Lionfish venom

[telecaster71]

can a lionfish inject another lionfish in a catch bag and make the meat inedible ....or if you put a lobster or lobsters in the same bag with them could the tail get ruined...thank you

 

[Dirty-Dog]

Lionfish venom detoxifies in about an hour.


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[telecaster71]

I have over 2000 Lionfish kills and have been hit 3 X's...My first hit was the worse...I was tryin' to brain a big one for the stringer, no containment unit. as I came down with my knife two spines in the middle finger of right hand..no pieces of spine left in my finger only venom....was in baaaaaad pain for 2 days and still felt tender after a week

 

[MrChen]

Since the venom breaks down in heat, I would imagine if it were injected in the meat, it would be destroyed during the cooking process? I have no idea, just guessing.

 

[iluvtheocean]

here's a question to go along with it --- Can you use a dry bag to put your lionfish in after you spear them without them poking thru the bag? I've got a small clear one that i think would work if it's safe enough.

 

[billinwilliamston]

here's a question to go along with it --- Can you use a dry bag to put your lionfish in after you spear them without them poking thru the bag? I've got a small clear one that i think would work if it's safe enough.

It will for sure work if you cut off the spines.

 

[Amazz]

I tried a dry bag once. Too heavy and too much drag. I didn't like it. My favorite method is to carefully snip the spines after spearing. This isn't quick enough during a tournament, however.

 

[acteg]

Take a lobster hotel and some heavy duty vinyl. Wrap the lobster hotel in the vinyl so that it extends a few inches passed the end of the mesh lobster bag. Use a big metal cinch to secure it around the pvc part of the lobster hotel. Great if you are getting lots of lions, otherwise trim with trauma shears and stringer.

 

[sea_ledford]

The venom is not heat stable so, cooking the meat will take care of any venom issues. I believe the venom has to be directly injected into the blood stream anyway. Eating it wouldn't do anything. I know some of the recipes use the spines as tooth-picks (cooked spines though).

As for dry bag, the spines will poke right through. Both times I have been stung was after the fish was in the bag. Zookeepers are what you want. You can make your own version of it, but when I priced out the parts it wasn't much more to just buy the things.

-Chris