leave.

Here's a tarpon recipe

1 Tarpon about 50 pounds.
1 plank the length of the fish
Olive oil, salt, pepper, bacon and slap your momma
Season the Plank with the ingredients
Place the Tarpon on the plank. Wrap the Tarpon in bacon and foil
Put it on the fire
After 45 minutes remove the foil and toss Tarpon in the trash.
Bacon and wood feed 10 people.

Originally Posted by Zhiyong

I thought sharks taste like urine.

You can soak the steaks in some milk and that will take out the ammonia.

Originally Posted by Zhiyong

I thought sharks taste like urine.

I believe the black tips, mako, and thresher sharks don't have the ammonia taste. I had some bull shark tacos and there was no ammonia taste to them. Chili would be the guy to ask

Urine is in the shark's skin. Bitter taste in the meat is electrolytes. Easily removed by soaking the meat in buttermilk or plain milk for at least 4 hours before cooking. The natural enzymes will do the work for you.

The fear of beaching tarpon is a prime example of the law of unintended consequences.

The fear of people being bitten by sharks on the pier (liability fear, not harmed-spectator fear) is odd, particularly with as many people who fish with dangerous equipment and fish for fish with teeth. Soon I predict gaffs will only be allowed with the guard left on the points even when in use (or flat banned), fishing for all toothy fish from kings to bluefish will be banned, and barbless single hooks of size 12 or smaller (readily available from fly-fishing stores) will be the only legal tackle. LOL but not totally a joke!

Just a quick note about killing fish you're going to eat. Some years ago we got tired of the bats and bloody decks . . . solution: a small spray bottle of 100% isopropyl alcohol. Land fish + spray mist into gills = dead fish. No muss, no fuss, no effect on taste.

There were 100s of fish lying on Cedar Point pier two years ago when I went. While I understand catfish are a pain in the ass, killing them for no purpose is disrespectful. I threw any I saw alive back in (obviously on the way out, making a quick getaway to avoid being stabbed or shot.)

Originally Posted by SalmonDaze

Just a quick note about killing fish you're going to eat. Some years ago we got tired of the bats and bloody decks . . . solution: a small spray bottle of 100% isopropyl alcohol. Land fish + spray mist into gills = dead fish. No muss, no fuss, no effect on taste.

Wow! The fish die with a buzz on.