Are Toadfish Good to Eat?

The hardy oyster toadfish can tolerate litter and polluted water, and can survive out of water for a lengthy period of time. Although it is edible, oyster toadfish are rarely eaten because of their grotesque appearance.

Does toadfish taste good?

While I have heard a few other anglers say they are tasty on the table, Kaynor is the first one I have met who actually enjoys catching them because he likes to eat them. I was fishing at one of the Masonboro Inlet jetties when I landed a toadfish. ... While many other fishermen toss toadfish back, he keeps them.

What happens if you eat a toadfish?

It forages for its preferred foods—molluscs and crustaceans—in sand and mud of the bottom sediment. Often an unwanted catch by anglers, the smooth toadfish is highly poisonous because of the tetrodotoxin present in its body, and eating it may result in death.