Balnarring 15/6

[4liters]

Thai red curry with goatfish, leatherjacket and prawns:

[Brett]

Eating the old bait ?

[4liters]

Yeah. It was food grade from coles and it stayed frozen so I figured it's safe

[purple5ive]

hahaha atleast he was honest.
nice little feed there, the pike are usually a bit mushy from memory, ill never take them again
what does the goatfish taste like, i catch a few of them most times im out, might as well take them home and try them if they are good eating. i put them back usually cause they are such cool looking fish

[Brett]

hahaha atleast he was honest.
nice little feed there, the pike are usually a bit mushy from memory, ill never take them again
what does the goatfish taste like, i catch a few of them most times im out, might as well take them home and try them if they are good eating. i put them back usually cause they are such cool looking fish

Red mullet/ Goat fish are very highly regarded, we used to sell them for good prices back in the 90's, never really got many in the nets, but we looked after them, due to being popular.

[4liters]

hahaha atleast he was honest.
nice little feed there, the pike are usually a bit mushy from memory, ill never take them again
what does the goatfish taste like, i catch a few of them most times im out, might as well take them home and try them if they are good eating. i put them back usually cause they are such cool looking fish

Tasted like curry, probably not the best dish for judging the taste

[purple5ive]

cheers lads,
was the fish mushy like the pike, or is the flesh firm

[hornet]

How come no ones said tastes like chicken? :rofl:

[Brett]

cheers lads,
was the fish mushy like the pike, or is the flesh firm

They are a very soft flesh and need to be handled with care once dispatched, they squash really easy, if hats any help

[4liters]

Pike cakes:


I didn't add the peas, and put a bit of fresh lime juice in. Tasted bloody good, the texture was a bit rubbery because the fish was pureed and held together with the egg. Next time I'll try and find something with a bit of a smokey flavour to put in there too, otherwise it was perfect. In future I'll be sure to keep a couple of pike to take home with me once I've got enough for bait.