I personally have never tried thornbacks, neither has anyone I know. But as for rays, skates, sharks and shovelnoses, yeah you can eat those. Some people like it, some don't. I've never tried skates and shovelnoses but I know people who like em. I give em to them when I catch em. Rays, I have tried, not bad, but not great either. Now sharks are good. I keep all my sharks. For the rays and skates, you only keep the wings. Cut off the wings, skin it, and cut it to whatever size you want, fillet or steak and just throw it over the grill. And for the sharks, shovelnoses and other shark shaped fish, those are best steaked and grilled or broiled. I usually steak em, stick em in foil with whatever I wanna marinate with and stick it in the oven or over a grill. Thornbacks by the way don't get that big, and with those kinds of fish, you can only cook the tail ends, so those don't specifically get big enough. Thornbacks only grow to about 3 feet anyway, if you're lucky to even catch one that big.

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