FYI you guys the Lion fish is an invasive species that wreaking havoc in the Atlantic coastal waters.
There are tournaments and festivals all year round that involve catching them to reduce the population.
They are pretty tasty, though usually small filets.
Some fish are evidently "learning" how to attack the Lion fish to avoid the poisonous spines. So that will help out.
Nobody is catching them. We spear them graveyard dead.
Then, we shake em off the spear without touching them. You don't want to get stuck. They can sting even after death.
I've been involved with a couple of round ups with these bastards over in the Bahamas. We had over 30 in the bucket and didn't come close to winning. They are everywhere.
We see em in the Keys a lot now too. We always kill them. Normally you don't ever see one by itself.... they usually have a few buddies hanging with them. They are stupid and super easy to blast with a pole spear.
I have tried them cooked several different ways. They are way too fishy tasting for me.
This fucker in my tank will never get released. He'll probably end up being eaten by my bumblebee grouper in the end. This grouper eats them in their native waters.
There are videos out now showing some of our native groupers here in the Caribbean eating them. The one I saw was a Nassau grouper that ate one. Hopefully our local fish will build up an immunity to them and start eating them all.
