royts Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Now everybody loves prawns, calamari and some even have garfish. But what about the other bait species as food? I've been to various tapas restaurants and had the most beautiful dishes of both sardines (pilchards) and anchovies. I've also been to a French restaurant and had mackerel, but not sure if it was Spanish mackerel. So is there anybody here who has cooked slimy mackerel (which I'm pretty certain is a close relative of the Atlantic mackerel, much loved in Europe), yakkas or even cowanyoung/horse mackerel? I must admit its a bit daunting to try those fish so I'm hoping somebody here has some experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bharris Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 the less we eat bait fish the more there will be for big fish to get bigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onajewagain Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Italian resteraunts serve white bait. I Watched a bloke eating them with heads and tails and all I could think of was "Flatty Food" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irongustavius Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I love white bait fritters. Sardines and anchovies are fantastic to eat. Slimy mackerel is good on the BBQ. It's all fish - cuisines that have been forced to adapt to less "quality" fish than we have in Australia can do pretty good things with what we call "bait". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritchie Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Rub some salt and pepper on gutted and cleaned yellowtail and dep fry..you will never want to use them as bait ever again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.KingSpooled Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Rub some salt and pepper on gutted and cleaned yellowtail and dep fry..you will never want to use them as bait ever again! Hmm that actually sounds like a good idea !!! I will be trying that out on my next jew haunt, no jew? Meh can still come home with a bucketfull of yakkaz. Cheers man, jez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafinx Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Rub some salt and pepper on gutted and cleaned yellowtail and dep fry..you will never want to use them as bait ever again! My parents, being Italian do that but here is the good part, what isnt eaten gets stuck together with vinegar, bay leaves and garlic, and wow it is actually pretty nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onajewagain Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I've had yellow tail, just like that too. Be knackered if I'd eat it the next day but! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritchie Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I've had yellow tail, just like that too. Be knackered if I'd eat it the next day but! true, you should eat it when its still crispy and warm .. some beer or scotch would go well with it too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabefisho Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Deep fried yakkas are AWESOME!... Slimeys are good on the BBQ provided they are fresh, if you freeze them the flesh goes all soggy. I also LURVE chopper taylor between 35 and 45cm they are def one of my favourites- I simply cannot bring myself to use one for bait when they are tasty as... baked, bbq, fried, smoked dont matter just have a few handy Not into pilchards/whitebait personally but I dont mind a feed of decent Bully Mullet... We used to get them when I was a kid during spawning season on the nth coast- whatever didnt get used for bait was eaten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderick -angler Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Yakkas sashimi are brilliant Tetsuya does ythe mthat way and have done it myself awesome flavour, smoked sand mullet are just beautiful as well who;e batterted nd deep fried garfish are lovely too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombora Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Yep talked to Tetsuya once about yakkas and he loves em. A tip from him: best yakkas are during winter. Better fat content of flesh, he said. Though this may be a Japanese sensibility: they love the fattiest belly bits of sashimi tuna. There's certainly been enough jumbo sized yakkas around in past few months, and always when trying to find smaller ones or slimeys for livies. Oh and a bit of facinating (to me anyway!) Sydney yakka trivia. Did you know the harbour/inshore and offshore yakkas are two different and seperate populations which don't mix. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunastrike Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 yakka,s slimys that,s why pie,s were invented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port hacking addiction Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 How bout nippers iv never heard any1 tryien 1 they kinda look like a prawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krispy ! Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 How bout nippers iv never heard any1 tryien 1 they kinda look like a prawn Not much meat on them mate but yakkas and mullet are nice if prepared properly, whitebait are great as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasksta Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Great conversation! My yakkas have been bigger than my catch lately so I could be trying this. Hooked one up last week and I was like get the net! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reyzor Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 white bait fritters nz style are awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Ray Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Yakkas??? Really?? Why am i only hearing this now!!!!! I have tried slimys before after i had a relative out from England a few years back and we hit the bait grounds catching slimey after slimey, he thought this was the best day fishing ever!!! I told him that it was just the bait, his words were " be buggered!!!" We aint feeding them fish with that, im taking them home for the BBQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Ray Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 When you say deep fried, is that the fillets or whole?? Or gutted and whole? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dufmack97 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Smoked slimeys are great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasksta Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 LOL 'best day fishing ever' too funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recurve Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Slimys are a quality fish. Went out to Islands off Port Kembla and ran into a massive school. Caught about 15 and had them 3 different ways. 1) Season with salt and pepper. Dip in flour then cook skin down for 2 min on hot hot skillet then 30 seconds on flesh side. Yumm 2)Made a fish masala curry. Absolutely the best fish for a curry. 3)Hot smoked them, let the cool in fridge then made a fish dip by mixing cream cheese, reduced cream, mayonnaise, salt pepper and whisky. I get some strange looks and side remarks when people see me filleting them at the ramp. But none of these people have ever tried them, just think they are bait fish. They are a first rate fish. You just need to know how to cook them. Another great way is in an italian red sauce like a putaneska with olives etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonywardle Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Are sardines and pilchards the same fish then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordo86 Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Most mackrel take to smoking really well. Will have to give the yakka a go though Sent from my GT-I9300T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kekex Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 We could have already eat many yakka sashimi from the sushi trains in Sydney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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