Giant Boar fish
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: The Briny Bar
Forum Description: The place for general chat on saltwater fishing!
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Printed Date: 28 May 2026 at 6:41am
Topic: Giant Boar fish
Posted By: whiti-fisho
Subject: Giant Boar fish
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2009 at 1:04pm
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My nieghbour,Pete Hutchings arrived down to the bach for the weekend ,went diving on Friday and came home with a Giant Boarfish .Shot it on the weed line in the shallows at Great Mercury ,also got a feed of scallops which were nice and fat ,but said there were lots and lots of just undersize ones in the Cove .Anyway he passed the fish over the fence as payment for some work I had done on his place ,what an ugly looking character (sorry no pics didn'think) Looks are no indication of taste ,filleted down we had some thick firm creamy white fillets .Dredged in ,Kaffir lime and herbed salt seasoned flour and pan fried in butter they were absolutely delicious ,a very delicate flavour Would be very easy to overpower this fish and lose the taste alltogether but done simply in was very nice .Go the spearos pity they dont take a hook (I think)otherwise I would target them ------------- I step out my door to paradise on earth |
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Posted By: Goneburger
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2009 at 1:23pm
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Have never seen one and yeah, I don't think they take a hook at all. Sounds like their taste and texture is a bit like John Dory..... ?? If so, they'd be sensational. |
Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2009 at 2:12pm
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the skindies shoot em all the time, dont tell the guys on the dive forum because they dont want us idiotstck fishermen to know about them.......
here is a pic i just stole this one off the spearo guys....
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