Thread: Whitebaiting!

It's good that someone likes it. I tried a free sample of a fritter at the clevedon farmers market and it was just really salty egg fritter to me.

Is there a better way to cook them?

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Originally Posted by Russian 22.

It's good that someone likes it. I tried a free sample of a fritter at the clevedon farmers market and it was just really salty egg fritter to me.

Is there a better way to cook them?

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If you don't like too much egg try mixing some flour, baking powder, salt, pepper then add some egg and finally some water until you get a nice runny batter then add the whitebait and stir well. Finally put a bit of dripping in the fry pan and get it hot them start cooking up your patties about 3 or 4 to a pan at a time (yummy)

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

If you don't like too much egg try mixing some flour, baking powder, salt, pepper then add some egg and finally some water until you get a nice runny batter then add the whitebait and stir well. Finally put a bit of dripping in the fry pan and get it hot them start cooking up your patties about 3 or 4 to a pan at a time (yummy)

White bait pan cakes sounds good

1 pound of bait and two eggs,pepper and salt.mix well and spoon into hot pan,butter gives them a better taste than oil.

Originally Posted by Mathias

I'm with Smiddy on this, I think it needs to be regulated by a daily weight limit per person & fines imposed for breaking it. It will limit the greed.

Sadly mate you really know nothing about the Coast bait .

Not trying to be facetious mate,I ve whitebaited the Wairarapa,Waikanae,Porirua areas.....Coast bait?....I’d be interested to hear...

Originally Posted by doinit

Sadly mate you really know nothing about the Coast bait .

Originally Posted by A330driver

Not trying to be facetious mate,I ve whitebaited the Wairarapa,Waikanae,Porirua areas.....Coast bait?....I’d be interested to hear...

Check your pm mate.

Mate.....thank you very much.....understand completely,and no issues there at all,......bloody awesome catch indeed,a good feed of fritters never hurt anyone....well done

Cracker morning for it . Early Bird got hopefully good spot

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Not a bad morning for it today either.

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Originally Posted by berg243

not a lot of water for putting the net in or is that a rising tide spot.

My back is to the river. Bit showing up so well which is all good.
Just had a kilo shoal go past my board as I typed this

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Originally Posted by berg243

great good luck with getting it in the net.

It's in.

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Originally Posted by berg243

can send you my address for quality control tasting to save you the hassle of eating.

Someone else on the forum has that job and I owe him some anyway

I do have some left from last year you can try for me? If you're not ill for a couple days I will know it's still good

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Originally Posted by Munsey

Cracker morning for it . Early Bird got hopefully good spot

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A even kilo , took me all day . Not having much luck this year, wrong place at the wrong time stuff but thats fishing . Can't complain , nice day on the river with the pot licker , then the Mrs packing daughter, food & refreshments .

my grand parents were cray fishermen in the far north, every year they would travel to Haast for the whitebait season driving down in old derelict vehicles, I didn't say they were great Cray fishermen . they were but the profits same as from whitebait went over the bar. I was whanaued to them at a young age and man did I have fun , till I went back home a few years later