Volitan Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Are the swallowtail dart on the Central Coast any good to eat. sometimes they seem to be all I catch. So has anyone tried one ? cheers arron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK01 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 41 minutes ago, Volitan said: Are the swallowtail dart on the Central Coast any good to eat. sometimes they seem to be all I catch. So has anyone tried one ? cheers arron Hi Arron I reckon they're pretty good. Not much meat on them but they taste nice. Definitely worth keeping some next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Yep, bled straight away & cooked fresh they are very nice. I've been eating quite a few lately. Cover them in lemon pepper & cook in butter until the skin goes crispy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyT Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Yep- very tasty- just not much meat, theyve pretty much got the same diet as whiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volitan Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Ok, thanks. I’ll give them a go arron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houdini Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 On 2/15/2018 at 3:40 PM, PaddyT said: Yep- very tasty- just not much meat, theyve pretty much got the same diet as whiting Paddy T On a side note to the taste of fish versus their diet. Why do you think silver drummer taste so different to black drummer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 To me I found that they were not the best eating fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirvin21 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Houdini said: Paddy T On a side note to the taste of fish versus their diet. Why do you think silver drummer taste so different to black drummer? they seem to have different habits, spent my younger years spear fishing but scratching some 20 year old memories the silver drummer seemed to spend more time grazing across open rocky bottom where the blacks were more hard up against the bommies so I'm guessing their day to day feeding habits may be different, their flesh is also much softer than blacks and bruises really badly Edited February 28, 2018 by dirvin21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) rock cockies or cale eat the same and they are crap too...I have had one family that wanted all the cockies I caught but they use them for bait in lobster pots...as for dart sometimes they have a funny smell so I throw them back...rick Edited February 28, 2018 by rickmarlin62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyT Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Good question, never eaten a silver but my understanding is that they are pretty exclusively an algae grazer where as pigs are just that- pigs- they eat cunje,crabs , weed , even caught them on pillies a few times. But sure ,happy to accept that what a fish eats is not the be all and end all to their eating quality and personal taste has a lot to do with it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvarking Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I can say for a fact that fish taste different depending on their diet. I love the taste of bream that live on the sandflats and each mainly prawn and nippers, although I don't eat them too much because of their slow growth rates. I once tried a bream I caught off the rocks which ate algae and cunjee and it tasted really fishy and wasn't very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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