Though I’ve never eaten one, I’m told they’re good table fare. I’ve seen them on a few Chinese buffet’s when I used to go to them. I caught one on a chartreuse jig once. The manatees had been eating the algae and knocking some loose and I think it thought it was a piece of stray algae. He was wrong. Took me getting broken off a few times before I got out a bit heavier gear and caught one.
This one was chubby and man, what a fight. Had to grab the spool and fight him with the rod. And you ain’t boat flipping these fish!