Lion fish

Post by **Iluv2hunt** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 5:39 pm

I knew they were in the gulf, but not this bad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZovApVG ... e=youtu.be

Post by **bodysnatcher** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 6:42 pm

They have caught 2 in the the last month out at the elbow.

Post by **Batemaster** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 7:07 pm

Wow that's a lot of lionfish!

Post by **houseofmicah** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 7:48 pm

Wow. That was wild.

Post by **graybellplumb** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 9:30 pm

To bad they couldn't come up with a way to get rid of them faster.Like an effective predator.

Post by **bellyacher** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 12:22 am

The charter boats will have to be watching out for them. A few years ago I was on a charter with a few friends 4 of us and a father and son to finish boat limit. they were real pasty white and from some were way north of here. Anyway the father caught one and as the capt was coming around the boat to help him with his fish the guy was reaching out to grab it.The capt started yelling do not touch that fish,scared the crap out of the guy and when the capt explained it to him he was so upset that he was shaking and don't think he put a line in the water the rest of the day. If the capt had been just a few seconds slower it would have been a bad day

Post by **DONY1** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 6:49 am

That was a crazy amount of lion fish in one spot. They are taking over.

Post by **9dawgs** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:07 am

Man, that's a LOT of lion fish. I hear they are good eating though. Too bad they can kill you, otherwise it would be fun to load up on them for a good fish fry.

Post by **drgn4sr** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 7:27 pm

what the hell...got to be some way other than one at a time. invasion!!!!

Post by **sam03** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:57 pm

dam that's some nice work!

Post by **Ironcat** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:45 pm

They don't kill you. It's like a wasp sting

Post by **Iluv2hunt** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 3:22 pm

Except worse

Post by **9dawgs** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 3:29 pm

Iluv2hunt wrote:Except worse

Yeah, the fella in the video at the comments below it said that his buddy got stung on one of their dive trips and had an awful time with it. I guess if you are highly allergic to the sting it can kill you...

Here's his comment:

"We used to collect them for sandwiches until one of my best friends got stuck in the finger by almost two years ago. The pain worked it's way up his arm and across his chest. The next day he had tightness in his chest and flu-like symptoms. He went to his Dr and had a resting heart rate of 177. He spent 7 days in intensive care with congestive heart failure from the venom. It required 2 catheter cauterizations of damaged heart tissue and a year of therapy to fully recover. We eat grouper now." grayshep

Post by **FLoutdoorsman** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 7:35 pm

That's alot of lionfish...do they have to be prepared a special way if you're gonna eat them?

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