Thread: First rig of the season

Went out to catch some crab for this summers kontikiing and thought I'd be cheeky and throw the first crab of the night on a hook. Not too long later wammo first fish of the season landed.
I know what I will be doing this weekend

A photo of two spotted dog(fish)!!!

Mate got his first one drone fishing last weekend. Hopefully the start of things to come.

wow this early
Good to know.

Thats primo!

I fished a bit off the Beach behind the meatworks but never caught a thing.

That used to be a great place years ago Norsk, blood race out to sea, when such things were allowed.

In the interest of learning something new, how about a quick run through on how you prep rig and what ways you like to cook them? Thanks.

Key thing with rig is to immediately "trunk" them- whack their head, tail and fins off so they bleed out quickly. The ammonia in their blood taints the flesh otherwise. I worked on commercial boats as a kid and processed bloody thousands of them. Final thing was running the deck hose through their spines to fully clear the blood.

Filleting them is a bit weird and it takes a bit of figuring out how to avoid the cartilage.

I smack em on the head then cut the fillets off. Hold its tail and stand on its head and run your sharp knife down the back bone, they peel off nice and clean.

Cooking is up to you, I like to cut them into bite size chunks then coat in what ever you feel like, breadcrumbs or coat n cook (just throw it in a bag and toss don't use egg) then shallow fry. Don't over do it or it will go dry.

Why no egg?.

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You can use egg if you want I just throw the whole batch in the bag with the coating, the moisture from the fish makes it stick just fine.

How do you tell a rig from a standard dog fish?

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

How do you tell a rig from a standard dog fish?

rig have no teeth just hard gums. also the spots and bronzy colour. they also generally don't touch baits normal dogfish will take. crabs/crayfish/prawns all good for rig.

Originally Posted by silentscope

rig have no teeth just hard gums. also the spots and bronzy colour. they also generally don't touch baits normal dogfish will take. crabs/crayfish/prawns all good for rig.

Thanks for that