Look at all these lion fish!!!
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Look at all these lion fish!!!
Has anyone ever else ever seen them this thick?
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Re: Look at all these lion fish!!!
That was unbelievable! Those things must breed like rats. 

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Re: Look at all these lion fish!!!
Crazy I been diving sense 1979 and you never seen one till 2000's, they do overpoluate a reef and eat all the little fish as well, they say they go all the way to North Carolina now Kill them all but watch those pretty little spines
but I never seen that many in one spot and dang big ones as well

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Re: Look at all these lion fish!!!
That's crazy. The State should host weekly tournaments in different areas w/ large prize money to help control them. That would be the cheapest way to control them. They will end up pouring millions into it otherwise.
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Re: Look at all these lion fish!!!
We were down in the keys recently and I had lionfish for dinner at The Castaway in Marathon!
It was freakin awesome!!
I recommend trying it if you get the opportunity!! 
It was freakin awesome!!


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He's more trouble than you think, he'll kill your sugar, leave you in the drink.
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Re: Look at all these lion fish!!!
Oh yea!!! Lion fish are excellent to eat. The meat is starke white and eats like hogfish. I carry some sissors with me and cut all the spines off while its still on the spear. I even bought a small pole spear about 24" called a lion tamer.
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Re: Look at all these lion fish!!!
Waggs wrote:Oh yea!!! Lion fish are excellent to eat. The meat is starke white and eats like hogfish. I carry some sissors with me and cut all the spines off while its still on the spear. I even bought a small pole spear about 24" called a lion tamer.
I have to give that a try dig out my old Bahamas pole spear

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Re: Look at all these lion fish!!!
If the Lionfish program is anything like the Python program we are FUZKED !
Re: Look at all these lion fish!!!
that zookeeper seems bottomless ahahahahahaha man that thing can hold a bunch 

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Re: Look at all these lion fish!!!
Holy cow, just watched the video. That's a whole lotta lion fish.
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Re: Look at all these lion fish!!!
I dove a bunch this best summer and thats what I saw pretty much everywhere. It is very upsetting. I have never seen so many so I started shooting them and am surprised at how good they are. I kill all I can. I also found a commercial market for them. You wont get rich selling them but you can pay for gas with them.
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Re: Look at all these lion fish!!!
Eats like hogfish huh, looks like they are as stupid as hogfish too. Maybe worse and I didn't think that was possible. Just sitting there waiting to get stuck.Waggs wrote:Oh yea!!! Lion fish are excellent to eat. The meat is starke white and eats like hogfish. I carry some sissors with me and cut all the spines off while its still on the spear. I even bought a small pole spear about 24" called a lion tamer.
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