Who's got a bigger puffer?

[hotrodmarlin]

that fugu word is dangerous.

The ones I have caught had an orange to brown topside. I had heard as a little flat, that they were dangerous. But we nailed them to a 5" chop block, ran a knife around the body just behind the pecks. Then used a pair of pliers to rip the skin off. It tasted just like chicken breast. At one time in the Indian River Bay up here, you could catch them on the blue cardboard that stiffened the snelled hook pack. Pops would soak the cardboard in with the squid juice. We would have 6 at a time follow the hooked puffer to the boat. We tried to net them. Just hang the blue paper 24 inches below the water line and bingo bongo !!!!! fish on. Then the power plant went online and by by fish stocks.

Never caught one that puffed up that big before. He is a giant !

How in the world did he figure out the blue cardboard in squid juice trick??

[flatbottom]

I dun know? I was a little flat. I can guess the squid and hooks were in a paper bag together. We ran out of bait on a ( hot bite..taste like chicken) and pops stripped the blue card board......He always came up with something to catch more fish. From that day forward all the cardboard was soaked in squid He knew that bay like the back of his hand

[tabasco]

JD,
naw, we were just bored last weekend and were craving some fish tacos. Haven't been able to get to the stream in a while. Working this weekend but that looks OK since forecast is 6'-9'. Pencil in the 26th weather permitting.

[trollman]

seems to me he wants to cooperate, but he is outta breath!