OK, yuk it up, but the penny (5 cents?) has finally dropped. I was down at the river yesterday and this elderly chap was bemoaning his lot, having spent 3 hours dangling his muslin in the river for a handful of whitebait which he had in a bucket. Of course I commiserated and asked to eyeball his catch. They were kin tiny!! No more than 3cm long at best. This of course raised serious doubts in my own mind regarding my identification of catches i had made, on rod and line, as whitebait. Clearly they were not. The fish I caught were between 4 and 6 inches in length, slim, semi-transparent. They resembled smelt I caught in the UK, but didn't whiff of cucumber. So what were they?

Chris <rather embarassed>

Chris, Chris, Chris, now I know you are not pulling our legs when you said you caught a couple on hook and line in your second post.

Any other confessions to make regarding any of the other more interesting species you caught ? ** Just kidding **

Barrie, pls do not elaborate anymore on how to cook whitebait, I think I am getting infected with whitebaitism.....