choupique
 

Anyone go any recipes? Caught one about 18in long yesterday on one of my just lines. Thinking about making choupique balls. Maybe in a red gravy or a spaghetti. Any thoughts?

I like to marinate with asphalt and rubber tires and then bake in the sun for about 4 days:rolleyes:.......not really, i always through them back.

haha, yea I was waiting for that! Lots of people throw them back. I've always like them, just never cooked one myself.

Ha!

Hammer to the head to tenderize & bake in sun for a week

ground up, mix with mustard and with some corn meal and fry! drown it with ketchup and tiger sauce and you won't be able to taste the funk! I hear the eggs could be worth some money, they have tons of eggs in the spring.

Yep!!!!! I hate them things!!!!

fun to catch on rod and reel but never ate em..

My Dad swears buy them. I've eaten them and liked it, just not sure what was done the them to make them good. Thats why i'm askin.

I'm sure if you did them just like gar patties/balls, they would taste ok.

Thats what i was thinking.

Found this:
http://www.louisianasportsman.com/lp...eport&id=66596

I read all the comments most people said it was good when cooked fresh, I've had the same experiences with it, but only a few times, I'm spoiled on the specks, reds, flounders, bass, and sacalait to really want to eat any other fish!

Man, made it up like I would garfish patties and just took my fist sample. Its pretty damn good! Bout to crack open the first beer of the night and enjoy some choupique patties!

yeah after about 6 or 7 beers, do you really want his opinion anyway!

I have tried them several ways.
Best way I tried was fried patty, kinda like a garfish patty, with some gravy on top.

Still didn't care for it much. Them and Mullet are about the only fish I have tried that
I don't care for.

balls
 

quick recipe--filet,bake fish, at 250 for 5 min., chop up fish finely,chop up onions,celery,garlic and cilantro, mix with any hush puppy mix(70% fish) roll in zatarain's fishfry, deep fry untill they float. use your imagination, won't be any left, gaurontee! oh yeah, make the balls about the size of ping-pong balls, you can even dip in a egg/milk mix before you roll in batter. just a starter recipe. le bon ton rolle'!

They eat better than hard heads but not quite as good as tuna...IMO I'd eat it before alot of other stuff

I have eaten them cooked in a red gravy.....We would cut the tail off and let them bleed out then cook it with alot of onions, red pepper, and a little tomato sauce....It was some good grub.:)

If Ray doesn't eat it, I would stay away... That guy eats everything!!

I dont even like bringin those things into my boat, all prehistoric lookin. Those fish freak me out.

Nice! thanks.

Yea, thats what some people say about me!

Lake Chuck Duck - you mean you let the gars go too??? Thats a shame!;)

Lake Chuck DuckI dont even like bringin those things into my boat, all prehistoric lookin. Those fish freak me out.
Lake Chuck DuckI dont even like bringin those things into my boat, all prehistoric lookin. Those fish freak me out.

Sorry, not sure how that got repeated so many times at the end there!

I'll eat a Hard Head before I eat a Choupique(Cypress Trout)!!!

I love Garfish. Them's some good eatin'.

cook'em like a garfish patty...they are good...i made the mistake of frying them one time..tasted like a fried piece of mud!