OK I believe you. I'd treat it the way I treat Sea Robins sometimes.
Filet the white meat and fry them with a crust. Cant tell what they are,
just white
meat fish that isn't bad at all.

"David H. Lipman" wrote in message
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No doubt it was a Stargazer. I even looked it up in "McClane's New
Standarsd Fishing
Encyclopedia". It did state it was edible but no commercial value. The
record in NJ is
13lbs.

Dave
"Musashi" wrote in message
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| "David H. Lipman" wrote in message
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| For those who fish the Atlantic Coast of the US.
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| Do you eat Stargazers ?
| How big are the fish you get ?
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| I caught a just under 10lb Northern Stargazer (NJ) using a Gator 2oz
spoon
| and released him.
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| Was releasing it a mistake ?
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| Dave
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| It's probabaly edible but nobody eats stargazers.
| Are you sure it was Stargazer? I had no idea they could get as big as 10
| pounds.
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