sting ray

the godson · 09-07-2009, 06:34 PM

dose anyone know how to clean a stingray? i am catching alot of them and would like to try one. people tell me they are verry good but they don't know how to clean them.

Catfish Hunter · 09-07-2009, 06:59 PM

To each his own.....I am probably not getting involved in this process.

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User6882 · 09-07-2009, 07:04 PM

i simply cut the wings off n put em on a 20/0 circle hook n marinate is saltwater until a shark gets hungry

angus_cow_doctor · 09-07-2009, 07:06 PM

It might not be KOSHER or anything, but I am willing to come out of the closet and admit that I eat stingray, and I LIKE IT......

It is a really lightwhite meat, and if you will sharpen a piece of PVC pipe and use it like a cookie cutter, the pieces of meat look and taste like scallops. Cook them the same as you would scallops.

I usually don't keep them unless they are pretty big, because there is not alot of meat to them.

As to cleaning them, just take an electric knife, cut over the wings close to the body wall, and fillet off the meat from the bottom part of the wing. Flip it over and fillet off the skin.

"Stingray. Its whats for dinner!"

User6882 · 09-07-2009, 07:12 PM

instead of a pipe we joke around n say use a cookie cutter

then u got poor man's scallops

the godson · 09-07-2009, 07:18 PM

Thanks for the help. do you really need an electric knife? also, i have herd that its illeagle to eat them. is that true?

angus_cow_doctor · 09-07-2009, 08:10 PM

Illegal to eat manta ray. Also cow ray. We mostly have southern rays which are round and gray in color.

No limit that I can find in the laws of florida. Happy hunting. There may be alot more people joining in when the snapper season gets completely taken away and the grouper fishing is handed over 100% to the commercial guys.

Pretty soon it will be stingray and pinfish for dinner, for real!

angus_cow_doctor · 09-07-2009, 08:11 PM

The regs for them are listed with sharks in the rulebooks.

Yankeefisher56 · 09-08-2009, 01:45 AM

I tried filleting one we caught and boy was it a pain in the ass! You have to cut over the hard cartlidge center and then get that skin off which is a pain as well. Like a previous member said I would only use big rays for this since it takes some work but the meat is very similar to scallops.

09-07-2009, 06:34 PM	#1
the godson Junior Member Cigar Minnow Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 6	sting ray dose anyone know how to clean a stingray? i am catching alot of them and would like to try one. people tell me they are verry good but they don't know how to clean them.

09-07-2009, 07:04 PM	#3
User6882 Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,222	RE: sting ray i simply cut the wings off n put em on a 20/0 circle hook n marinate is saltwater until a shark gets hungry

09-07-2009, 07:06 PM	#4
angus_cow_doctor Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Gulf Breeze, Florida Posts: 2,097	RE: sting ray It might not be KOSHER or anything, but I am willing to come out of the closet and admit that I eat stingray, and I LIKE IT...... It is a really lightwhite meat, and if you will sharpen a piece of PVC pipe and use it like a cookie cutter, the pieces of meat look and taste like scallops. Cook them the same as you would scallops. I usually don't keep them unless they are pretty big, because there is not alot of meat to them. As to cleaning them, just take an electric knife, cut over the wings close to the body wall, and fillet off the meat from the bottom part of the wing. Flip it over and fillet off the skin. "Stingray. Its whats for dinner!"

09-07-2009, 07:12 PM	#5
User6882 Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,222	RE: sting ray instead of a pipe we joke around n say use a cookie cutter then u got poor man's scallops

09-07-2009, 07:18 PM	#6
the godson Junior Member Cigar Minnow Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 6	RE: sting ray Thanks for the help. do you really need an electric knife? also, i have herd that its illeagle to eat them. is that true?

09-07-2009, 08:10 PM	#7
angus_cow_doctor Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Gulf Breeze, Florida Posts: 2,097	RE: sting ray Illegal to eat manta ray. Also cow ray. We mostly have southern rays which are round and gray in color. No limit that I can find in the laws of florida. Happy hunting. There may be alot more people joining in when the snapper season gets completely taken away and the grouper fishing is handed over 100% to the commercial guys. Pretty soon it will be stingray and pinfish for dinner, for real!

09-07-2009, 08:11 PM	#8
angus_cow_doctor Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Gulf Breeze, Florida Posts: 2,097	RE: sting ray The regs for them are listed with sharks in the rulebooks.

09-08-2009, 01:45 AM	#9
Yankeefisher56 Senior Member Mingo Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Mary Esther Posts: 158	RE: sting ray I tried filleting one we caught and boy was it a pain in the ass! You have to cut over the hard cartlidge center and then get that skin off which is a pain as well. Like a previous member said I would only use big rays for this since it takes some work but the meat is very similar to scallops.

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