smudge wrote: Probably a kingfish Steps |
kitno wrote: Solid harbour snap there smudge, it's a good feeling putting someone onto shallow water fish that they thought wasn't possible. |
Legacy wrote: "I got a 4.9kg fish which wasn't big enough for the two snapper prizes," thats a really good Snapper smudge - you should enter the huia fishing club competitions - that would have won you $300 yesterday . We managed four legal snapper with one going just over a kilo and some big kahawai, weighed one kahawai to see what size they were and it came in at 2.4kg . Got two gurnard also. |
seahunter wrote: Went out from Cornwallis on a magic Saturday morning. (I'm 50/50 on getting a larger boat at the moment, on low tide mornings like that, the little Frewza 14 is perfect - I could probably launch it on a heavy dew) Not many boats around was surprising, maybe everyone was out buying toilet paper. Headed over to our usual spot, water looked pretty 'dirty' - but there were huge schools of tiny (5cm) fish around. Fishing came on a bit slow - a few snaps in the just ~30cm range... Then a really solid Gurnard, then 2 decent Snaps at 35 and 40cm, a stonker stingray, an eel (a first for me), and a couple jack macs, annnnd then absolutely dead. So 3hrs after launching and we're back home and there's a feed to prepare. Those small snapper (~35cm) are perfect for eating whole. So thought Id share a couple of different dead fish pics than the norm.... Scale it, grab some scissors and cut off the tail & fins, and make 3 or 4 deep angled cuts (down to the spine) and then dust with flour. Shallow fry it in a few cm of hot oil for about 4or 5mins each side. Knock up a sauce with lime juice, soya, coriander, fresh ginger, onion, teaspoon of brown sugar, chilli and a squirt of fish sauce - and cover the fish with it. Hands down our favourite way to eat this sized fish. Feeds 2 of us, its quick, and importantly to us, there is no waste. So fortunate to have something like the Manukau right on our doorstep! |
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