are these things edible
About 5 years ago my wife and I, along with 2 other couples, chartered a 40’ yacht around the Whitsundays for a week or so. #We anchored up 1 day off Whitehaven Beach and went ashore for a few hours on what would have to be one of Queensland’s best beaches. #We had been fishing (without much success) from the tender for the previous couple of days, so hankering for a decent feed of fish we decided it was probably worth leaving a set flesh bait over the side of the yacht while we were ashore - you never know your luck. #This was one of those decisions in life that I came to regret.
We returned to the boat to find that the set line had been taken by a two foot remora which was excitedly decked. #We were not all that keen on eating it, although we were running a little low on bait by then, and along with a very full stomach the fish obviously had two nice thick fillets. #So I (being the only one on board with any fishing experience) volunteered to knock the fillets off him & cut them into sections to replenish our bait supply, with the other guys looking on to see just how a fish is filleted.
Half way through my display of finely honed filleting skills ;), I noticed a strange sticky brown substance oozing from the fish and running down both my arms. #Then I caught a whiff in the breeze of curious smell, but held off commenting in front of the ladies on board, figuring it must be last nights curry catching up with one of the other two guys. #
By this stage the brown stuff from the fish had oozed out onto the cockpit seat and was running down onto the deck, and I was well and truly up to my elbows in it. #Then, I looked up to see the that all the onlookers had started backing away from me with a funny sort of grimace on their faces :-? - strange (I thought) given their initial level of curiosity when I started the filleting process.
With the fillets off, it was clear that its stomach was completely engorged. #Unpreturbed, and quite curious as to just what it had eaten to become that full - I took a quick
I posted this from another forum. This did not happen to me, Thank God!
Oh man…
thanks for ruining it got a gopro video from bf 45 with a dozen circling under boat as I am IT retarded I cant upload cleaned one that was fatally hooked and the meat and skin look just like a cobia given their abundance I was curious
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Originally posted by jasmil1212thanks for ruining it got a gopro video from bf 45 with a dozen circling under boat as I am IT retarded I cant upload cleaned one that was fatally hooked and the meat and skin look just like a cobia given their abundance I was curious
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Did you eat it?
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Well we eat crabs and shrimp and they eat everything. Some of the forums talked about eating them and they described the meat as you did, like a cobia. I liked smoked or fried mullet and some people only think of them as bait. To each his own. To be honest I was thinking about trying one as well until I read that they eat the feces of whatever host animal they are riding on. I just can’t get past that to try one.
I also read that fishermen in other parts of the world take a rope and tie it firmly to the tail. When they see a sea turtle or other fish they want, they release the tied remora to attach to it and then pull the desired fish or turtle back in. Pretty ingenious. Didn’t mean to ruin your appetite.
I grew up in a household where nothing got thrown back. Ive had ray, turtle, eel and shark. Edible is a subjective term at best; you can smoke and fry a pair of work gloves. We net shrimp over piles of catfood and call it great. I know several people who use spoiled crab and stinkbait to catch cobia.
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let me rephrase I know they are edible but are they desirable in a manner where you don’t have to spend 3 days preparing it.
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I would say no. I wouldn’t eat them unless I was real hungry and it was the only choice. Yuk!
They are fun to stick on a friends back when he isn’t looking though 
Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper
Ever had one get attached to your boat deck:question: You have to slide a fillet knife blade under it to break the darn thing loose[:0]
That’s the way I unhook them, just stick then to the gunwale and they stay put while you remove the hook. They’ve got a strong grip with that sucker thing on their head. Will put a hickey on a back for sure
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I grew up in a household where nothing got thrown back. Ive had ray, turtle, eel and shark. Edible is a subjective term at best;
Me too. We ate what we had and most of it was seafood. We mostly ate what we couldn’t sell, but we didn’t eat remora!
Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper
I’m to stupid to upload pictures but the steaks look just like cobia. I was going to try but Cajunlad has made it too much of a load for me.
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Sorry about that jasmil, didn’t mean to ruin it for you.
There is actually a Shark Sucker and a Remora.
The Remora has more of a stripe.
Vic Dunaway’s book Sport Fish of the Atlantic rates the food value of a Shark Sucker as “poor” and the Remora as “Nil”. For those reading this post that didn’t make it through high school algebra, Nil means no value at all.
Shrimp are the cock roaches of the ocean floor but dang they sure are good.
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They are just one step below a gar!