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A mate was hinting about not having had fish for a while, As there was a small window with the swell down we hit the beach early Saturday morning. Weather was terrible but the happy trade off was the beach was deserted.
Final tally.
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Well worth the effort , nice feed coming up there.
One advantage of keeping feet on dry land. While swell was down the white caps and chop off-shore would not have been fun. I enjoy boat fishing but the Kontiki is hard to beat for just collecting a feed.Quote:
Originally Posted by berg243
Yes but tend to give a lot of it away to friends , family and old people I know. I don't freeze fish and after a couple of feeds then what?. Better to give it away to be enjoyed fresh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mooseman
Certainly is better fresh alright
one of the most novel ways to freeze fish Ive seen is inside tetrapak carton with top removed...put in fillets and fill with water then freeze.....no show of freezer burn when fillet is encased in ice.
we freeze lots of trout in vacumn pak bags and it keeps very well.
That trout must be great bait in the end....
You don't eat that stuff do you? :)
hell YES.....edmonds recipy beer batter really makes it shine.......
I believe many folks dislike of trout is down to 3 things.
just like kahawai it needs to be gutted n bled properly quickly
the bones are tiny and if you dont fillet properly they are a pain (again like smiked kahawai best eaten with fingers)
SOME fish from SOME places have muddy flavour...Ive struck it once..searun from opihi that had been in lower reaches for some time,have heard its common in lake rotorua..a muddy lake,so it figures
and fourth...cause like most fish you have to know how to cook the plurry thing...steamed in tin foil with lemon...yeah nah..slimey and soggy...quick fried in butter straight out of lake.absolutely fanfarkintastic.
I hear ya... My first second an tenth, were from lake Brunner. I don't like troutQuote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
Good haul there well done.
I like trout but the only ones I have eaten all come from clean water.....pretty much like salmon.
That is 1 hell of a nice haul, well done :)
Yeah mate...good feed there for shore......well done
Awesome!
All caught using mullet which I catch in the Waikato river. I normally salt it then freeze it to prolong shelf life. The salting is more to toughen the baits, not for its increased keeping abilities.
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Smoked, mullet is pretty hard to beat.
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Originally Posted by Ross Nolan
Yes, smoked they are great.
What do you catch them on and how far up river are they? In the intertidal zone or right up in the pure fresh water?Quote:
Originally Posted by Got-ya
Caught using a 60m mullet set net.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
https://www.actionoutdoors.kiwi/epag...MulletNetFloat
As the river is pretty big towards the mouth I tend to have a look around and find the schools. The net is set up to float so just run it out keeping hold of a line on one end and let it drift with the tide (incoming).
These are caught in the intertidal zone. They are right up the river into the Huntly lakes where there are heaps of them (only good for bait up there though).
Ahh, I used to get the occasional one if I set the flounder net during hours of darkness.Quote:
Originally Posted by Got-ya
Set nets are banned here now thanks to Nash.
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Some times it is just unattended nets which are banned (worth checking). I am not actually setting it and always have hold of it. Yes you will have a higher sucess rate after dark.
Yea na its any set net within 4 miles of the coast to protect dolphin.... Which typically are at least 4 miles from the coast and never in the estuaries locally but Nash and need I say more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Got-ya
It will move to the rest of the country very soon if not a change of govt
Takes the same amount of time and motivation to use a 60m as it does a shorter one so I use the max lenght I am allowed. Still there is nothing to stop you standing still in the dark with a person on each end of a drag net.
We have the same regs here, but they only go a short way into the estuary/ tidal zone. I just fish up river from this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
