Wow! They're even stranger on the inside than they are on the outside.

 

A prop does a great of if filleting into bite size morsels

 

They eat jellyfish of which we have too many. So probably best to let them be.

 

One of the best examples of ‘you are what you eat’. I found a small, maybe 2’ diameter, mola years ago that had been hit by a prop. I gaffed it and cut it up out of curiosity. They eat jelly’s, and indeed appear to be made of jelly. Hard to imagine them cooking up well at all.

 

I didn't see anything I want to eat!

 

They are special, we should leave them alone.

 

I do, fun to watch.

 

I find watching that quite repulsive. Very interesting, but gives me that "lump" in my throat.
To each their own though. I'd stick to fish that don't need any more than a 10" knife to process.

 

I find watching that quite repulsive. Very interesting, but gives me that "lump" in my throat.
To each their own though. .

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lol.

 

Please, just don't. We have halibut, salmon, tuna, crab, tons of species of rock fish. Stick with those, no need to kill one of these.

 

Don’t forget sea urchin gonads.

 

I have a hard enough time thinking about changing a tire that close to the fog line…. Sheesh!!!

 

Alien life form...

 

interesting but I'm with you...no way I would catch & retain one...

 

Seems akin to skinning a manatee. Why?

 

cuz in that part of the world they can find a reason and a way to eat just about anything

 

Two things stood out and seemed impressive to me:
1. Those knives had impressive blade sharpness, even for my high standards.
2. The guy behind the knife has a detailed understanding of the fish's anatomy and the skill to work within it.
I don't care to ever harvest one, but it would appear little if any of the fish in video will be wasted based on the care taken in breaking it down.

 

I remember catching on about 35 pounds off the pier at Pismo Beach when I was a kid in the 60’s. They fight like a freight train. Took it home thinking it would be good to eat. What a mistake that was. It was like trying to clean a 35 pound chicken Geisel. And the smell was disgusting. Smelled like it had died a week earlier and gotten left in the hot sun.

 

I bet if we look hard enough, they also have a 'how to fillet a poo' video...

 

Wth did I just watch, friggin bizarre hack job not one bit of that looked like muscle let alone edible, just cartiligous jelly!! 🤢🤮🤮

 

Well - I’d eat one of those before I’d go cannibal if we were stranded in a lifeboat for three weeks… but molas just aren’t high on my hunt list.

 

I suppose it's all just a function of how hungry you are. but sheesh.

 

It’s food. I don’t get the mentality of its cool to kill/eat this but not that, because of how it looks/acts. If people can find balut tasty, I’m sure plenty of folks find ways to make this taste delicious to them too. Opahs are cool looking, swords are cool, big elk look amazing, and we rave about harvesting/eating those… To each their own.
We’ve never knowingly hooked one and the little nursery groups of pie plates floating by are neat to see.

 

If people can find balut tasty, I’m sure plenty of folks find ways to make this taste delicious to them too

Oh boy just read this again...........been to the Philippines when I was in the Navy........balut!!!

 

I was on an ODFW survey trip (hook&line survey) when someone brought up a sea cucumber. Discussion got started that they are good to eat if prepared properly. Out of curiosity, when back home I googled 'how to prepare sea cucumber'. After watching that video, I think I would rather eat a sunfish. If you think about what fileting a banana slug might be like, your on the right path.

 

Had some before at a big Chinese banquet. One of my Aunts at our table really loved it, so she pretty much got the whole plate to herself. It was like overcooked clam kinda chewy, but with the flavor of concentrated fish slime (or so I imagined, since of course we try to get all the slime off before we eat it). Bleccchh...

 

Steve Rinella cooked a few on one of his shows. They looked pretty good, actually.

 

That dude can cut fish! I thought you would need a chainsaw for those!

As said before, I don't see anything I was tempted to eat!