I ate some big scorpion fish I caught a while back. Nice firm and meaty fillets taken off with long pliers to hold it and a very sharp and long filleting knife
Lionfish can definitely be eaten. I used to work in a bunch of fish markets, and we could occasionally get lion fish in, it was usually more common to get Scorpion fish, though.
It was ok, nothing to really write home about, though, I always got the impression it was more of a novelty thing that anything else. It was kind of like John Dory, I thought. Tasted fine, but there are plenty of other fish which taste just as good.
They look identical, but tend to be larger, and are known as Red Rock Cod. Over here they are Western Scorpionfish, those are probably Eastern Scorionfish? But Lionfish? I'd be very careful filleting them. The lionfish they refer to are not the native species, introduced by aquarium release, or somesuch, and are a pest. They actually have dive days where they try to clean them out of selected reeef areas by hand netting, as you would do for aquarium fish.
Ive never caught one but certainly taken pictures of lots. Id be amazed if you ever caught one as they only seem to live under ledges or caves and the biggest ive seen would only be 300mm long. I think what your reading is an introduced feral fish which is in big numbers and is destroying the ecosystem and grows quite big.
Jackfrost80
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I ate some big scorpion fish
I ate some big scorpion fish I caught a while back. Nice firm and meaty fillets taken off with long pliers to hold it and a very sharp and long filleting knife
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Comrad
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Lionfish can definitely be
Lionfish can definitely be eaten. I used to work in a bunch of fish markets, and we could occasionally get lion fish in, it was usually more common to get Scorpion fish, though.
It was ok, nothing to really write home about, though, I always got the impression it was more of a novelty thing that anything else. It was kind of like John Dory, I thought. Tasted fine, but there are plenty of other fish which taste just as good.
ranmar850
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Scorpionfish are a table fish over east
They look identical, but tend to be larger, and are known as Red Rock Cod. Over here they are Western Scorpionfish, those are probably Eastern Scorionfish? But Lionfish? I'd be very careful filleting them. The lionfish they refer to are not the native species, introduced by aquarium release, or somesuch, and are a pest. They actually have dive days where they try to clean them out of selected reeef areas by hand netting, as you would do for aquarium fish.
cruzy111
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Ive never caught one but
Ive never caught one but certainly taken pictures of lots. Id be amazed if you ever caught one as they only seem to live under ledges or caves and the biggest ive seen would only be 300mm long. I think what your reading is an introduced feral fish which is in big numbers and is destroying the ecosystem and grows quite big.