I love catching triggerfish because they are beautiful, abundant, delicious, low in toxins (mercury), and punch hard above their weight in a fight. A 3 pound trigger fish fights harder than a 7 pound steelhead. They are also incredibly durable, with literally the toughest skin of any animal I’ve ever butchered, and bony gill plates that protect tiny gill openings. The teeth of a trigger fish are capable of biting through coral, so I’m always careful with my hands around the mouth! Interestingly, I have better luck of fishing barbless for these I think it’s because the hook penetrates deeper.
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