Cape Cod Massachusetts: 9/3-6/2024:

[Jigman13]

Friend of mine is a graduate of CIA and was convinced he could make it edible. He expertly dispatched, bled, gutted, iced, skinned and brined a whole dogfish in an apple cider brine. He then properly dried and refrigerated in, then prepped it for a beer batter deep fry. Sounds good, right?

The texture and color of the flesh was very appealing, but the 2nd or 3rd chew is when it hit me. While I've never consumed piss, I can only assume what I ate that day was piss-laden. The exhale through my nose while chewing emphasized the pleasure-less pissiness of that god forsaken chunk of fried urinal cake.

If someone eats it and doesn't taste piss, you might be having a stroke, or had covid and it destroyed your ability to taste, or suffered some other kind of traumatic brain injury which altered your taste buds.

It's awful...

[AndyS]

https://myfishingcapecod.com/cape-shark/

[Duffman]

Interesting to read. To each his own I guess.

Seeing all the tourist pix of coolers filled with chub macks I always wondered where the fish went after being brought home. After reading this article I'm guessing people are actually eating these things along with other fish most call "trash"

Couple years ago I gave "Cape Shark" a legit shot. Caught on the ling grounds in cool spring water. Gutted and iced right away. Deep fried it the same day. Lets just say I'd rather deep fry bunker and eat it than do that again!

[Dclark2]

I heard somewhere that they taste like CHICKEN.. LOL

[Billfish715]

The lobster fishermen in Pt Judith. RI use skates for bait for their traps. They sew them together with rope and hang them inside the traps. I have also seen skate on the menu at several restaurants. When done right, they are tasty. Restaurants that specialize in French cooking cuisine offer it as an entree’.