inhlanzi Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 G'day Fishraiders Having had a great day on Friday the skipper and I decided we should try our luck again...but we both had to be back by lunchtime. So shot out on Sat morning for a quick session. Every where we went there were a LOT of boats compared to the day before. The Kingfish Armada! At one point there were 12 boats at Balmoral!! We only did downrigging - squid one side, livie other. Travelled all over the bay to spots W,X,Y, and Z Sadly the fish were in hiding or elsewhere today. It seems slinkey and and a mate of mine were on the fish for an hour or so and then all went quiet. Did see some bonito being caught which was good. Caught a 30+ cm tailor which devoured one of the squid baits. We had to be back by 12 so it was all a bit of a rush BUT got a good hit and up came a nice Samson Fish (Seriola Hippo) Had him for lunch yesterday (beer batter) with some King from the other day. Interesting to see some folks liked the Sambo more than the Kingey!! Below are a few pics of just how much meat there is on these seriolas The fish whole Top cut against spine Frame with one side fillet removed Frame and both fillets off and ready to skin cheers inhlanzi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 (edited) Hey Mike, What a great filleting job!!! The rest of that seriola hippo thing won't get wasted, that's for sure. What a great bait presentation Cheers jewgaffer Edited February 17, 2008 by jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 The flesh looks very red.. did you bleed him? How did he taste compared to the King? I have heard they are very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inhlanzi Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 No Ceph we didn't bleed him. Tasted very good to me - bit like a Trev in a way Was able to have King on the same plate to compare - for me the King was a little better My neighbour preferred the Sambo not knowing which was which cheers inhlanzi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 (edited) We caught some tiny tiny ones on Sunday.. they still go hrad for a small fish. Edited February 18, 2008 by Ceph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scon Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 what do Samson fish taste like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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