Thread: Butter fish

Oh yum they look tastie,never heard of butter fish are they a river or sea fish.

Theyre a sea fish, the live in and around kelp and weed beds, feed on snails and very small crustations. they have very small mouths and are normaly speared or set netted.

They can be very shy/spooky and are a great challange to spear whist freediving but are amazing eating.

legal size is 35 cms +

Butterfish

Originally Posted by cbfb

Had some of this my mate caught, he cooked it up in beer batter. Some of the best fish I've ever had bloody good eating.

I agree mate

Originally Posted by mrs dundee

Oh yum they look tastie,never heard of butter fish are they a river or sea fish.

Yeah super tasty, quite dense but really soft and creamy.....loved it. Cant catch them on bait hence why many people have not tried it.

Originally Posted by Gibo

Cant catch them on bait hence why many people have not tried it.

Most are via spear fishermen but they can be caught on a little bit of mussel (or so I have heard). They are mostly vegetarian.

I catch mine with spear gun free diving , but have a mate that has caught them with mussel . He cuts a hole in the calp at low tide , then wates for tide come in . The other name for them is" green bone ". The fish frame has a green / blue colour when filleted . The flesh is vivid white and very morish !