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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Hardwater Cuisine => Topic started by: fishloverMi on Dec 30, 2019, 11:39 AM
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Are burbot and dogfish the same fish?
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I have read that burbot is an excellent eating fish. Are dogfish edible?
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No, they are different. The body shape is pretty similar, but burbot are basically a freshwater cod. Dogfish are more closely related to gar. Burbot=Good Eating. I've never heard of anyone eating dogfish.
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Also, forgot to mention, I've heard dogfish have a lot of mercury in them since they are usually a top predator. I'm pretty adventurous when it comes to trying new fish, but one more reason to stay away.
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Dogfish...also called Bowfin. My dad told me a story years ago about his uncle that owned a small hog farm. Told him "Even the pigs won't eat a dogfish". Enough said.
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Caught a 7#plus dogfish once. Left it on the ice. Three days later it was untouched with not even a coon or crow track near it. That oughta tell ya something about it's fitness for the table. Boatload of fun to catch though... ;D
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Caught a 7#plus dogfish once. Left it on the ice. Three days later it was untouched with not even a coon or crow track near it. That oughta tell ya something about it's fitness for the table. Boatload of fun to catch though... ;D
I have caught dogfish in summer. They fight like gladiators, amazing. We just let them go again. No good to eat.
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Also, forgot to mention, I've heard dogfish have a lot of mercury in them since they are usually a top predator. I'm pretty adventurous when it comes to trying new fish, but one more reason to stay away.
Yep, exactly what Slab said!
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They couldn’t be any more different. Complete opposite. Google it!
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I've heard dogfish make decent table fare. Have never caught one before myself so I don't know, but I would try it.
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An interesting part to dogfish or the bowfin is that they are the last living species of a genus of fish going back to prehistoric times. They are the only freshwater fish with a bony structure in their heads called a gular plate which most enthusiasts believe was part of a defense structure that prevented larger predators from being able to bite through the head. Tough fish... when I was in college and part of a shocking boat fish survey in NY, we shocked up one that was just a few ounces off the state record, biggest I had and have seen since.
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Absolutely NOT! Burbot are the ultimate predator. Fun to catch and could possibly be the best tasting fish you'll ever eat. I love perch, gills and walleye, burbot are completely different. it's better than the best cod you've had in the restaurant. I get pissed when I see them laying on the ice, people thing they are trash. they look ugly and they are slime balls, but whoa man, I wish i could catch them all year.
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That's exactly why I bring butter and a pot to boil water with me every time I go out for Ling. Right after catching the fish, slice off a cube of meat and toss it into boiling water till it floats, then dip into butter and its the best poor mans lobster you'll ever have! ;D
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I'm not related to any Burbot I know of? ;D
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I’ve eaten bowfin before. Gotta cook them immediately, as in straight out of the water. They get mushy even just on the ride home.
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Me and a buddy got a couple many years ago. We got back to the dock where his dad was burning leaves. We tossed them in the fire. A half hour later, their gills were still moving!! I would guess you can't over cook them! ;D