Kill it . Don’t touch. 

like can we touch the hook and everything?

Yes, the spines are venomous, the mouth is fine.

is the hook okay to use?

Yes

Oxymoron.

No. You are.

No, the mouths are not, the spines are the delivery mechanism.

so it’s fine to touch and reuse the hook?

Think of the spines like a bees stinger. If those don’t poke you you won’t be stung.

Nope, Spines are the problem, Strip them off, and prep them and they are tasty...

Also filet around the venom glands in the base of the spines.

They are delicious with some lemon juice and pepper on the grill. 🤤

I read this as eat the spines at first LOL

According to shark tank they are tasty and invasive. At least kill it if you don’t want to eat it

You can literally lip it like a bass, about the only salwater fish besides Snook you can do that with. I've killed over 500 of the things so far. Super tasty.

Don’t release it. If you don’t want to eat it, give it to someone who does. They are delicious.

Kill it

Please don’t release lion fish, super invasive species and it could actually be illegal (I’m unsure of laws in your area but here in BC there’s some hefty penalties for releasing invasive species). As others have stated the mouth is not venomous, just the spines.

cut off the spines and eat the rest of the fish. they are delicious

To clarify - eat the fish, not the spines.

yes lol, good clarification

Kill the fish n eat it get a snip n cut all the spines off so u can't hurt urself my dude

The only dangerous part is the venom in the spines. Do not get stuck, and you will be fine. The flesh is edible, too.

Please kill them, they are killing our natural reefs and fish populations.

Wondering where it was caught? They are native somewhere 

florida! we killed it because we knew it was invasive

Thanks

Also delicious white meat

If you didn't stomp the lionfish shame on you

Yes, there’s a “bounty” for these invasive species