tiger_shark Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Headed out quite early in the morning, just after midnight to just outside barrenjoey head. Spent the morning there until sunrise for nothing, not even a bite. We wanted to find the salmon in broken bay in the morning, but after 2 hours of waiting we decided to head out wide to do some bottom bashing. We headed to terrigal wide to be greated by dolphins again. There was no fish there last we saw dolphins there, and there were no fish there this time. I thought i saw some birds diving closer in but by the time i set up a lure and got over there they were no where to be seen. So we anchored up at avoca reef and caught some nanygai's, bakers, wrasse, cod, leatheries and a trev, and saw some whales checking out another boat.. Soon the wrasse were taking everything we put down there and we already had enough so we decided to do a bit of trolling along the coast. I was hoping to get onto some tailor, kingies or some sambos, but only got 2 bakers... oh well, hopfully the warmer months will bring in the bigger fish. We then anchored up at east reef and caught the biggest PJ shark i have seen. It was at 15-20kg's easily. Soon followed a snapper, a mowie and another 3 PJ shark of similar. As always, another great day on the water.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1990 Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Nice report mate....good sized PJ aswell. How do you find wrasse on the tooth? cheers james Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger_shark Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 The wrasse are ok... I prefer to cook them before freezing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 well done on the impressive number of fish caught. those wrasse are underrated i reckon pretty nice fried with lemon i reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako1 Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Nice feed of fish. Nothing wrong with a fresh maori wrasse on the BBQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark84 Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 ive always chuked the wrasse back maybe not next time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzassj6 Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 how do u eat rock cods?! i mean i dont even wanna touch them due to all those spikes. do u skin them first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 how do u eat rock cods?! i mean i dont even wanna touch them due to all those spikes. do u skin them first? i boil 'em up like lobster , scrape the meat out and serve on a bed of lettuce with seafood sauce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 i boil 'em up like lobster , scrape the meat out and serve on a bed of lettuce with seafood sauce Sounds good!! They are one of the main fish species leading Chefs use in Bouillibaisse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan777 Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Never tried them, always considered they're bad. So people actually do eat them?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big-Banana Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Never tried them, always considered they're bad. So people actually do eat them?????? Poor mans lobster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tumra Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 and all this time i though the rock coks were poisonious... i was told that once when i went on a charter trip... i guess i will give them a go... any special cleaning technique or just do the usual??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big-Banana Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Don't go touching the spikes, they'll give you nasty sting, but you can eat them. Boil them and they'll provide a nice white flesh, tastes great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger_shark Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 With the rock cod....i chop of their head, gut them, then skin them. I find it very easy to skin them if the scales arent taken off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy C Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 No more fiddly to clean than any other fish with a good sharp fillet knife. Wear fishing or garden gloves for protection and just fillet them like you would any other fish that size. The flesh has a consistency that is a hybrid between quality white fish and lobster flesh, I guess thats why theyre nicknamed poor mans lobster. Just fry the fillets in a pan any which way and they'll come up really nice. I'm quite happy for people to put them back... More for us!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzassj6 Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 i got spiked by one and this guy fishing next to me told me it was poisonous, and he said i better go hospital. And then i thought i was gonna die, but then i told my friends i will be alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tumra Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Well i guess when i go out this weekend pass the heads at the hacking i will be keeping a few rock cod then... :-) Is there a size limit on them??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luringbream Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Great catch mate! I enjoy catches like those, i got a similar catch last weekend. Mate what type of fishign were you doing before sunrise? Bottom bashing on a reef? DAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger_shark Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 Well i guess when i go out this weekend pass the heads at the hacking i will be keeping a few rock cod then... :-) Is there a size limit on them??? No size limit...i threw a few back as there is no point mucking around cleaning the smaller ones. Great catch mate! I enjoy catches like those, i got a similar catch last weekend. Mate what type of fishign were you doing before sunrise? Bottom bashing on a reef? DAN Yeah...we were doing some bottom bashing and had a floating pilli out also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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