secki Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 (edited) Hi all decided to head out to the Bay this morning, bad decision, was nice and calm on the ramp, headed out of the cooks into the runway area and was choppy as ! Decision was made quickly to turn back and have a little go near the cooks entrance/radar tower. Within about 5 mins bang, rod is bent over, thinking its a big bream, but ive never had anything fight like this before. Anyway 5 mins of battling i wind in my first, wait for it ...Silver Trevally. Ive never eaten them, ive heard good and bad and at 40cm this one was a keeper so i guess ill soon find out what they taste like! Pic will be up shortly (crappy camera phone) Edited May 22, 2008 by secki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Hi all decided to head out to the Bay this morning, bad decision, was nice and calm on the ramp, headed out of the cooks into the runway area and was choppy as ! Decision was made quickly to turn back and have a little go near the cooks entrance/radar tower. Within about 5 mins bang, rod is bent over, thinking its a big bream, but ive never had anything fight like this before. Anyway 5 mins of battling i wind in my first, wait for it ...Silver Trevally. Ive never eaten them, ive heard good and bad and at 40cm this one was a keeper so i guess ill soon find out what they taste like! Pic will be up shortly (crappy camera phone) mate try it for yourself, many dont like them but i reckon they are not too bad. not the tastiest fish but still worth cooking up. well done on a whopper trev mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scon Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 nice one , I have not tried it my self but i have heard they make good sashimi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christos Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 The Trevally need to be blead, straight away. They are not the best eating fish and bleeding does help. I have also been inform that they do not freeze well, but that it not something that I can tell you much about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Nice filletted and skinned crumbed and fried fresh. Cut the blood line out and you don't end up with much fillet, but they are really, really good. Trust me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Great fun to catch,they fight hard on light tackle & when eaten fresh,they make great eating fillets too. This time of year & right through winter is the best time to catch them in numbers. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secki Posted May 22, 2008 Author Share Posted May 22, 2008 Yeah i kept him alive in my "live catch bucket" till i went home, cut his throat at the ramp, removed the head, gutted and put in the esky, has been in the fridge overnight. I heard that they are good eaten raw as sushi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 I reckon they taste great, if prepared as described in some of the above posts. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Yes they are excellent fish, but then again there aren't any fish that I wont say that about including Mullett and even Sargeant Baker. I even at some that had been sitting in the sump at the back of the boat where petrol had leaked all over it. Didn't realise until I had begun eating it that it had a 'petrol marinade' - still tasted good. I have frozen them before to use as bait and the flesh turns soft and mushy. If you catch one throw burely overboard and wait till you get the school going... then you'll start pulling them in one after the other. Great looking fish and heavy fighters soo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Soprano Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 I eat them raw and they're pretty good, I don't particularly like them cooked. Definitely need to be bled and iced straight away or they're rubbish. Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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