My family have always kept croaker and eaten them, although not as prized as redfish, we still liked catching them. My buddy considers them trash and immediately throws them back. What do you guys think?

Croaker: Trash or Treasure single choice
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That's some good eating there, now.

They eat just fine.

They're great as table fare, great for cut and live bait.

Unless it's an invasive species, I can't understand why anyone would consider it as "trash".

I know that's what i told him when he threw it back. How do you guys like to cook em. I like frying me up.

nothing as fun and easy good table catching as croaker run... been ages since I got to enjoy it but man... fun fishin and good eatin

Table fare or bait just like shrimp multi purpose excellent on both counts.

The big ones I keep to eat. The smaller ones I keep for bait. They are a great fish.

I've always enjoyed the fact they always bite so you can take your kids fishing and at least they can have fun catching a lot of fish. Kids don't care what kind of fish they catch as long as something is pulling. I rarely keep fish anymore, so I am fishing for the fun of catching. I compare them to catching white perch because when you get into them, you can catch a lot. The croaker is the only fish that has never skunked me in over 30 years.

Good eating if you can catch some eatin size.

there easy to clean and eat, good taste and at the least if your not gonna eat it, use it as bait, the small ones go on the hook live, big ones cut em up and chunk, make great chum

Treasure!! for bait though...

I don't care what the trash species is. I have had MANY trips when I would been THRILLED to catch a few trash fish.

Average size and above are great table fare. Release smaller one. They are easy to catch. They are great fish bait to.

Same thing for gafftop.

They taste better than Redfish,IMO. and I love me some Reds...