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[AceArcher]

Originally Posted by Sightwindow

The meat is fine. The yield and hassle (for those uninitiated to cleaning and detailing them) and unfamiliarity of handling them is the problem. Same with sheepshead.

I have always been amazed at how little meat you get off a sheepshead. And conversely how "much" meat you get off flounder & trout.

I would guess that on average you get 60+% of weight back from flounder, low to mid 50% on trout.

I bet you dont get but maybe 30-35% back from sheepshead.