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Local_Guy
07-31-2008, 01:16 PM
I've been catching a bunch of ribbon fish lately (15-20 a day). I've been giving them away to some guys that are keeping them and apparently eating them. Not sure how you would eat one. I tried cleaning one and the filet was about as thick as my knife. :confused:

I caught 21 this morning on a Rat-L-Trap. :fishing:
outfishin28
07-31-2008, 02:01 PM
they are an excellent King bait when trolled, the sharks love them too.
basstardo
07-31-2008, 02:09 PM
King bait for sure. Didn't know sharks liked 'em.
Oyster
07-31-2008, 02:46 PM
We used to catch them up in the back of Rudee and then take them off shore to drag for bills. They work great when rigged with no weight and skipped on the surface.
eaglesfanguy
07-31-2008, 04:18 PM
Brine it and freeze.. excellent cut bait... and if ya got a boat.... aint nothing better for kingfish.. slow trolled..
HellRhaY
07-31-2008, 04:46 PM
good bait.
wolfva
08-01-2008, 01:44 AM
If it's yellow, then tie it around the old oak tree.....

/duck
seajay
08-01-2008, 06:48 PM
Cut it into chunks and use it for Red Drum Bait. Once you catch one lay it in the cooler on ice they will calm down to handle them live.;)
jl_rotary
08-02-2008, 08:58 PM
well im korean and to white people we eat everything, i guess we do..but damn the chinese and monkeys, bleh

hi jeffree, i am also korean :)
koreans will east just about anything out of the ocean. we are gross for eating sushi yet white people love scrapple.....did they ever read what its made of? :rolleyes:
BubbaHoTep
08-02-2008, 10:02 PM
If it's yellow, then tie it around the old oak tree.....

/duck

And now it's my turn to say BUDDA BING! Be certain to tip your waitress! :-)
Rockfish1
08-03-2008, 05:08 AM
hi jeffree, i am also korean :)
koreans will east just about anything out of the ocean. we are gross for eating sushi yet white people love scrapple.....did they ever read what its made of? :rolleyes:

yup it's made from all the meat that's to small to cut for steaks, chops or filets... cooked till it falls apart, then seasoned with salt, pepper, and corn meal to make it gel up right and be able to be sliced... what's gross about that?...
:cool:
jl_rotary
08-03-2008, 01:04 PM
yup it's made from all the meat that's to small to cut for steaks, chops or filets... cooked till it falls apart, then seasoned with salt, pepper, and corn meal to make it gel up right and be able to be sliced... what's gross about that?...
:cool:
i personally like scrapple. just think its odd that some say sushi is gross, well if sushi is gross whats scrapple...
"Scrapple is typically made of hog offal, such as the head, heart, liver, and other scraps, which are boiled with any bones attached (often the entire head)"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapple#Composition
JeepMike
08-03-2008, 01:24 PM
I've been catching a bunch of ribbon fish lately (15-20 a day). I've been giving them away to some guys that are keeping them and apparently eating them. Not sure how you would eat one. I tried cleaning one and the filet was about as thick as my knife. :confused:

I caught 21 this morning on a Rat-L-Trap. :fishing:

I tell yah what not to do. I saw a bunch of guys catching some on the point yesterday, then killing them and tossing back in the water or leaving them on the sand to die. This is unacceptable and I always call park service when I see this going on. I don't know what to do with ribbon fish, but I know what not to do with them. Haha sorry to hijack the thread, I just got upset yesterday at these "sportsmen" that were killing everything for the sake of killing it that was not a spanish mackeral. Just my .02 though.