Thread: Fishing with Mikee

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

At stingrays place?

Dont wanna talk about it dived Hori bay on sunday, vis started off great then the weather came in and the vis went out. One of those dives!! ended up with tow line and catch sack tangled on a rock, got f*$#King smashed getting it off right in front of a crowd of onlookers FML. Made me look like a right amatur!!

Looks like a good day on the water VC & Mikee ,got you a good feed there.

You can send those sand sharks up to me if you want.

Originally Posted by Chris

Looks like a good day on the water VC & Mikee ,got you a good feed there.

You can send those sand sharks up to me if you want.

If you are serious about the carpet sharks you need the men in white coats to visit!!!!!!!

you've probably eaten a lot of those already Mikee ,been tons used to make fish n chips in NZ

Nothing wrong with them especially fresh .

Originally Posted by Chris

you've probably eaten a lot of those already Mikee ,been tons used to make fish n chips in NZ

Nothing wrong with them especially fresh .

Its mostly rig from what i understand?

We trailed fish mealing spikey dogs... After testing the mercury levels were found to be too high to feed to pigs intended for human consumption.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Its mostly rig from what i understand?

Same here and I would add school shark aka "greyboy shark" to that as both seem to be the most common F&C fish.
I actually prefer Rig / Lemon fish over snapper

Spikeys were trial exported, ( trunk-ed, finned and flushed in saltwater tanks for 2 weeks before being exported) to pommy land, can't have very good taste bubs over there

The gill netter I did a stint on any shark the dropped out of the net when came up on the hauler I had to gaff & drag on board.Often with the help of #1 deck hand ,didn't seem to matter what type they where all trunk-ed & went on ice for local market.Was a lot of fun being chased round the deck by a grumpy shark,safest place was on top of the hold lid. Must still be a lot used for F&C in BOP .The guys I work with seem to know how to cook it,pretty good food the way they prepare it.

Taste is a funny thing eh, Id throw gurnard and rig to the cats if there was some properly cooked snapper on the menu.

Gurnard is Ok smoked Sneeze, snapper improves with some "Sea Food" coating.

Don't ever try telling a Moari how to cook fish, a wee lesson I learned when I started my current job.

Originally Posted by sneeze

Taste is a funny thing eh, Id throw gurnard and rig to the cats if there was some properly cooked snapper on the menu.

I was thinking same thing tho don't know if I have ever tried it?

Just dad used to keep .the for bait so always thought it was shit and do same thing myself.

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Sorry guys but you cant beat rig, Trunked, finned and all blood removed as soon as its onboard and if possible filleted then chucked into a salt ice slurry.

Snapper is a bit overrated (my thoughts), Gurnard = yum yum

Mind you I get spoiled for choice when it comes to fish choice

wasnt telling anyone how to cook anything cos its really just a matter if taste. Yeah I like carrot OK and smoked is good but smoked snapper wings are far more to my taste and there's that taste thing again cos i dont like that sort of coating on any decent fish

Originally Posted by mikee

Sorry guys but you cant beat rig, Trunked, finned and all blood removed as soon as its onboard and if possible filleted then chucked into a salt ice slurry.

Snapper is a bit overrated (my thoughts), Gurnard = yum yum

Mind you I get spoiled for choice when it comes to fish choice

Grew up on snapper , flounder, rig and blue cod, its snapper for me:.

Kawhai bleed gutted and iced, then hot manukau smoked mmmm hot or cold, dear god the food of kings oily tasty and creamy! John Dory or flounder filleted, creamy soft melt in your mouth.

Blue cod fresh blue cod mmm needs a day to rest though.it has a very delicate flavour that comes through after few hours in the fridge. Very easy to over power best served with new spuds green beans or a light salad.

Butterfish though oh wow firm morsels of just i'll I lick the fry pan.

Jock steward / sharpies / gumboots / Maori chief one of the most underrated fish in the sea!! Clean beautiful white flesh. Holds fantastically well together when cooking, a flavour all of its own a sweet moist succulent fish. My personal favourite.

Keep that bloody Dundee and his T-sauce well away from any fish but bloody shark.

Its a funny thing alright sneeze.(taste)
I love catching snapper but once they are big enough to deserve the title ( like 400mm plus) they turn into a pretty shit eating fish imho.
I like most fish but turbot would be my no1 inshore eating fish,so creamy but probably because its so rare that i get to eat it.
Gotta love flounder too tho.