what does barrcuda taste like?

[wiredantz]

Is it good like bass?

[Phatford]

I have only had it SMOKED but it was AWESOME!

[fishsouthcounty]

soft mushy and gross....one mans trash is another mans treasure. Hear its great smoked. But many people really enjoy it. Key is to at least bleed it once it is caught. I have seen many suggest to go as far as bleeding and gutting or even filleting almost immediately after being caught and getting on Ice otherwise its not worth it. Next time you catch a legal bring one home and give it a shot.

check this recent thread on BD...

http://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/ins...barracuda.html

[old_rookie]

Hard to keep your catch iced on a yak unless you bring along a cooler with ice in it.

[Jimmyz123]

Originally Posted by old_rookie

Hard to keep your catch iced on a yak unless you bring along a cooler with ice in it.

One way to do this is get a catch bag and fill that with ice and once you bleed them out slip the fish into the ice.

[Phatford]

Originally Posted by Jimmyz123

One way to do this is get a catch bag and fill that with ice and once you bleed them out slip the fish into the ice.

I also have a Catchbag that I fill with ICE inside bags. Before I head into the beach if the waves are bad you can ditch the extra ICE weight.

TIPS for Barries:

1 Cut the gills while the fish is still alive to pump all the blood out.
2 Put on ice immediately
3 Keep the fish strait, this is where the mush comes into play.

Most cattle if not all make you store the fish in a gunny sack, if so make sure you bring some wire or string to tie the tails up and hang the fish from the sack hook strait down.

4 When cutting the fish make sure you clean all the slime from the cutting board and knife, want to get rid of fishy task make sure you don't let the fish slime touch the meat.

And like I said I have only had smoked and it was quite good!

[Jimmyz123]

Originally Posted by wiredantz

Is it good like bass?

Whatever rumors you have heard of Cuda ignore them. When you catch one, if it's legal, bleed it out, and keep it cool. If you keep it out in the sun like they do on the cattle boats, yes, they will get mushy. If you keep them cool they taste insanly great. The meat is nice if kept in cool conditions.

Teryaki is one great way to cook them, smoking. Pretty much anything you would do with Yellowtail, Dorado, and other fish like that you can do with cuda. I love them and would be very happy keeping them.