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Sherkus · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:25 pm Post subject: List of favorite fish to eat !

I live in South Texas to fish. Corpus is Mecca for the Saltwater nut that I am.

Needless to say, I love to eat all fish. All types, broiled fried, baked, grilled, and poached I do have my culinary favorites though.

Here is my list of my personal favorite top saltwater food fish that I catch here in reverse order !

#10. Shark. Definitely good grilled and fried. I love it in beer batter, fried in lard.after being soaked in milk for a day. Like a Mrs Paul's Fish Stick. I just have gotten to a point where I would really like to release all sharks.

#9 Galftop. Friends of mine swear that it tastes just like channel cat. It does not. Cooked up on grill, it can be delicious. I typically let them swim free if I'm catching other fish. If it's all that's biting, then Galftop it is !

#8. Kingfish. Best eaten same day caught. Marinated and grilled served with grilled vegetables and rice . Yum.

#7 Speckled Trout. Great game fish, fun to catch. One might think this fish deserves a higher rating. Smaller 15-18 inch fish are delicious fried, or broiled. Larger fish, I will release. I get many worms in Larger specs. More so than other species.

#6. Redfish. I love it ! Only problem, that it is the most abundant gamefish that I catch. I eat it more often than any other fish. Variety is the spice of life.

#5. Spanish Mackerel. Also best same day caught. These fish need to go on ice as soon as possible. A delicate flesh, great for ceviche. Pan seared in butter. Cooks quick.

#4. Sand Trout and Whiting. Takes a few of these little guys, but they are tender beyond belief. Whiting are amazing on a sandwich. You can eat these fish while fishing. No size limit or bag. Both fish are as delicate as fish can be.

#3 Flounder. Baked in sour cream, fried, always a favorite. Pan seared in butter.

#2 Black Drum and Sheepshead. Yes, my number two spot goes to these two. Great any which way you want to cook it. No fishy flavor. Just great eating. Freezes well.

#1 Pompano. It's why I cant wait to hit the beach. It's the only fish I know of, where the skin is not only edible, it's amazing. They have no scales. Just gut fish, wash well and cook. It is not nearly as good of a fillet as it is head on, and cooked whole. Huge bones are not a problem.

Let me know what y'all's lists look like !
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piermom · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:26 am Post subject:

you left out snapper Wink

im a sucker for it and really cant wait till the mr starts going btb for it Smile

blackened (if done right) or pan seared are my favorites. I have had it fried but im not a fan. im currently on a sever fish taco kick Wink

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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

I like just about all of those on there.

Inshore/nearshore I have

#1 Black Drum/ Sheepshead
#2 Flounder/pompano
#3 Redfish
#4 Trout
#5 Whiting

Offshore Gulf

#1 Yellowfin
#2 Wahoo
#3 Mahi Mahi
#4 Grouper
#5 Snapper
#6 Ling/AJ
#7 King Mackerel especially balled out and smoked
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Sherkus · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 8:04 pm Post subject:

Snapper is amazing, I just get too seasick to go about the catching ! I also left ling off my list, as I have never caught one, but from what I hear is amazing as well.

I should have posted top 10 inshore eating fish.

I love to hear recipes ! Keep em coming !
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Gnava3 · Pony Mullet Joined: 29 Aug 2011 Posts: 53

Ive really only caught edible reds and a flounder..

The reds I baked I use alum foil ... mayo on both sides squeeze lime juice, add garlic salt and onion salt also some black pepper and put some hot sauce on both sides (your choice) I use valentina. Put in oven for 30 to 35 mins depending on size of fillet at 425 degrees and bam! Accompany it with some white rice and some veggies and you now have a buffalo redfish dinner lol

With flounder its almost the same thing but I use butter, garlic, and rosemary along with some black pepper Wink

ltorna1 · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Posts: 3240

Tyler's list is spot on! IMHO, there is no beating a fresh slice of Wahoo or Yellowfin sashimi.

For inshore, I'd add striped bass. Unlike reds and drum, they don't get gross and nasty when they are bigger.
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ziacatcher · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:00 pm Post subject:

Hey Luke, adding stripers to the list is a dead give away to your east coast background.

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

Yeah Luke I left out salmon and Ling cod thinking this was a local poll. Very Happy

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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:58 pm Post subject:

Chef Lefty · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:24 pm Post subject:

Where is IMS? He hasn't chimed in with his favorite fish?
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Sherkus · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 1:45 am Post subject:

Central Scrutinizer · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 1:45 pm Post subject:

Lemon-fish --- (i.e., ling/cobia).

That is All. As You Were.

chap_cat · Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:32 pm Post subject:

I absolutely love fried fish, but also like it prepared other ways as well. Here is my list of all Gulf fish species I have eaten in order of my preference for their flavor:

1 Flounder - fresh caught, grilled whole with butter and lemon, is to die for. I love it fried too.
2 Red Snapper - I love this species grilled, fried or baked.
3 Blackfin Tuna - fresh grilled was awesome.
4 Grouper
5 Drum
6 Sheepshead
7 Speckled Trout - I love the flavor, but sometimes it is a little mushy, even when fresh
8 Sand Trout / Gulf Trout
9 Barred Grunt - One day in 1983 these were in thick off the Fish Pass jetties. Only time I have ever caught them. I would catch one on just about every cast with dead shrimp. They were smallish and greenish yellow in color with dark bars like a sheepshead. I filled a stringer with them. The small fillets were delicious fried.
10 Whiting
11 Redfish
12 Pigfish - Piggy perch are very tasty if you can get them big enough to bother with.
13 Croaker
14 Dolphin
15 Spanish Mackerel
16 King Mackerel - only like it grilled fresh
17 Gaftop - only tried it once.
18 Shark - did not like it broiled the one time I had it.
19 Pinfish - one day in my youth I was catching some large ones (for Pinfish anyway) and nothing else was biting, so I decided I would give them a try fried up. While edible, I would not bother with them again unless I was starving as they had a weird grassy taste.

Sherkus · Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:03 am Post subject:

Nice ! Everyone's tastebuds are different. My problem with founder as number one, it's a stinky fish.... Fillets always have an off smell. Delicious every which way I cook it.

My new litmus test for fish is either poaching or pan cooked in butter, but you are reading a sentence generated by someone who likes to eat carp and alligator gar !
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CopanoCruisin · Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:47 pm Post subject:

I am with IMS! To quote"I LIKE MINE FRIED." Unquote
Redfish
Flounder
Trout
Drum
Sheephead
And so on!...............cC