Lionfish Eradication: Recipes, Killing Techniques, and Information

[Chugwhump]

If anyone is perusing this thread, and you are trying to figure out where to see some big whopper LION FISH in the Jupiter area, I recommend a trip to the "Hole In The Wall" with Emerald Charters ( link here-scuba diving jupiter).
This is a deeper dive for a few minutes but most of the trip is in the 110'-130' range
(OK-OK-OK, some people think anything over 50' is deep, I am a jaded SF Diver, so what can I say).
I dove with them last Friday, and there were large ones all over the place on this dive.
Here is a link to my first ever uploaded video to YouTube.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVdNxJoXxLM&amp;context=C3e0d28eADOEgsToPD skLl Or2uLUK__5Gx8VZ-Ckha" target="_blank">

Chug
Killz-'em-till-their-dead, cause they taste good!

[Scuba_Jenny]

Got two yesterday off Ft. Lauderdale. One was small and after chopping off it's wholly head fed it to the fishies. The other was big enough to bag and bring home. After an internet search came up with a suitable recipe for Bacon Wrapped Lionfish. Was OK.. but more importantly, Hermit Crab liked it.. so we will work on perfecting the recipe.

Two others did swim away, but they each had 3 holes in them...death should be forthcoming..

[Chugwhump]

Jenny;
My wife did a light pan fry on some Lion Fish filets I whacked, and after lightly pan frying them she put an almond dusting of some kind on them.
It is some kind of a Cuban recipe that is typically used for Snapper.
It was EXCELLENT!
By the way, my group and I did a shore dive today off the very south end of Pompano beach and killed about 8 or so.
There were some pretty good sized ones for that shallow of a dive.
We did not bust 1atm.
I kept the bigger ones over 8", but shredded the little ones into little pieces and fed them to the fishes.
The Gag Grouper, Trigger Fish, Pork Fish, Damsels, Yellow, and Blue Head Wrasse ate 'em up.

Chug
Rarely feeds the fish that way.