Thread: Sea shore fishing

Originally Posted by Nick-UK

Thanks MB, some good info there, I see Kahawai caught as bait a lot on Youtube for targeting Kingfish, but the Kahawai would be big enough for me, are they good eating?

A question that could start a war! First up, they have to be well looked after. Bled and iced ASAP. I like to gut them quickly too. Eat fresh rather than after freezing. Also, do yourself a favour and cut out the dark red meat (blood line) unless you like really fishy tasting fish. Seems like a waste, but better to really enjoy eating your fish to my mind.

Some people rate them highly for sashimi (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9SGN2q_0MY). Personally, I can't stand it raw, but eat a lot of raw fish mainly kingfish and trevally. It's not that kahawai tastes bad, but they have a very distinctive tase which I don't like. I'll happily eat it cooked, either pan fried, charcoal grilled or breaded and deep fried. When deep fried, it's hard to differentiate from snapper (or anything else!).

Someone will post that kahawai is only good for bait. I used to be of that mindset until I educated myself which happened surprisingly recently!