Fish I won't eat-saltwater

the hardhead thread got me thinking....

I love eating pretty much everything out of the ocean, but I have my limits.

NO:
barracuda
crevalle
catfish
amberjack over 40#
any bottom fish caught over coral (ciguatera)
ray/shark
puffer

how about the rest of you ???????

Kingfish
Spanish Macs
Sheepshead

Agree with most of your list. Some ray/shark critters are pretty good if bled out & iced down immediately.

Here's some saltwater fish I won't bother keeping to eat: lizardfish, arrowtooth flounder, pacific mackerel, atlantic bonito.

Nothing else leaps to mind.

Why don't you run a special at your diner for hardhead po'boys and let us know how your customers like them?

There's some funny critters swimming in the bay if it's not a flounder trout or redfish it's not going in the box. If we can't catch those then we're having hot dogs.

we doin sum crayzee chit down hyah

you crazy, bro.

spanish is like inshore wahoo
sheepie's- although a pita on the cleaning table, some of the finest eating inshore fish.

kingfish-meh. it's good on the smoker........

just added....
atlantic bonito
little tunny
skipjack tuna

which is strange because pacific bonito is fantastic if bled correctly.

you guys just couldn't hang in Southern Louisiana.

I hang in Venice at least twice a year...........

ate a mullet there. everyone else was wearing one........

Half my family lives south of New Iberia. Eaten my share of gar balls and coubian.
If you want to fillet a eel then get all you want.

I'll take care of my own with what we really want.

pretty much agree but the shark is good in my opinion. just have to get the skin off since they excrete their urine through their skin. just throw them in the cooler and they will taste like [censored]. generally only keep the ones that don't act like they won't make it.
kings are not my fave but they come home sometimes.

That's a good one

Cut all the red out of a kingfish and fry it. Different texture for sure but doable. It's also very good smoked and made into a dip. For the grill, steak it, mayo and toni's it and enjoy. Cooks white.

Only eat Cobia, Dolphin (Dorado), Snapper, Grouper. All the rest are for giveaways for friends who like them.

Hang there all the time, but don't have much trouble catching trout and reds so I don't have to eat the other stuff. don't recall many Cajuns eating it either, but some do I guess.

Spanish mackerel makes great sashimi.

Not interested in even trying jack crevealle, hard head, gafftop ( hear all the time how good they are but not interested in getting past the slime) ladyfish ( might be my least favorite fish)

Prime fish for me are small mid slot reds (tacos, half shell, baked, fried) flounder, trout. 95% of the time, this is what I catch. Croaker is great if big enough.

Don't eat much fresh water fish. Nothing farmed raised

Has anyone tried stingray wings? I have always thought it was a nice chunk of meat when I was cutting them up for shark bait.

I'd be willing to bet that many people have eaten stingray, just didn't know it.
"sea scallops" have been found for years (by myself included) to be stingray at many
seafood places. it's pretty good actually, if not overcooked.

Any fish that looks like my MIL.

Toadfish and big uglies.

I love stingray wings. We will fillet the meat off the wings, and cook them as you would scallops. Pretty good.

Skeeter, I'm gonna guess you never have actually tried sheepshead. Once you get past the fact that they are wearing human dentures....It's one of the best fish I ever ate. A little hard to clean, but well worth it. And man what a blast to catch!

I'd pass on Trout/Reds for Sheepsheads.

Kings, Snapper, Dolphin, Ling, Spanish, all fair game... And we've eaten a bunch of shark. All good. No saltwater catfish!!! Always heard bonita, and Amberjack are hit and miss... Haven't caught enough of either to make a fair point on em tho...

Heard Sting ray is great...Heard Sheepshead is great...Like the carp of the sea. A lot of bones if i'm not mistaken.

Gulf fish species I have tried that are readily caught or bought that I will eat gladly in order of preference:

Red Snapper
Grouper
Flounder
Blackfin Tuna
Sheepshead
Mahi Mahi
Speckled Trout
Drum
Redfish
Croaker
Whiting
Spanish Mackerel
Bluefish
King Mackerel

I also want to try sting ray. Anything not on my list I have tried and disliked, or just won't eat for various reasons.

I have eaten and will continue to eat:

Mahi,Redfish,Sheepshead,Croaker
Mullet,Pompano,Kingfish/Spanish macks,Mangrove/Red Snapper,Gafftop,Grouper,Swordfish,Hardhead,Black drum,Cobia,Eel,Speckled/Sand Trout,Sting ray,Flounder,Shark,Whiting, Bigeye, Yellowfin tuna. Large Piggy Perch! Oh Salmon, Cod, Haddock, Pollack. --- That about covers it!