Thread: Whitebaiting!

Could make them think about whether they want to sell it if the license cost is high enough. The other alternative would be to band the sale of whitebait, just the same as not selling trout. That would then help stop the over fishing and big catch rates. I think it is all about making sure that the fishery is manage to insure future generations have a resource that they can use free of charge.

I caught 3 kg's this morning in the surf, bloody hard work but worth it to have another great feed. I just love the stuff, we had a heap of rain last night but it was a lovely morning with a north to northwest wind blowing. Still not a lot caught really but I'm happy with my catch however I was in the perfect spot

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.

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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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 .

Not a bad morning for it today either.

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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

Went out for the last time this season, had a poor day with only 200 grams caught. I ended up with around 20 kg's from around 9 trips out, that's enough for me and the family. I hope everyone had a good season

Shit for me , only 4ks for roughly 8 outings so far . Normally would catch around 10 to 20 kg by now

Originally Posted by Munsey

Shit for me , only 4ks for roughly 8 outings so far . Normally would catch around 10 to 20 kg by now

Sorry to hear that Munsey, I hope the last 2 weeks treat you well and you get plenty

1.25 KG's caught yesterday, good feed last night and taking the rest to work for dinner tonight