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Stingrays?
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 5:12 pm
by Irishfisherman
Just a question, I go spearing in the shallows pretty frequently and I almost always encounter at least 10 stingrays. I am all about trying new things, and Ive never eaten stingray so I was just wondering if it would be worth taking one for a feed. I've heard they taste good but Im not sure if its worth sacrificing one if there is only a small amount of meat. Ultimately, I would just like to know how they taste and whether it's a justified harvest from a moral perspective.
Cheers.
Re: Stingrays?
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 5:39 pm
by Seniorfisho
Irishfisherman wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 5:12 pm
Just a question, I go spearing in the shallows pretty frequently and I almost always encounter at least 10 stingrays. I am all about trying new things, and Ive never eaten stingray so I was just wondering if it would be worth taking one for a feed. I've heard they taste good but Im not sure if its worth sacrificing one if there is only a small amount of meat. Ultimately, I would just like to know how they taste and whether it's a justified harvest from a moral perspective.
Cheers.
I've tried stingray and it was pretty good, plenty of Youtube videos about eating them
Re: Stingrays?
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 6:07 pm
by cobby
Eagle rays are the best to do it with due to their diamond shape. Take off both wings leaving the gut cavity, head and the upper body for the bin. Skinning them is a bit of a pain inn the arse due to the shape and needing to do both sides of the wing but it's not all to much different to shark flake
Re: Stingrays?
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 7:00 pm
by 4liters
I've had skate, it's pretty similar to flake but the texture is a bit different due to the grain of the meat
Re: Stingrays?
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 7:43 pm
by Irishfisherman
Might be worth a try then, thanks for the replies. I’ll definitely consider taking one next time I’m out, what size would be best?
Re: Stingrays?
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:39 am
by fishnut
Just look out for the tail barb
Re: Stingrays?
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:18 am
by purple5ive
you cannot take sharks, rays or banjoes within 400m of any pier, jetty, wharf, rockwall or breakwater.
so make sure your not in a no take zone before you spear one.
also the bigger rays are know to have higher than allowed lead content in their flesh, so perhaps pick one of the smaller ones if anything.