Wayward Son:Cuda? Nope, they make real nice fillets. Some people don't like to take them bc they stink. On the outside, the cleaned fillets don't stink.
I have a handicap that often becomes an advantage. I have never been able to smell anything. So I don't care what they smell like, if they eat good, I shoot them
Now, cuda can be toxic, but up here that's not a problem. No coral, they're safe to eat. Farther south if I were eat any, I think I'd limit myself to smaller, younger specimens that haven't had enough time to build up the toxin, but up here people eat them.
The meat is white & very firm. We have baked fillets, chunked it up & fried it, and I'm told it grills well but haven't tried that yet. I'm sure it would be good broiled, too.
The guy I dive with chunks them up and frys them. He calls them "baracuda bites" and his kids love them. He does take smaller ones. There are usually some 5 and 6 footers on the wrecks we dive, but he usually takes a three footer. Everybody goes snorkling when he brings one in because he guts them, and it's the worst smell you've ever experienced. If you have not been sea sick, you will be after you smell cuda guts.
