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Re: The dreaded hardhead [Re: uncle_bagster] #12925432 10/07/18 12:35 PM
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Hardheads will take mullet... the trick is to use mullet that are too big for them to eat (or extend your leader and put your bait higher off the bottom).

Ugh hardheads... i went camping last week (video posting in teo weeks!) and forgot to bring food. All i had to eat was hardheads, great times.


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Re: The dreaded hardhead [Re: uncle_bagster] #12925507 10/07/18 02:05 PM
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I've been hungry enough to scrape the mold off a cheese sandwich.
Never hungry enough to skin a hardhead. That's impressive.


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Re: The dreaded hardhead [Re: Pat Goff] #12925531 10/07/18 02:40 PM
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Less impressive... more sad. But i was hungry and i'll own it.


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Re: The dreaded hardhead [Re: uncle_bagster] #12926223 10/08/18 02:01 AM
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I just did a video on our channel (posting at the end of the month). Camped on the beach, forgot to bring food so i ate hardheads. They are edible. Not bad, kinda mushy but not bad. Gaftop are really good eating; fileting them is the problem. Theybhave excessive amounts of really thick mucus. Otherwise the meat is really good.


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Re: The dreaded hardhead [Re: uncle_bagster] #12926237 10/08/18 02:11 AM
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I think gafftops are really good eating and when I catch them usually 3+ pounds which is fun on my catfish or bass rods in the surf.
Very slimy but I thought they were easier to clean than a freshwater catfish.

Re: The dreaded hardhead [Re: uncle_bagster] #12927575 10/09/18 01:09 AM
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I agree... the slime is a mess (way worse than hardheads) but the meat is really good.


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Re: The dreaded hardhead [Re: uncle_bagster] #12928146 10/09/18 03:51 PM
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Gaftop are good, just as good as trout (which is essentially indistinguishable from whiting). Hardheads are not as good, kinda mushy but totally edible.

I do have a video coming out on our channel at the ens of the month ddtailing my camping at the beach and eating hardheads (was all i could catch the first day). So if youre interested in watching me suffee through cone on over and check it out.


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Re: The dreaded hardhead [Re: Stanley Orchard] #12928285 10/09/18 05:32 PM
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I eat Gafftop all of the time. They are one of the best fish to grill because they don't fall apart as some of the flakier fish do. I have found the best way to clean them is to put the on ice in an old cooler when you catch them. Let them chill and they will stop producing the slime. I put them all on the cleaning table and wash off with a water hose. Filet like a fresh water catfish. I like to target Gafftop, they will give you a good fight.

Re: The dreaded hardhead [Re: Stanley Orchard] #12928416 10/09/18 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted By: Stanley Orchard
Gaftop are good, just as good as trout (which is essentially indistinguishable from whiting). Hardheads are not as good, kinda mushy but totally edible.

I do have a video coming out on our channel at the ens of the month ddtailing my camping at the beach and eating hardheads (was all i could catch the first day). So if youre interested in watching me suffee through cone on over and check it out.

i'll have to disagree on that. i like gafftop alright, but it's definatly distinguishable from any of the drum family and not on the same level as far as table fare. JMO.


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If you think a snot rocket tastes as good as a trout or flounder, you're doing something wrong.


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Re: The dreaded hardhead [Re: uncle_bagster] #12930820 10/12/18 12:50 AM
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At Pat Goff very true... I often do a lot of things wrong. But the meat is good man. All depends on how skilled you are at being able to filet them I guess.


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Re: The dreaded hardhead [Re: smooth move] #12930822 10/12/18 12:51 AM
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Oh yeah no, not making that comparison. Im comparing trout and whiting. Not saltcats and... we anything.


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Re: The dreaded hardhead [Re: 9094] #13008101 12/28/18 06:10 PM
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Yes, both of them are Ok to eat. Gafftop being the best. I had always heard hardheads were no good to eat but were in Murdocks on the Seawall one day talking to a clerk told us they were good to eat. we have tried them and they are ok.


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They get chunked back in the water!

Re: The dreaded hardhead [Re: uncle_bagster] #13008312 12/28/18 10:04 PM
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If you truly believe a snot rocket cooks up as good as a flounder, you're seriously doing something terribly wrong with that flounder.

Or, you've just never caught enough flounder to know.


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