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Posted above right after surf fishing mouth of Kenai for halibut. Reason I asked is I had two herring left from s previous attempt and a fresh pkg of sardines from the hardware store. The herring seemed to stay on the hook better, but I only used one sardine toward the end, in rough surf. Not a good comparison maybe. You might say I was just floundering around - (herring caught) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/3N0xyUZ.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/EsygdgA.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/67zVyPB.jpg)
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OMG - you ate a Starry? Hope you had a bucket of tartar sauce to choke it down 
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The meat doesn't taste terrible, the issue is it releases enzymes when it dies that turns the flesh to mush in a few hours.
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The meat doesn't taste terrible, the issue is it releases enzymes when it dies that turns the flesh to mush in a few hours. I think you may be confusing this with arrowtooth flounder. Starry just rank low on taste and texture. Arrowtooth have enzymes, like you said that turns them to bitter mush.
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The bigger, filet-able starrys seem to come in close when the kings run, so we filet them up sometimes. They're not top-shelf fare, but they're not bad. We're not fish snobs. (Better than them Irish suckers too! 😆)
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The meat doesn't taste terrible, the issue is it releases enzymes when it dies that turns the flesh to mush in a few hours. I think you may be confusing this with arrowtooth flounder. Starry just rank low on taste and texture. Arrowtooth have enzymes, like you said that turns them to bitter mush. I've never tried arrowtooth, but have eaten starry and it wasn't that bad.
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The bigger, filet-able starrys seem to come in close when the kings run, so we filet them up sometimes. They're not top-shelf fare, but they're not bad. We're not fish snobs. (Better than them Irish suckers too! 😆) Oh lord.
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I have filleted a bunch of Irish lords and they are not all alike... generally for Asians and they made them quite palatable.
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The meat doesn't taste terrible, the issue is it releases enzymes when it dies that turns the flesh to mush in a few hours. I think you may be confusing this with arrowtooth flounder. Starry just rank low on taste and texture. Arrowtooth have enzymes, like you said that turns them to bitter mush. I've never tried arrowtooth, but have eaten starry and it wasn't that bad. Arrowtooth is inedible bitter mush.
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I have filleted a bunch of Irish lords and they are not all alike... generally for Asians and they made them quite palatable. they work well as halibut bait....
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Back from the Hills
The flounder tasted ok- I'll probably do it again. Went well with the lobster main dish.
First off, I bled it immediately - never hurts anything for taste . Unlike the first time years ago, I looked up info and recipes, then KISS.
One one side of skinless fillets, I put garlic powder, fresh ground pepper, salt, breaded in corn meal, pan fried in butter.
The breading gave it a slight crust and held the patties together. most of the flavor came from the seasoning - almost no flavor from the fish itself. Texture inside the slight crust was about like mashed taters.
I read on line that the"fishy taste" could be removed by a milk soak.
If you don't want to taste fish, why the hell are you eating fish??? Wierd!!!!
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