Hey guys, do you know any places around Pensacola where ribbonfish is plentiful? Preferreably around some type of structure, like a bridge etc etc? I am asking this because even though most people don't find them tasty, I actually do. Thanks for your time!:letsdrink
Ribbonfish where??
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Caught a few around the state docks about 2 months ago, but because of the teeth you had to use some heavy leader..... How do you cook / prepare them????? I have always noticed there perfect white meat, but it seems they are FULL of bones.... Please advise. TB
To prepare them, just simply cut the fish into sections, and pan fry in some butter. Delicious meat, yes a bit boney, but after a bit you will find an easy way to strip the meat straight off the vertebrae, avoiding those pesky little bones.
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Shoot the kingfish like them alot for some reason!!!
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joe patti sells them, i saw some in there sunday. i thought it was bait but what the hell do i know?:hungry
I use a 1/4 oz lead head jig with a 3" gulp..... Make sure as mentioned before that you have a heavy (30 pound or more) mono leader. Drop it down right up (within a foot) of the pier (dock), let it sink. I usually start at the bottom then work it up (jigging) a foot at a time until I find them wadded up, then get your grease hot..... Youwill never go hungry again..... Good luck and let us know how it goes.... T
I have always caught them near the surface and always after dark. I am not sure if the cold weather is going to affect them. I have never actually targeted them. When ever I put out something under a cork at night 9 times out of 10 I end up with a ribbon fish. If I wanted to catch one I would go to Palafox Pier with some frozen shrimp and put it out under a cork.
Man, I always thought they were just used as bait.(excellent mackeral baits I might add) I didn't think anyone ate them.....the first time I saw one caught I thought it was a prehistoric lil critter he looked so wierd....but anyway, tell me how they taste..........:hungry
I have fished this area a lot , but not a lot compared to some of these guys down here, but I can tell you, 3 years ago, there were so many around the private docks in navarre, you could hardly get a artifical bait in the water. .First one I caught , Ithought I had caught a prehistoric fish,, had no idea what it was.. Glad you attached the pic, its surely a pick you , can never forget, man , you think a King has teeth, naaaa, not compared to these things, I thought they were just something that migrated this way, as I lived on thebeach in Navarre and fished every day, in the gulf of off private pier, and that was the only year I saw lot of them, LOTS.... and as ugly as they were, I would have to be really hungry,, I could not tell if I had a fish, a snake, or what it was first one I put on the dock.. and they fight funny/ Thanks for sharing the pic, I have not seen any , what little I have been this year.
Well, I went to Palafox today, absolutely no luck at all. Used gulp shrimp jerk shad and had some bait shrimp on the other pole, was out there about 4 hours. I insist you at least give this fish a try in terms of tasting, sure it looks like a monster, but it tastes exactly like spanish mackerel. I dont know how big the ones you guys are catching, but some friends of mine over on the east coast catch most of theirs at about 3 feet long. I will give the 'Atlantic Cutlass fish' hunt another go around soon.:letsparty
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