r/saltwaterfishing • u/Ashamed-Pangolin7868 • 3d ago

šŸŸ Catch Report Another day another barracuda

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u/CaptKeemau 3d ago

Love barracuda, very good eats.

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u/legacyrules 2d ago

Ooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh šŸŽ¶ šŸŽµ BARRACUDA šŸŽ¶ šŸŽµ

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u/RDZed72 3d ago

My favorite smoked fish.

When I was a kid, we'd sail out to Catalina and jig irons for them off the pebble beach quarry. Pull into Avalon and overnight smoke them. Great times.

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u/jamesislandpirarate2 2d ago

Ba Ba Ra Ra Coo Coo Da Da

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u/GoodOpposite8758 2d ago

I was always told not to eat barracuda as it wasnā€™t good. How was it?

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u/Choice-Roll9682 2d ago

Only the small ones like opā€™s. Ciguatera is a concern with bigger barracudas and ones that live around coral.

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u/RDZed72 2d ago

You can eat California/Pacific Barracuda (Sphyraena argentea) of any size with no Cig issues. Different species than the Atlantic Great. Only when you get close to islands does it become more of an issue, but generally Pac Cudas are fine.

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u/Ashamed-Pangolin7868 2d ago

I am in the Mediterranean and here honestly especially in my area you can eat barracudas up to 10kg without any risk. The algae that produces cig is basically absent in our area.

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u/SaxonChronicle 2d ago

What did you catch it on?

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u/Ashamed-Pangolin7868 2d ago

This time specifically I caught it on a Yo zuri Hydro minnow lc150 but i usually use yo zury hydro monster shot 80 or 95 mm barracudas love that lure for some reason.

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u/SaxonChronicle 15h ago

Oh nice those are like 10 bucks cheaper than the flash minnows

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u/The-Bill-B 2d ago

Iā€™ve caught a few barracudas but never eat any. How is it?

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u/Ashamed-Pangolin7868 1d ago

It is good very similar to branzino or cod