Ok we seem to have members from all over the world and quite a few people who have travelled, so my question is has anyone caught an oscar on a hook and line from the wild. I know oscars are not natural to florida but i would take them as wild?

And if you have can you post some pics

Catching your oscar from your tank DOESNT count even if you live in florida

I haven't caught it myslef - but was travelling in Ecuador and ate a freshly caught O.

Sat down at eatery in a village - asked for the fish, guy walked out on to the deck (on the edge of the river) threw in a line and within 5 mins had a big O. 15 mins later was on my plate..

Tasty

i never had oscar

timeout timeout timeout I ONLY THOUGHT TIGER OSCARS ARE IN THE WILD

I CAN NOT BELEIVE people eat O's ... awww breaks my heart.. they are beautiful.. poor babies.. they dont know what awaits them on the other side of that line..

I heard red tiger oscars are not really wild oscars at all. Wild oscars are something different. Maybe that's what is in the pic? DK.... The most common pics of wild oscars seem to look like Red tigers but black and gray. I'm new to this though.

cristinacrisan89 wrote:

nah.... i used to eat my fishes.... i started this hobby trying to find an
alternative source of food. oscar is not know to me before and i was fascinated
they way they grow....and they taste like grouper....however, i stop eating
my fish for years now....though my brothers and nephew still did.

this one...they did good fillet out of it and feast on it when it jump my
tank

Did you catch that fish OFL or did you just ge tthe pic of the web

delboybully wrote:


Yes, we were trying to get the big Oscar out of my 300 gallon tank but it was absolutely impossible so I had to get my fishing rod out in the end. Only joking, I think I found that particular photograph on the Internet.

If I saw Oscar at my supermarket then I would definitely get some. There's a big difference between killing your pets, and buying it from a shop where it is being sold as food.

I don't know if I could eat Oscar...although Trout are delicious

well I am having a great big lemon sole for my dinner tomorrow evening. The benefit of having a brother-in-law who is captain of a trawler.

Sainsbury's which is one of the biggest chains of supermarkets here in the UK often have barramundi on occasions, I tried it once , however I wasn't really that enamoured, I reckon a nice piece of salmon tastes better.