Fishing Victoria Forum

It won't make any difference if the fillet is bigger than the minimum legal size some of the fisheries inspectors are straight out of the rule book no common sense used.

I personally just gut the fish while I'm still out, clean and bag them into the esky.
I don't bother descaling as I usually fillet my snapper, flatty etc so the scales go with the skin.
But I like the freezer idea :thumbsup: gotta do that in future if there's space instead of double/triple bagging and could still get a spike through the bag.

I prefer cleaning the catch in saltwater so do it on the boat.

The fish or two I keep for the day I like them on ice asap....esp if its a hot day

Cleaning your saltwater fish in saltwater is a must don't let fresh water touch them it spoils the tadte I reckon

Yeah it "cooks" the flesh.

barra mick wrote:The fish or two I keep for the day I like them on ice asap....esp if its a hot day

Is that next to your Beers :rofl: :cheers:

Short of soaking the flesh in water I don't believe there is any correlation between freshwater and spoiling fish. Osmosis will not take effect if a fillet is rinsed in freshwater and patted dry.

Leave it in a dish of freshwater overnight and it will be a different story however.

I just make up a bowl of brine to rinse them in if I'm cleaning them at home.

Nude up wrote:Cleaning your saltwater fish in saltwater is a must don't let fresh water touch them it spoils the tadte I reckon

I agree with this strongly. Imo the fish taste much better when cleaned in saltwater. It's a pain at the end of a fishing session but if you do it it's worth it.