08-08-2009, 08:47 PM
Yeah they are great to eat. They have a very hard scally shell around them so what you have to do first to clean them is start from the tail. Put a notch in the top part of the tail start slicing all the way up to the head. Next you can start slicing around the shell so you can get the meat out. Then cut off the head and the tail and rip out the meat from the shell and there ya go.
The way I eat garfish is we here in Louisiana make Garfish patties they consist on Garfish meat, potatoes, green onions, regular onions and just spice them up like you want them. Make like a pattie like you would a hamburger. Then dust the pattie in flour and fry it. It is the best. Now if the Garfish is 4+ feet you can make a Garfish roast. That is killer GOOD!! If anyone catches garfish keep them and eat them they are good. Another thing I usually don't keep garfish 3 feet and under but the only way I keep them is if they swallow the hook and I can't get it out. Keep all fish that you can get the hook out please they will die anyway don't throw them back.
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The way I eat garfish is we here in Louisiana make Garfish patties they consist on Garfish meat, potatoes, green onions, regular onions and just spice them up like you want them. Make like a pattie like you would a hamburger. Then dust the pattie in flour and fry it. It is the best. Now if the Garfish is 4+ feet you can make a Garfish roast. That is killer GOOD!! If anyone catches garfish keep them and eat them they are good. Another thing I usually don't keep garfish 3 feet and under but the only way I keep them is if they swallow the hook and I can't get it out. Keep all fish that you can get the hook out please they will die anyway don't throw them back.
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