I fillet and pan fry in butter about 95% . Smoke a few occassionally.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
Lately been mincing the fillets with onion, egg, salt n pepper to make patties.
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I fillet and pan fry in butter about 95% . Smoke a few occassionally.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
Lately been mincing the fillets with onion, egg, salt n pepper to make patties.
Is that skin on?Quote:
Originally Posted by wsm junkie
Na, boneless and skinlessQuote:
Originally Posted by MB
We usually have ours cooked in batter or crumbed.
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I ate trout in raw once, Sashimi dish, quiet nice actually. But, considering parasites....may will never do that again, but maybe will try one more time for a nice trout from a crystal clear river in high country.
We normally cure (gravad lax) or smoke our trout. Occasionally, oven bake.
Pan fried in butter, sprinkling of salt n pepper with a side of Cole slaw. We get farmed ones here and that's how I like those. with skin, actually skin is the best part, it gets crispy and taste great.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
I grew up eating trout cooked just like that. After a decade of good eating saltwater fish, I can barely stand trout now, but I'm trying as I still enjoy trout trout fishing when opportunity allows.Quote:
Originally Posted by Inder
Nice chunky 3lb jack from yesterdays night fishing mission:cool:
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I bought some new Braid for the spinning rod yesterday. Daiwa Tournament Evo X8. Spooled it up last night, it is unbelievable just so smooth like finest silk. 0.14mm 10.2 kg
Havent fished it but I could tell straight away it is going to be something special - ran the whole 150 metres out through long grass etc and there was zero resistance to wind in, had to run it through a folded towel to get a little tension on the reel
So to add to my last post: Had a few casts in a paddock with a very small weight. The braid performed faultlessly with easy long casts. Bounced the weight on retrieve to produce slack, no loops or twists just laid on perfectly. It has a silicone coating which is what makes it so slippery.
For comparison 9kg spider wire 0.23mm. Dragon hybrid flourocarbon mono ( seriously thin for mono ) 5kg 0.20mm and the Evo x8 10.2kg 0.14mm
My new Daiwa trout reel came spooled with same stuff. Was recommended by supplier of rod and reel. Mind you I guess they had a vested interest in!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
Was it the Evo 8 or J 8 ?Quote:
Originally Posted by mikee
I put it on a Stradic which at the time I got it I think were better than Daiwa reels but now I reckon Daiwa has edged out Shimano, certainly a Daiwa is better value for the money
This stuff Daiwa Evo+ Tournament X8 18.8lb its bloody thinQuote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
Thats the stuff, only I got the 22.4 lb stuff. I reckon @Dundee needs some tooQuote:
Originally Posted by mikee
Ha ha still waiting for the bloody river to clear,seem to get one clear river day a month since May. Hopefully on for the weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
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@Moa Hunter do you attach the braid directly to lure/spinner or do you have a section of mono/fluro from the braid to hook?Quote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
Attach a piece of mono about 1.6 mtrs to the braid using this knot : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddZwavVtIpI. Then tie directly to the mono or better use a Dragon clip - these are tiny little clips like a miniature version of the clip on a swivel clip.Quote:
Originally Posted by wsm junkie
This braid is very fine so I had to bulk out the spool with mono - tie the braid to the empty spool, wind it on and then join it to some old mono, keep winding on the mono until spool is correctly filled, cut the mono. Then take it all off, tie the mono end to the spool ( reversing the line end for end) and wind on so the spool is full and the braid is on top. Next fishing season run the braid out and cut the mono - braid join and turn the braid around and rejoin to the mono so the unused section (new) is on top and the fish section of braid is down at the mono
Bloody hell @Moa Hunter.....6lb mono is all we need here
He says until a fish throws the poorly set hook, on a long cast of stretchy mono.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Dragon mono 3.3 kg = 0.16mm. Maxima 6lb mono 0.22mm. Diawa 22lb braid 0.14mm no stretch
You only live twice Dundee
2022/23 freshwater fishing season starts tomorrow ,great to see a few more pools maintained by the council!
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looking pretty average down here in Welly for opening, rivers are raging at the moment
Lost your last trout from Kai iwi Tital @MB got this 5.5lb jack late this arvo, losing condition.
Regretted not bringing camera, image lost all its fishy freshness.
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There's no doubt that the average weight of the fish is going up as the numbers dwindle, as you would expect. As of tomorrow, anything goes. Spearfishing, netting dynamite? Kai Iwi Lakes is no longer a concern of Fish & Game.Quote:
Originally Posted by trapperjohn
Fish fish for the new season. Caught a couple nice browns in the upper Mohaka. Both self releasing �� on kids gear (spin fishing) plus an angry rainbow who inhaled a #2 Veltic and ended up being unfortunately taken. Also my first on the fly for the season was an energetic but small brown who lived to fight another day. The way out was rather wet but still enjoyable.
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My second for the season. A brown from Argyle that will be smoked tomorrow. It may end up at the Penguins banquet if I don't eat it before Saturday.
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Still not on the board yet this season.Lost a good bow this arvo.Now its pissing down again.
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Last Tango at Kai Iwi Lakes tomorrow. I'll report back.
1110: It ain't going so well. Not a single bite. Would normally have a couple in the bag by now.
Keep at it.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
I fished for a couple of hours yesterday and only had one bite but that was all that was needed.
On reading the post from TrapperJohn, I drove to the Promenade Point at the main Kai Iwi lake, getting there at dawn and spent a couple of hours casting into the drop off, unfortunately, not a sign of a fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by trapperjohn
But a beautiful place, there were a couple of campers there, but still asleep when I left, no other fishermen.
I'm glad I got to see it when it wasn't full of screaming holidaymakers :)
Glen, Bill, and I walked down the hill from Lees Valley road on Saturday morning and fished up through part of the Gorge. We caught 8 but landed only 1 on the flyrod and the rest on softbaits fished upstream with the new braid 1/16 oz jig heads. All except one were small bastards - silver one pounders that had come in from the sea in March. Quite a big stag crossed the river and came down the other side toward us before heading into the bush
Dead right. One bite at 1530 resulted in a good conditioned hen. Solid 5lb.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
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Bloody good nick..full of eggs?Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
15mils over night muddy Manawatu again!
Yup. Bloody shame they can't breed in the lake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
With all the local waters dirty I pointed the mitsi's nose north. First stop the Tongariro for a few hours, picked up a nice 4lb jack that was released
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Then a silver 5lb hen that was kept
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With dusk approaching it was off to a small stream mouth for some night fishing.....ended up being the best session I've had for ages hooking 11, landing 8 and keeping 3 fatties around the 5lb mark:cool:
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Not much to show for a day's "work", but that's Northland river fishing. Actually, got a slightly smaller fish too and lost about five others including a "whopper" over a pound. Relearnt some long forgotten lessons. River trout fight harder than their lake cousins, set your drag appropriately! Rainbows can be incredibly aggressive. Original Rapala lures are bloody good fish catchers!
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This is beautiful, nice MB! I got many lure like yours, and some are my list. May I know what is the weight of your lure and the action of your rod? Thanks
Rod: https://www.marine-deals.co.nz/fresh...-7ft-2-5kg-2pcQuote:
Originally Posted by Black Rabbit
Lure: https://www.marine-deals.co.nz/rapal...ating-lure-5cm
Finally on board for the new season. Trout count #65 for the year.
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