Food Value: Excellent mild-flavored meat that can be prepared in almost any manner; many feel it is best fried. Although few fish are better eating, anglers should not eat the roe (eggs) of cabezon—the eggs are poisonous and can make a person violently ill.

Is Cabezon good eating?

Food Value: Excellent mild-flavored meat that can be prepared in almost any manner; many feel it is best fried. Although few fish are better eating, anglers should not eat the roe (eggs) of cabezon—the eggs are poisonous and can make a person violently ill.

How do you clean a Cabazon?

1. Lay the cabezon on its side and use a sharp fillet knife to make a 45 degree cut from behind the head where the meat is and right down past the fins to the belly. …
2. Remove the guts and gills.
3. Cut behind the pectoral fin and slide the knife along the collar to the skull.