Eat Dogfish?

Ghostprof

Active Member
This might sound like an incredibly dumb question, but I honestly can't tell if I'm being trolled or not: does anyone eat dogfish? I assumed not (heard they taste like ammonia) but then got told that some people love them and they use them for fish'n'chips in the UK. What's the real deal?
 
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FWIW-I've had better and I've had worse.
 
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I have tried it. Not too pretty bad. :D

seriously though, I have tried it and it was as surprisingly decent. It was clubbed and skinned immediately. Soaked in milk for a while. Fried in herbs and butter. It wasn’t a super firm fish, but the flavour was good. No ammonia taste.
 
Fillet & skin immediately & soak the fillets in a bucket of water for a few minutes. Some guys said soaking the pieces in milk before cooking got rid of the nasty taste. The result is ok, but pretty bland.
I liked it battered & deep fried. I’ve tried it a few times, but just curse them & release them now.
The guy who taught me the ropes on my commercial troller, many years ago, said if I caught a dogfish on a hoochie, I might as well throw the hoochie away. It’d never fish right again because of the ammonia smell left behind.
 
In many countries such as the UK, New Zealand and Australia, fish and chips is a cheap "poor man's" fast food. You will be eating dogfish. It's not terrible, but it definitely isn't as good as cod or halibut. Kind of tasteless and soft.
 
Battered and fried.

nothing wrong with the smaller ones. My mum and wife both like it.

When you suck at halibut fishing.... beggars can’t be choosers! Lol
 
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