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RE: Black Drum

CF&R — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:47:16 GMT

Barracuda are tasty,as they are an ambush predator that feed primarily on fish. Fish that eat other fish are usually a good bet on the dinner table. However, since they are on the top of the food chain, you have to be concerned about what's in the fish they have eaten. Certain reefs have a bug in them that carries a toxin called ciguatera. It's harmless to fiah, but big trouble for you and me. This toxin accumulates in smaller fish that are in turn eaten by bigger fish. So, a cuda living on this reef will be eating fish that contain ciguatera toxin. The larger the cuda, the more little contaminated fish it consumes; so the larger cudas are more likely to make you deathly ill. An old Cayman Island fisherman told me ( he may well have been lying to this tourista ) when he caught a large cuda, he put a small piece of the cleaned cuda on an ant hill. If the ants ate it and went about their business, it was safe to eat. If the ants ate it and " got up on their hind legs and started to dance " the meat was not safe, and he cut it up and used it for bait. Barracuda are not an endangered species, and cut cuda is a great bait, but there are many other fish that taste great and won't kill you if you eat them. I've eaten small cuda ( 5 lbs ) and they were excellent, but if you want to take a chance on your life with every meal, you should eat at Mc Donalds.

RE: Black Drum

CV — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:58:08 GMT

Ever eaten barracuda? Tried it for the first time last year after hearing how inedible it is from lots of people who had never tried it. I know you're not supposed to eat the big ones (neurotoxins or something), but in the 5lb range they are way better than any yellowtail.

RE: Black Drum

CF&R — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:16:54 GMT

On the heels of a long hard day spent on the water, any fresh fish (tarpon and bonefish excepted) 6 -8 lbs, iced when caught, cleaned well, and cooked in hot oil with minimal spices, tastes incredible.Thats the whole premise of the "shore lunch". I've eaten grunt, spadefish, grouper, walleye, ring perch, smallmouth, triggers, mahi, and whatevers still in the live well under these circumstances, and never been disappointed. Fish hard and eat well, but don't kill more than you can eat.

Black Drum

GladesGhost — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:52:33 GMT

black drum was a trash fish, nothing spectacular to catch, not to flashy or famous. But when CooknFish and I went to the super secret spot we caught some nice black drum, not to big not to small but just right. They fought hard took the bait willingly and really gave us a good time. I invited one to the house for dinner and after filleting it this is how I cook it. I put butter in the pan washed the fillets in milk then drug them through italian bread crumbs mixed with old bay seasoning. Hit them in the fry pan with the hot butter and yum, yum. The taste was as good as red fish anyday and I'll never under estimate the table fare of the black drum again...remember 6-8lb range no bigger.

It only takes one!

Glades Ghost