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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
Many species of "trash" fish are very tasty. People are just turned off by their names or appearance. Some require extra effort to clean and prepare,
but it's usually worth it. |
anyone eversee a tilapia in the wild? breed up from gold fish?
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mulegemichael
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in the san ignacio lagoon one can catch dozens and dozens of tilapia just as fast as you can get your bait in the water
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
In Loreto often, when fish is in short supply, |
It's hard to imagine fish being in short supply in that area. Why is that?
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BAJA.DESERT.RAT
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Hola, i've had the manos de leon at malarimmo's in guerrero negro and they were excellant.
my first experience however was seeing the shells in the curio store there and i thought, wow, these things ae going to be huge !
such a large shell for about a silver dollar sized treat.
i also bought a couple of the big shells at the curio store and on my way home on mex1 just after turning left, there were mounds of these shells
alongside the road.
it reminds me of seeing all the abalone shells alongside the road at stores and stands in the malibu to the central coast areas years past in
california.
same with the big pismo clams at san quintin and the venders on the roadside that would clean and sell them to you and have 5 gallon buckets full of
them. i haven't seen them for years now. seems like they were fished out ?
what a shame !
BIEN SALUD, DA RAT
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Ken Bondy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mulegemichael
in the san ignacio lagoon one can catch dozens and dozens of tilapia just as fast as you can get your bait in the water |
mulegemichael do you mean Laguna San Ignacio, or the body of freshwater near the pueblo of San Ignacio? Reason I ask is that tilapia are a freshwater
species of fish belonging to the family Cichlidae (cichlids). It is unlikely that they could survive in Laguna San Ignacio.
carpe diem!
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bonanzapilot
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I have heard the rumors, but never seen any imitation scallops. There are three common varieties of Callos offered for sale in Baja.. the Callitos, or
bay scallops, a true free swimming scallop, small and tasty, great as ceviche. The larger sizes... here is where my memory is failing me... are a
nice white to off-white variety, the other a tan or dirty color. Avoid the tan colored ones, they are very tough and disappointing. One of these is
called
Callo Burro, I think it is the good one.. not sure. Neither of these is a true free swimming scallop, rather they are a bottom dwelling mollusk, but
good!
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CP
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I have not been to GN for more than ten years...I recall that they had a poster on a wall at the Mallarimo that showed varieties of callos with name
and photo. I'd sure like to get one of these posters...just bought some callos that I had not had before. Three point shape, not round.
If anybody comes across that poster, I would sure appreciate an address off of it or a photo if it is not too much trouble.
Buen provecho.
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MrBillM
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Scallops or ?
Having come across the remains of Wholesale Ray Butchering on the Beach more than a few times, "Somebody" is using that meat for "Something".
Also having bought the HUGEST "Scallops" I had ever seen from those Itinerant FisherFolk a couple of times, I have a cynical belief that I KNOW what
they were.
Besides, Tasteless and Tough, that is.
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Cypress
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The small one's, sorta feathery along the edges, are really good.
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Alan
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Mantay Ray is a common item in the stores of La Paz but looking at the filets, I can't see how that texture could be confused with a scallop.
In Memory of E-57
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cabo3100
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I've got a picture of a scallop but it look's like a little camel meat
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Lista
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I have had fresh scallops from islas encantadas area. They were HUGE and tasty! There is a family or 2 or 3 camped in that area from Guerro Negro, and
they are harvesting the small scallops, and they are also tasty. Same area, both are real, one is the size of a thimble and the other....2 make a
meal! mmmmmm
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snowcat5
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Around the corner from Coyote Beach, Bahia Conception, to the South, is a large manta ray/ fake scallop production spot. This small cove has been the
site of Manta ray slaughter for years. The spot is really dirty and smells from the thousands of dead ray bodies. If you visit this spot (past the
cliff writings and down the hill) you won't want to order scallops that night in any Baja town. You might not ever eat them again. I bet Pompano
knows where I'm talking about. I have seen ray scallops in many tiendas in Baja- they are all the same size and shape and no slime.
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Cypress
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What the heck! If they taste good and you enjoy 'em, what difference does it make? Scallops, sharks, rays can all be turned into scallops. What's this
fixation on scallops? Anybody ever see counterfit oysters?
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elfbrewery
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There was a diver in the Bahia the other day in the shallower water along the cliffs north of Frijole reef. We've seen this guy or others with air
lines diving around other reefs and shallow waters. My guess is he's looking for the burro scallops (the pin scallops, if that's what they're called,
used to be in abundance, but they're scarce now). At the bottom of the bay are piles and piles of nice clean pink shells from the swimming scallops
that get netted. On islands around Coyote it's not uncommon to find ray and shark carcasses. So, if it can be eaten, it is. And, unfortunately, the
resources are running low.
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