NOYB wrote:
"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Skipper" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:

OK. Later today, I'm going fishing at the 5 mile reefs to
target...sheepshead.
Sheepshead? Jeeze, that's like pullin up discarded bicycle tires.
Triggerfish put up a real fight and are worth eatin. Down Mexico way the
boys filet em for ya soon as the boat hits the dock. Triggers are
probably the fightenest fish pound for pound you can sling aboard.
Pound-for-pound, the lowly pinfish outfights all others...followed
closely by anything in the tuna family, and most fish in the jack family.

I've caught plenty of triggerfish. They are excellent eating, but a bear
to clean. But I never pulled one up and said to myself "damn, that was
one tough fish". I'd put their fighting ability on par with a small
black drum or a sheepshead.







Tomorrow, I'm hooking up the smaller boat to tow an hour and 50 minutes
across Alligator Alley and fish for Sailfish.
Would seem you have a truly trailerable boat then. Wouldn't want to lug
a Parker 25 that far.
Why not? I sold the 25' Whaler to my dad, and he bought a trailer for
it. My Sequoia tows it just fine.



NYOB,
Are all of the triggerfish eatable? I always thought they were too pretty
to eat, sort of like eating Bambi.

I dunno what you mean about "all of the triggerfish"...since I've only
caught one variant of the fish. I'm sure they're all just as tasty...just
like Bambi is as tasty as her mom, only more tender.




NYOB,

I am talking about the colorful reef fish such as the Queen Trigger, the
Picasso Trigger, Clown Trigger, Leafy Trigger, Red Tooth Trigger, Titan
Trigger etc.

You know the "Bambi" of the fish world.

I bet you didn't cry when Bambi's mom was killed.



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Reggie
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