We caught a monster skate once off Tatoosh Island and kept it, thinking we would have scallops for the rest of the year. After skinning the wings out, the muscle fibers were very thick and tough. A cookie cutter was out of the question. After wrestling around with it for a very long time, we submitted to defeat. Needless to say, we don't keep skate anymore. It was a big waste of a big fish.
Dogfish.....my stepfather was from Dover, Delaware and he would skin and gut them and soak them in water and vinegar. It always smelled like a urinal to me. I made a point of being gone by dinner time. I never did eat it. Yik.
diana