Originally Posted by abolt300
Originally Posted by BhamFred

50 years ago when we used to fish Destin we'd catch 30-50 kings and a bunch of Trigger Fish on a half day trip. Our dumb asses would keep the kings and give the Triggerfish to the mate!!!


Absolute pain in the butt to clean but IMO there is not a better eating fish that swims in the Gulf. We all used to regard them as just trash fish and bait stealers.

use one of those cheap box cutters.. cut out all around the fillet and then you can use your fillet knife to cut the fillet off then cut the hide off.. some people pull the hide off doing it this way but when you pull it off it leaves an ever so slight membrane from the skin on the fillet.. bout the easiest way i know.. i have a video of diving years ago and when limits were not an issue with triggers and absolutely laid the wood to them and good ones too.. . they the dumbest or most curious fish in the gulf of mexico..

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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