Home | Tournaments | Calendar | Weather | Merchandise | Sponsors |
|
California Spearfishing Talk here about spearfishing on California's Pacific Coast, and post those reports and photos! |
View Poll Results: What is the best and worst tasting fish? | |||
halibut | 60 | 50.85% | |
calico | 23 | 19.49% | |
sheepshead | 8 | 6.78% | |
rubberlip | 12 | 10.17% | |
cabezon | 11 | 9.32% | |
lingcod | 23 | 19.49% | |
scorpionfish | 13 | 11.02% | |
sargo | 3 | 2.54% | |
opaleye and halfmoon | 23 | 19.49% | |
shark | 8 | 6.78% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 118. You may not vote on this poll |
|
Thread Tools | Rating: | Display Modes |
05-27-2010, 10:08 PM | #1 |
ONE BREATH ~ ONE KILL
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Carlsbad, CA
Age: 40
Posts: 402
|
What is the best and worst tasting fish?
So what does everyone think is the best and worst tasting fish?
what to shoot? what to avoid? and what to go after on a mission for? zebra perch, black sea perch, rubberlip, black craoker, white croaker, kelp greenling, sheepshead, calico, sand bass, halibut, rays, leopard shark, halfmoon, opaleye, rockfish, lingcod, cabezon, scorpionfish, sargo etc... No Pelagics(WSB are semi-Pelagic so they dont count) just local fish. Ranking will be 0-10 0-being horrible 10-being best Lets here it... ITS MY FIRST TIME DOING A POLE AND NOW I CANNOT EDIT IT. INSTEAD OF VOTING FOR BEST AND WORST, JUST CHOOSE THE BEST SINCE YOU ONLY GET ONE SELECTION! THANK YOU AND SORRY ~ SCOTT Last edited by SoCal-Import; 05-28-2010 at 03:23 PM. |
05-27-2010, 10:20 PM | #2 |
Landlocked in Chico
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Newport Beach, CA
Age: 30
Posts: 1,171
|
Re: What is the best and worst tasting fish?
Halibut- 10
Sheephead- 6 Cabezon- 9 Calico- 9.5 Sand Bass- 8 Sargo- 6 Opaleye/ Zebra Perch- -1 My favorite fish to hunt are Sand Bass, Calico's, WSB, and Halibut. Sandies and Halibut will settle back down most of the times if you don't spook them too bad, that's why I like hunting them. |
05-27-2010, 10:58 PM | #3 |
/._.\
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Anaheim Hills
Age: 30
Posts: 1,291
|
Re: What is the best and worst tasting fish?
zebra perch 1<
black sea perch (barely any meat) 2 rubberlip 2.5 black croaker (i don't recommend eating them) white croaker 8.5 kelp greenling 9 (like lingcod, but the meat isn't as firm) sheepshead 7.5 (cook in a way that the moisture can drain out e.g. baking) calico 8.5 sand bass 7 halibut 10 rays (only shoot bat rays if you must) 7.5 leopard shark (can also shoot shovelnose, soupfin, sixgill, sevengill) 9, but bleed and gut asap halfmoon <1 very fishy opaleye (depends where you shoot them, don't puncture guts) 1-3 rockfish 6, very bland lingcod 10 cabezon 8 weird bone structure scorpionfish 8 sargo 8.5 |
05-27-2010, 11:00 PM | #4 |
Pool Builder SD & OC
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: CLB
Posts: 813
|
Re: What is the best and worst tasting fish?
Halibut 10
Cabezon and Scorpion 9 rubberlip 6 zebra 1 sheep 6-8; ceviche-bbq baked calico 7 sand bass 7 half moon 4 pan fried opies 2 rockfish 5 black croaker 3 white croaker 7 kelp greenling 8 rays taco jerky style only 5 sargo 8 lingcod 10
__________________
Gen 1:26 Then God said,"Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea NKJV Email rather than PM plz... Butchesplace@gmail.com |
05-27-2010, 11:06 PM | #5 |
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: San Clemente, CA
Age: 85
Posts: 39,140
|
Re: What is the best and worst tasting fish?
Halibut definitely 10. I won't try to rank the rest, but halibut is the best.
|
05-27-2010, 11:17 PM | #6 |
Joe
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: san clemente
Posts: 1,379
|
Re: What is the best and worst tasting fish?
Wow you put rays and leopard sharks above sand bass and rockfish?? I guess everyone likes different things, but i love some deepwater red rockfish and dont like leopard sharks or rays. Why not eat the black (china)croaker?
Here are some of the fish you will see a lot locally and my ranking Sargo 6 spotfin 5 china 4 tomcod 5 sculpin 7 cabezon 7 sand bass 8 calico 9 treefish 9 Black perch 7 corbina 10 halibut 10 zebra perch 1 opaleye 2 kelpfish 6 halfmoon 1 sheephead 7 Leopard shark 3 Angel shark 2 Rays 1 Guitar fish 3 |
05-27-2010, 11:22 PM | #7 |
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Long Beach
Posts: 6,489
|
Re: What is the best and worst tasting fish?
that is like asking who is uglier, blondes or brunettes.... taste, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder...heck, I even like Gordon's fish sticks....
|
05-27-2010, 11:26 PM | #8 | |
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Solana Beach, CA
Age: 30
Posts: 88
|
Re: What is the best and worst tasting fish?
Quote:
|
|
05-27-2010, 11:26 PM | #9 |
Help! He's got me!
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Pordonone, Italy
Posts: 3,108
|
Re: What is the best and worst tasting fish?
My list is short and sweet, due to my wife and daughter insisting on the following:
Halibut-10 Ling-9 Sculpin-9 Angel Shark-8/9 Sheephead (ceviche)-8 * I like spotted bass, that's the only reason I take one on occasion-8 (tacos) If it's anything else, I have to lie about the species and fry it in batter.
__________________
Michael Dong Sportsko Ribolovno Drustvo "Umag" Centro Pordononese Sommozzatori Tank or Free, it's good with me |
05-27-2010, 11:38 PM | #10 |
Fully Fernished
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: South Coast Metro
Posts: 1,952
|
Re: What is the best and worst tasting fish?
Halibut 10
Zebra 1
__________________
|
05-27-2010, 11:42 PM | #11 |
Bone Collector
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: San Clemente
Posts: 477
|
Re: What is the best and worst tasting fish?
Halibut 10
sheephead 8 sometimes i cube the meat and boil it in sugar water.... dip in drawn butter tastes like crab.(When the diet is on hold) Sandbass/calico 8 taco fish lings9 dont see too many of them the rest i leave alone! |
05-27-2010, 11:48 PM | #12 |
Fire up the grill!
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Red Triangle
Posts: 400
|
Re: What is the best and worst tasting fish?
Halibut, ling cod, and kelp greenling - all 10
Salmon, have to catch it on a line - 10 Anything else, meh. I'll cook whatever I get, but I prefer the fish above. ..
__________________
Crist Spears...The best custom spears known to man. I don't practice "catch and release", I practice "catch and grease"... Bene legere saecla vincere. |
05-27-2010, 11:53 PM | #13 |
Ken
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 397
|
Re: What is the best and worst tasting fish?
sea otter - 7
Orca - 4 ( but I think that counts as pelagic) |
05-27-2010, 11:55 PM | #14 |
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SB/LA
Age: 30
Posts: 2,334
|
Re: What is the best and worst tasting fish?
I've eaten a lot of the local species
and the only one that was really bad, was the zeebraperch cabs are the best |
05-27-2010, 11:59 PM | #15 |
Croaker Poker
|
Re: What is the best and worst tasting fish?
|
Bookmarks |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | Rate This Thread |
|
|