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Most challenging on this side of the world (at least for me) are White Sea Bass. Very skittish (and I'm very amateurish). One fin clicks on the other - they're gone - I've had my ear squeek when clearing, and spooked one out of the kelp.
Some guys (Bill McIntyre on this forum) are good at bringing down the big ones though.:martial
I have heard that these are a tough fish to shoot. Its got to be pretty creepy hunting them in the kelp beds and listening to them "croak."
Bill Ernst just got the new WR at 93.4lbs:hungover
parrot and napoleon are not shot over here you can basically pet them..but i do realize their behaviour is not the same all over the world, i think the parrot is one of the elusive fish in hawaii..
hey boys (& girls i suppose)
parrotfish....different kinds, but i think they all eat coral, yes?? i went with a local in cape green an he nailed a couple of parrots...took the liver and sauteed it with some oil, then boiled the fish and put some rice all together, damn good! but i ate it thinkin bout "siguatera" (not sure if thats spanish or english), its a problem you can get from eatin fish that eat coral, or even eating fish that eat fish that eat coral, like barracudas. i'm weary of them, but maybe its ignorance on my part. anyone know about this stuff? i even ate a couple of monster triggers there (an kept my fingers crossed), but never had no problem.... anyone know bout this?
happy huntin..
z-ya
I've heard (but have no way to verify) that one way to tell is to lay the fish out, and watch for flies: No Flies = No Eat. :yack
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From what I know parrots are the fish that will not get ciguatera,very safe fish to eat.
I am starting to go easy on the big parrots because of what I have read recently.
Basically the big ones can be up to 20 years old and they are one of the few gardians of the coral reef against algae(wich they eat) .
This algae bleachs and kills the coral.
They also have to be pretty old to mate,so the big ones are the ones that we need the most.
Just my thoughts.
Gilthead bream are the trickiest to shoot here in Ireland. I've lain on the bottom for two minutes, being circled by a mixed shoal of bass, mullet and bream. The nbass and mullet come into range, sometimes within a foot of the guntip, but you could black out waiting for the bream.
The average size is under a kilo but they taste mighty fine. Sneak and peek works sometimes.