Which fish should you NOT eat??

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:08 am

Hi Andy mate dont mind me just my sense of humour first thing ing thre morning lol big grin

Cheers
keith big grin

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 12:00 pm

Sorry for getting my wires crossed No probs
Andy

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:45 pm

Just to add one not to eat and thats Mullet caught in Marinas and Harbours, especially where the fish are relatively captive ... they browse on the bottoms of the boats and generally taste a bit metallic as their flesh gets tainted from anti-foul, most of which have some form of metal based ingredient to their make up nowadays, generally copper ... better than the old TBT that they used to add to anti-foul but only just!

The other one not to eat of course is Eels ... an expensive meal if you get caught ... Conger eel tastes lovely if cooked right.

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:55 pm

eccles wrote:

OK bit of sense from my own experience, don't bother with these:
1. Female smoothounds - taste yuck because they accumulate uric acid in their flesh. Actually so do big males but up to about 6 pounds they are not too bad.
2. Flounders - taste muddy especially those caught in harbours. Some folk eat them but why bother when there is plenty of good stuff.
3. Wrasse - Not that wonderful and full of bones.
4. Pollack - Actually the small ones are just about acceptable but once they get over about 3 lbs, they are virtually tastless so I don't bother.
5. Pouting - Occasionally you may get one which is not too bad but mostly they are rubbish.
6. All small fish - it is not playing the game or unsporting if you will and you will not get much meat off them. Chuck them back to grow to a decent size.

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