Catch of the year!!

[Joker91]

Well I'll give it a go tomorrow And let you know how it tasted. I'm actually looking forward to catching a shark on it now :D

Just with a few mates. Nice and relaxing day for it, the water was perfect

[SteveoTheTiger]

Might try the salmon tomorrow. What's your best reccomdation on cooking them ?

Mince them and make fish cakes, for Thai style fish cakes try using white bread soaked in coconut milk rather than potato as the binding agent, very tasty and different, if you crumb them you can also add desicated coconut to the bread crumbs. Or cook them using a method that will add flavour and prevent them from drying out. Baking in foil or paper (even banana leaf) with lemon, dill, pepper etc.. or cooking them in a wet dish such as a curry or seafood pie etc.

As somebody else said, its important to bleed them and clean them ASAP. And remove the blood line to get rid of the real fishy taste.

[Fish-Hunter]

Glad you had a good time , but have you ever heard of catch & release mate .

[Rod Bender]

There is always two sides to the story. He may have had an empty freezer and went out with the sole purpose of filling it for now. He may go out tomorrow and release them all as he now has enough. As long as people are within their bag limits I don't think it is an issue. On saying that, someone did ask how many people he was fishing with and unless I've missed it, that question has gone unanswered. I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt (re: bag limits etc), especially when they are putting their results out in public.
thanks
Jim

[Brett]

Just with a few mates. Nice and relaxing day for it, the water was perfect

I think this is the response to the question Jim, which would put themwithin bag limits.

[benjic1000]

Funny, people worried about taking a small amount (60 fish) of salmon from the ocean... there is a reason there are so many fish in Australia compared to other countries. We have strict bag limits, to keep the population healthy. Most people also don't take their full bag limit home with them. I applaud fishermen who catch and release only, means more fish for everyone else to eat. But please don't push your greeny attitude onto other people. Seen many posts on here that are anti taking all your legal quota home.
Trust me, I spend a lot of my time in Indonesia and they take everything from the ocean. It will be interesting to see fish stocks there in years to come.

[rogs]

As soon as I got home I cleaned my batch and in the freezer now. We cooked some of the flatheads today, and they were beautiful. Might try the salmon tomorrow. What's your best reccomdation on cooking them ?

I really have to try use the salmon to catch some gummies. Never caught a gummie shark yet but I'm on a mission to find one

cut small pieces of tomatoes and onions + peppers then put them in their tummies wrap them in foil
then chuck it in the oven till cooked :dinner:

[blacklab99]

they are one of the best fish smoked you'll ever taste

give it a go
might change your guys only for bait theory !!

[kiwi]

if you can get hold of some tee tree then smoke it with that ..... it gives them a wicked taste
happy eating

[re-tyred]

I eat lots of Aussie salmon. Always gut and bleed them as soon as I catch them. Place them in cool salt water for 20 minutes to help them bleed. Small ones I fillet and bone then just cook them like any other fish fillet. Larger ones I either make fish cakes. (potato, fish , egg and herbs) or I use them in a tomato based soup.
Soup is simple and great at this time of year. Can of crushed tomatoes, veggie stock, veggies of your choice, herbs of your choice. I like Mexican style.
Cut up the large fillets into cubes add to soup and simmer in the crock pot for a 6-8 hrs hours. You would swear you were eating a white meat of some sort.
I just had some for dinner.