09-15-2004, 08:08 PM
holely mackeronie and cheese, you caught dinner!!!!
I have been looking for one of them all year,
that is not the same as the one I cautht, the one I caught may have been the same in lenth, but no where near in comparison to what you have landed. I caught a leather back snapper, (soft shell snaper) What you have in your picture is an aligator snaper, my snaper may have weighed 6-7 pounds, yours weighed 15-20 pounds. that male in your hand would fight to the equilivant to any fish 4 times its weight. This is some accomplishment, I have seen dozens of people hook in to them and vary few to ever land one...
the aligator snapper is a monster in comparison to what I caught. the one in your hand is the perfect size for dinner!!! they are taisty just about any way you want to serve them. tho' some recipies would require some par boiling in a preasure cooker.
I have eaten about 15-20 of those in my life time, that is probably why I am getting snappy in my old age [sly]
I like them in a dozen recipies but my favoriet is chowder made with fresh vegitables from the garden..
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I have been looking for one of them all year,
that is not the same as the one I cautht, the one I caught may have been the same in lenth, but no where near in comparison to what you have landed. I caught a leather back snapper, (soft shell snaper) What you have in your picture is an aligator snaper, my snaper may have weighed 6-7 pounds, yours weighed 15-20 pounds. that male in your hand would fight to the equilivant to any fish 4 times its weight. This is some accomplishment, I have seen dozens of people hook in to them and vary few to ever land one...
the aligator snapper is a monster in comparison to what I caught. the one in your hand is the perfect size for dinner!!! they are taisty just about any way you want to serve them. tho' some recipies would require some par boiling in a preasure cooker.
I have eaten about 15-20 of those in my life time, that is probably why I am getting snappy in my old age [sly]
I like them in a dozen recipies but my favoriet is chowder made with fresh vegitables from the garden..
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