Fish ID Help, Caught at Charleston 60 6/14

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Originally posted by RDW

Lot’s of folks turn their noses up at anything other than Mahi, grouper, snapper, and maybe flounder. (BTW, my son calls Tomtates “Orange mouth Snappers”)
I’ve had Tomtates before and they taste fine. Battered and fried is Ok, but I like them seasoned and pan seared then served as fish tacos.
Mighty tasty.
Buddy of mine can’t believe I eat Spadefish. About the only fish I’ve tried that I really don’t care for is Amberjack. Just not crazy about the texture and flavor.

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I will try just about anything once. Taste is a personal preference. I remember when I first moved to Florida, it seemed everything I caught fishing the jetties at Ponce Inlet tasted good. This led me to believing nearly all saltwater fish must be tasty. Then one day I caught a mess of bluefish. I took them to the home I was renting, filleted them, and put all the extra in the freezer. I ate one fillet that night. The rest of the fillets are most likely still in that freezer a decade on.

Sailfish 236

I’m the rickest rick there is.
-Rick

JFYI - here is a white grunt caught at y73

Everything is edible. Just depends on the desire at the time.

Then again. You could just sit around catching shark.