ToXiC?? CATCH and COOK Barracuda and Snapper |[ Coastal Sailing Florida ]| - Living on the Blue

Catch and cook Barracuda and snapper aboard a 36' sailboat. Is Barracuda toxic? Lets taste test it! A look inside what life is like out on the waters of the Florida Keys and how I go about cooking on a boat. Just because it's a tiny house on the water doesn't mean you have to relegate yourself to bologna sandwiches! Delicious food is waiting right outside, so its time to hook and cook it! Anchored on the Gulf side of Marathon, Florida were we can catch dinner literally within a couple hundred yards of the boat. Beats farm to table by a long shot. Catch and cook is the way to go! $30 a plate seafood dinner pulled right out of the water, it doesn't get any more fresh than this! I know a lot of Americans consider barracuda to be a trash fish thanks to ciguatera toxicity, but that's just 'cause they don't know the whole story. Barracuda is delicious! I would even say better than the snapper we had cooked up side by side! Firm flesh, no fishy taste or odor, pure tasty fillets. No problems with barracuda so long as you harvest the smaller ones. Ciguatera can be in the older, larger fish since the toxin accumulates of the life of the fish, biomass accumulation or some such technical thing. If you haven't tried it yet, I strongly suggest you do (15-20" are the best, personally!) For more snapshots of life aboard a 36' sailboat with a french bulldog, be sure to check out the instagram link here ---- https://www.instagram.com/livingontheblue/ Need a grill for your boat or apartment patio? Here's what I use: https://amzn.to/371pXsx Need a new reel? Here you go: Diawa BG4000 will catch anything you can hook! https://amzn.to/3qcXN5o