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    Quote Originally Posted by Shearer View Post
    Anyone remember this photo? I had seen it in a Fishing News many years ago. Caught commercially in the BOP from memory.
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    Yep.
    Bit of controversy over wether its real/acuurate and even where it was caught.
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    Missed the tide by an hour because of work , missed my flounder guru because he was doing family stuff, took the Armins the import and my new “okiwi bay” net for a trail run, first drag resulted in three nice flats...tide was mucking about so did a second up the channel , tide pushed net inside out ...Ahhhh!

    Plan b head up the channel to spot b ..fuck me deeep as flooding like a bugger ...over to shallow side set net dragged..no fish not much weed , dragged again weed no fish ...but thinking this maybe a summer hunting spot with a light ..

    Rung around the crew ..tomorrow big tides , big lows so good channel dragging plus hopefully an early flood.

    hopefully a couple of flats for everyone to enjoy! We will see.

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    Out this arvo with stingray and roktoy and Son plus the import and my Son for a drag for some flats.
    Current ripping out for a start.
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    First go got one very niced sized fish.

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    Couple more goes netted a few more and as the tide ebbed and it was possible to drag the very bottom of channel some sand flounder and some xxl flounder were landed with only one short I think.

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    Many hands make light work with the net.

    We gathered a taste of each of cockels also.

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    And I managed to get away without putting on a wetsuit this time!
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    Nice to see the boys dressed in "drag". I think....
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    Nice one. Always good to come home with a feed.
    Do you eat the cockles on the day you gather them. I have a mate who likes to take home some sea water and let the Tuatuas spit out the sand over about 24hrs. He changes the water at 12 hours.
    I've always just eaten on the day and don't mind the odd bit of grit.
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    "only got one short" LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pengy View Post
    "only got one short" LOL
    Yep, you weren't there.... could have been two

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    Huge thanks to you all, a great adventure, and a bit of success! Thanks for being the guys you are, made it an epic but freezing afternoon ...let’s do it again because its just a bloody good fun!
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    Quote Originally Posted by rugerman View Post
    Nice one. Always good to come home with a feed.
    Do you eat the cockles on the day you gather them. I have a mate who likes to take home some sea water and let the Tuatuas spit out the sand over about 24hrs. He changes the water at 12 hours.
    I've always just eaten on the day and don't mind the odd bit of grit.
    I do the same with tuatuas.. cockels just need a really good wash/scrub on the outside to get any grit off but it sure cant hurt to leave them overnight in some water as well.
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    ehh what???? driftwood fire on beach,bit of old corrigated iron and they pop open and get scoffed quicksmart....
    mussels were placed in shallow pan and as soon as they all opened,out came the bread n butter....oh shite its been years since Ive had fresh mussel sammy..... Stewart Island in September....MUST REMEMBER to put in 3 loaves of thick white bread and 2lb of butter.....I can see me putting on weight over the week LOL.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Micky Duck View Post
    ehh what???? driftwood fire on beach,bit of old corrigated iron and they pop open and get scoffed quicksmart....
    mussels were placed in shallow pan and as soon as they all opened,out came the bread n butter....oh shite its been years since Ive had fresh mussel sammy..... Stewart Island in September....MUST REMEMBER to put in 3 loaves of thick white bread and 2lb of butter.....I can see me putting on weight over the week LOL.
    Us peasants up here are not allowed to light fires on beaches or at home so have to settle with putting them in a pan on the hob with a spash of water a knob of butter and a spoonful of garlic paste .
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    I spos you could chuck some sand in there for authentic texture if you wanted
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    Ripped off mate they all look empty
    Sounds pretty yum

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    Quote Originally Posted by rugerman View Post
    Ripped off mate they all look empty
    Sounds pretty yum
    Yea I'd scoffed em by the time I thought to take a photo
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    now THAT would be an intersting one to see in a court room...a native KIWI eating kaimoana in a traditional manner on beach...... I remember being told of my late auntie,lovely Maori lady married to Dads brother, wonderful lady sadly missed,she was eating shellfish on beach and ranger came along and told her she couldnt....I can almost picture her looking down nose in cheeky manner and telling him politely to leave her alone.
    reminds me of floundering with set nets at Kawhia as a kid...Ada had brought her own nets this day,Dad made comment to her he thought her net was a bit longer then usual or legal "Well Jim,actually both nets are longer than legal,and they are joined together" LOL She was wonderful character and all thier children were talented at catching sea fish,
    I rememebr the adults heading out at night in the old clinker built whaler after snapper...one night they came back with some HUGE fish,would be in the 20lb class, the teenage boys had hands ripped to shreds,the adults would hook fish on handlines and the cousins would haul them in. happy memories of a simpler time,would have been mid to late 70s when we had family holidays at kerikeri.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rugerman View Post
    I've always just eaten on the day and don't mind the odd bit of grit.
    With regard to cockles...All the sand is on the outside of the shell. Best thing to do is agitate them aggressively with your hands in the sink several times while changing the water.

    That way when you steam them the outside of the shell is free of sand so you end up with very little grit.



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