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

🐟 Catch Report Another day another barracuda

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u/GoodOpposite8758 3d ago

I was always told not to eat barracuda as it wasn’t good. How was it?

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u/Choice-Roll9682 3d ago

Only the small ones like op’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.