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bulletbob · #1 10-25-2025, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by june181901

i've been in Spain since the end of September. They are served here as 'corzon' and they are quite tasty. Coated lightly and deep fried. You never know as you might enjoy them once in a while.

americans for some reason don't know how to clean or handle them.. They love them in Europe, and they are good eating there, from all indications.. Here in the states, whenever any tries to clean and eat one, even after bleeding them, gutting them, icing them, whatever, they smell and taste like ammonia mixed with piss, by the time you try and cook them.. No first hand experience, just mostly anecdotal, but I believe it... bob

Gerry Zagorski · #2 10-25-2025, 08:24 PM

Did some togging today and if you didn’t keep yourself on the bottom you got dogged up. We had a boat fishing close to us and they had 3 or 4 on at a time .

Ol Pedro · #3 10-26-2025, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by bulletbob

americans for some reason don't know how to clean or handle them.. They love them in Europe, and they are good eating there, from all indications.. Here in the states, whenever any tries to clean and eat one, even after bleeding them, gutting them, icing them, whatever, they smell and taste like ammonia mixed with piss, by the time you try and cook them.. No first hand experience, just mostly anecdotal, but I believe it... bob

You have to soak the skinless fillet in some form of citric acid to leach out the ammonia Haven't eaten one in quite a while. Smoothies eat better. Ate them in California and here in jersey. Not high on my food list.

Duffman · #4 10-26-2025, 12:56 PM

I’ve tried em a few times. Never good. Caught fresh, killed and gutted, then iced down. Marinated it, Baked it, fried it. Sucked.

I love seafood and eat it all but when you have to work at it to make it taste edible it ain’t good.

frugalfisherman · #5 10-26-2025, 06:53 PM

A sharp knife through the back of the head between the eyes and back they go. Crabs love them.

wyldbillnj · #6 10-27-2025, 07:05 PM

Yup. The dogfish are terrible creatures. Just ruin your day when you have to keep moving to avoid the dang things. Thank god for the spot lock...can pickup quickly and move somewhere else once you get covered up. A couple times had dogfish either spiny or smooth and a sea bass on at the same time.

Gerry Zagorski · #7 10-29-2025, 08:27 AM

Was bottom fishing up Glouster for Cod and Pollack and you'd be reeling in huge double doggies, I'm talking the size of your leg and that's no fun when your fishing in 100 feet of water.

You'd drop the clams down, catch a few Cod or Pollack and in 10 mins the doggies would move in. Captain would have us reel in and keep the baits out of the water for 10 mins or so, drop back down catch a few more fish, rinse and repeat all day, no matter where you went.

Broad Bill · #8 10-29-2025, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

Was bottom fishing up Glouster for Cod and Pollack and you'd be reeling in huge double doggies, I'm talking the size of your leg and that's no fun when your fishing in 100 feet of water.

You'd drop the clams down, catch a few Cod or Pollack and in 10 mins the doggies would move in. Captain would have us reel in and keep the baits out of the water for 10 mins or so, drop back down catch a few more fish, rinse and repeat all day, no matter where you went.

Gerry thanks for removing the later posts on this thread, certainly not the governing rules or how the site was built. I happen to agree with the spirit of the comment but the delivery was tough.

More important, if these fish are so important to Europe in fish and chips or however they serve them or possibly Asia, I'm curious why NMFS doesn't increase the harvest levels for commercials to alleviate the problem, reduce the harvest of other domestic species to take the pressure off those stocks or in doing so will that create an imbalance in the food chain we're not aware of. This issue has been discussed forever but NEVER goes anywhere. NMFS has no problem implementing egregious regulations which come with adverse consequences but ignore a stock which appears to be more of a nuisance fish domestically yet having strong market demand internationally. Seems like a perfect way to increase commercial catch values while protecting more lucrative domestic stocks for both the recreational and commercial sectors.