Have any of you guys been to these new grocery stores popping-up around here. They have an excellent fish market. Live fish in aquariums. Totog, eels, talapia, oyster toads. Yes, they are selling oyster toads for 13.99 per pound. They call them monkfish, but they are the nasty toadfish we love so much. I am in the wrong business
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a monkfish isnt a oystertoad, its an anglerfish. they get to about 5 ft long, the only thing good on them is the tail, tastes like lobster.
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I could rich !!!!!
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If you go their and order a live Tog how many clams do they loose before catching one and how many times do they catch a toad fish instead of a tog?
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They are proabaly selling Wrasse Cunner and calling it Taug.
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Some commercial guy is going to make a fortune on these stores for a while.)
)Some commercial guy is going to make a fortune on these stores for a while.
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You can bet your wrasse I do.:clap:Dennis, do ya smack your wrasse before you cook it
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Time for me to re-up my licenses.... sounds like I can make some money over there.
Last summer I had asian guys that rented the boat so they could go catch oyster toads. They couldnt even speak english well enough to describe what they wanted to catch so they emailed me a picture of an oyster toad. I took them to the first island and they went home with a 160 qt cooler full of them. They wanted to keep them alive. Evidently asians sell these things as some kind of delicasy.
I know how to catch stargazers by the dozens.... think they would want those? Its like an oystertoad that can shock your ass. I'll bet I could get $20 a pound for them. They would sell them as "electric monkfish"
Last summer I had asian guys that rented the boat so they could go catch oyster toads. They couldnt even speak english well enough to describe what they wanted to catch so they emailed me a picture of an oyster toad. I took them to the first island and they went home with a 160 qt cooler full of them. They wanted to keep them alive. Evidently asians sell these things as some kind of delicasy.
I know how to catch stargazers by the dozens.... think they would want those? Its like an oystertoad that can shock your ass. I'll bet I could get $20 a pound for them. They would sell them as "electric monkfish"
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Better get it done quick because I think their seafood buyer is going to be out of a job soon.
)I have coords on the chartplotter for you if they ever come back, I slay the toads.
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If he is talking about "Whole Foods" They have all their stock shipped from a central source up north Jake, I spoke with the their seafood department a few months ago when I saw the prices as well. He may be talking about some other place though(sounds like the same place)
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store is located in the former Kroger(i believe it was ) in the same shopping center as Wal-Mart on the corner of P.A. & lynnhaven across from the Home- Depot.
and they can call em monkfish all they want, but what i saw was a damn toad:clap:
and they can call em monkfish all they want, but what i saw was a damn toad:clap:
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