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  1. 04-21-2016, 07:33 AM #1
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    Default Blowfish but no Hootie!

    So we caught this beast of a blowfish pulling some livebait?
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    You caught that trolling??
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    It looks like a king rig.
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    Trolling for kings, live menhaden. Thing blew up size of football.
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    I've never seen one that big and definitely never heard of anybody catching one while trolling.
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    I know some are eaten as sashimi. Wonder if that's one of them?

    Okay, after some quick Google-foo, I'll pass on cutting up random fish and eating them raw: http://www.lamag.com/digestblog/sush...lived-to-tell/
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    Blowfish sushi?
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    That's wild. How many lbs and how long?
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    Quote Originally Posted by PBiz View Post
    Blowfish sushi?
    Yup. I know I've seen it before; don't think I've ever eaten it. After reading that, I don't know if I ever will.
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    I'd say 24in and about 8lbs. Alot of head there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by USMCsilver View Post
    Yup. I know I've seen it before; don't think I've ever eaten it. After reading that, I don't know if I ever will.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mudflat View Post
    I'd say 24in and about 8lbs. Alot of head there.
    You get a 2 point deduction for not videoing poking it with a stick and letting us see it puff up.

    You're better than that.
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    Google tetrodotoxin...
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    Taste like chicken.
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    Was it alone? By a lamp post?
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    mudflat,
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    I bet dolphins make him cry.
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    I had seen blowfish size of my hand many times, but I didn't even know that was a blowfish, till after he did such. Didn't have those rough belly scales like the little ones.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mudflat View Post
    I had seen blowfish size of my hand many times, but I didn't even know that was a blowfish, till after he did such. Didn't have those rough belly scales like the little ones.
    In the fall there are piles of little ones just outside the breakers. I pick them up while surfing. Most are about the size of a quarter when the fully puff but I have seen a couple the size of a dip can. They will stay normal size until you let the water drain out of your hands and puff immediately when they touch your skin. Cool little guys and easy to catch. They aren't the same species as yours. They are tan little fish.

    Just by color design it like your is almost a pelagic fish - dark on top, silver on bottom, like a blackfin. Strange fish.
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    I have caught many large ones while sheepin. But none that big.
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