Nobody fishing?

[redneck joe]

 

[DeepCMark58A]

I enjoy watching and feeding the fish by the dock light. My wife has named one bass Walter. That bass is the biggest bass I have seen.

 

[aspeck]

Time to go casting around the dock lights! LOL!

 

[Mc Tool]

What sort of fish is that , and would you eat it . Not over big but I have eaten tasty fish smaller than that .

 

[airshot]

What sort of fish is that , and would you eat it . Not over big but I have eaten tasty fish smaller than that .

Bluegill....excellent table fare when you get ones big enough ! Also great fighters when you get one in an ultra light outfit....

 

[Mc Tool]

Bluegill....excellent table fare when you get ones big enough ! Also great fighters when you get one in an ultra light outfit....

Ah , I have seen some YT vids on some guy with a 5 acre pond and he was stocking it with Bluegills but they were only an inch or so long . Lots of other fish there to, some just to feed the others , quite interesting

 

[redneck joe]

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[airshot]

Years back a friend had access to a private lake that held monster size bluegills. Due to heavy weed cover there were no skiers or jet skis running all over. He and I would go out and get our 30 per person limit in a few hours, only keeping those 9" or over, often finding gills over 10".... man were they good eating after putting up an awesome fight. White rubber spiders floating on top with a couple lite jerks and bam....just like that bass...or at least they felt like it !!

 

[redneck joe]

Years back a friend had access to a private lake that held monster size bluegills. Due to heavy weed cover there were no skiers or jet skis running all over. He and I would go out and get our 30 per person limit in a few hours, only keeping those 9" or over, often finding gills over 10".... man were they good eating after putting up an awesome fight. White rubber spiders floating on top with a couple lite jerks and bam....just like that bass...or at least they felt like it !!

I lived on a private lake as a kid, same plus the bass were over populated so they were all stunted. If the baby bluegill made it a year or two, nothing there to eat them so they just got bigger. Can't remember but little sis caught one just shy of state record.

 

[Mc Tool]

Blue Cod , arguably New Zealands best table fish Legal at 33cm but we dont take them unless they are knockin on 40cm . There is nearly twice the meat for another 7cm , and by that size they are sure to have had at least one breeding cycle .

 

[redneck joe]

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Blue Cod , arguably New Zealands best table fish Legal at 33cm but we dont take them unless they are knockin on 40cm . There is nearly twice the meat for another 7cm , and by that size they are sure to have had at least one breeding cycle .

How do you prepare them

 

[Mc Tool]

How do you prepare them

Mostly we heat them up somehow , sorry.
I always fillet them and take the skin off ,some peeps just cut a chunk of flesh out to remove pin bones but I usually pull them out with forceps .
I prefer to crumb them and fry in real butter, also tempura batter (bit of corn flour to make it stick )and fry in oil, and, horrors,if you can drive a microwave properly ....or steaming . I think the less you do the better.
Filleting aint the most economical flesh wise but I mince the rest for berley .

 

[redneck joe]

'Chef Mike' is fine as long as you know what yer doing. If I only need a couple three shrimp I use it as well.

 

[redneck joe]

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[cyclops222]

I like any shelled seafood cooked in a cream and cheese sauce. At about 170 F. Checking with a instant reading electronic thermometer. Same temperature to do a reheat of any survivors.

Do those tiny secondary rib bones ever soften and become edible? How ?

 

[Mc Tool]

I like any shelled seafood cooked in a cream and cheese sauce. At about 170 F. Checking with a instant reading electronic thermometer. Same temperature to do a reheat of any survivors.

Do those tiny secondary rib bones ever soften and become edible? How ?

On the Blue Cod ?.... no . The flesh is delicate and so easy to over cook . I think maybe if you pickled or pressure cooked and preserved it it might soften them a bit , but there are far more suitable ( cheaper ) fish to do that to .
If you rip the skin off the fillet , as opposed to slicing it off with a filleting knife it usually pulls those bones out with the skin , this is easier after the fish has chilled and , hot tip , dont chill the fish like they are in the pic above , ya gotta lay them out straight coz they are proper bastards to straighten when chilled and damn near impossible to fillets when they are bent