lionfish...every where...on the wrecks...

[liverock]

Last time I was in the islands...they were so pervasive on every wreck I was on I was amazed...kill them...fry them...very tasty...we ate them for two weeks...as there are so many hanging on the wrecks...every bottom relief holds a hug 12 inch pair....is quite amazing...

State easing lionfish rules to stem population - KeysNet.com

 

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[Jayong63]

Tried them for the first time last summer... Excellent fish for eating.

 

[diverdan]

Problem is they are too small.

 

[Jayong63]

I dont know caught some pretty big ones and the fillets are thicker than any other fodh of same size

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

lionfish have the piosonous quills like rockfish right

 

[Jayong63]

Yes the dorsal and pectoral fins. You just cut them off with kitchen shears before you clean and fillet

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

Yes the dorsal and pectoral fins. You just cut them off with kitchen shears before you clean and fillet

I knew it

 

[pat-tekker-cat]

The ones I seen in the Keys while lobstering, kept slipping through my lobster net!

I don't like them, they ain't suppose to be here, but I haven't tried eating one, yet.

I figure, if you filled up some coolers with them, some sushi place, or Asian restaurant would buy 'em from you, no?
I used to know some folks, they would sell the heck outta their fish, down in Miami.

 

[mad4wrecks]

They are safe to eat & delicious. Many simple recipes online. People are encouraged to catch and eat them, or kill them.

 

[CoilyGirl]

They're all over Grand Cayman now and just killing the reefs. I've yet to eat one but will in February.

 

[Red_desert]

Tasty fish, I'd be eating them. Might have to do a lot of eating before diving in comfort.

 

[FISHEYE]

Stick em with a spear and chop them up on the bottom for other fish and crabs to eat.When they start liking it they will find a way to kill them themselves.

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

Stick em with a spear and chop them up on the bottom for other fish and crabs to eat.When they start liking it they will find a way to kill them themselves.

Genius what about catch them and putting them in a salt water tank

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

Yes the dorsal and pectoral fins. You just cut them off with kitchen shears before you clean and fillet

How do you hold them without getting spiked

 

[liverock]

How do you hold them without getting spiked

You don't have to....if you put them in a cooler of ice water for 20 minuets it neutralizes the toxin in the spines..... then you can safety filet, and if you get poked...will be no effect!

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

id like to put them in a fish tank i know there invasive like snakehead but unlike snakehead they are beautiful fish

 

[KEYSHUNTER]

people and fishtanks are the cause of the problem

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

people and fishtanks are the cause of the problem

Lol I agree

 

[Haggis]

hm they might be good for eating, but they also look nice alive I think

 

[bikerlawyer]

Until they are the last living thing to look at in the ocean.