Plenty river
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Plenty river
Hi all. I was wondering if anyone has any general advice for fishing around the plenty river between the yarra and the gorge?
I have been fishing the yarra and wondered where is worth a try on the plenty, is there much biting, what to target?
Cheers in advance.
I have been fishing the yarra and wondered where is worth a try on the plenty, is there much biting, what to target?
Cheers in advance.
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Re: Plenty river
Old swimming hole on Partington flats behind Greensborough, and some holes across the parklands around University hill across from Clovemont Way. Dowstream of greensborough not a lot of good spots i dont think. But dont quote me on that.
Mainly carp I expect
Mainly carp I expect
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Re: Plenty river
Target eels with a float rig with some red meat underneath. There's millions of eels behind the football oval in Montmorency
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Re: Plenty river
OK thanks. I'll try to give it a go soon.
I haven't tried for eels before. But given their availability maybe I should. Might have to learn how to smoke them.
I haven't tried for eels before. But given their availability maybe I should. Might have to learn how to smoke them.
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Re: Plenty river
So I went out a couple of weeks ago and caught 3 eels on beef heart. These are the first eels I have caught so I didn't really know what to do with them.
I watched a couple of you tubes and had a go at gutting 3 and then filleting 2. They are tough slippery hombres.
I marinated some fillets in a teriyaki style and put them on the bbq. They were not that great :-( .
Then I brined some fillets and the whole one and put them on the Weber with heat bead s and pretty much smoked them. They were much better.
I watched a couple of you tubes and had a go at gutting 3 and then filleting 2. They are tough slippery hombres.
I marinated some fillets in a teriyaki style and put them on the bbq. They were not that great :-( .
Then I brined some fillets and the whole one and put them on the Weber with heat bead s and pretty much smoked them. They were much better.
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Re: Plenty river
Well done ThomoThomoT wrote:So I went out a couple of weeks ago and caught 3 eels on beef heart. These are the first eels I have caught so I didn't really know what to do with them.
I watched a couple of you tubes and had a go at gutting 3 and then filleting 2. They are tough slippery hombres.
I marinated some fillets in a teriyaki style and put them on the bbq. They were not that great :-( .
Then I brined some fillets and the whole one and put them on the Weber with heat bead s and pretty much smoked them. They were much better.
Do they still nail them to a tree, to skin them ??
Just for fun, if you get some more, before cooking sprinkle them with salt.
Gra
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Re: Plenty river
Cheers. I have read about nailing to a tree. But just tried to skin them on the chopping board. It took some effort to do. And I need a longer chopping board!
I used some salt to help get the slime off.
Are you saying to sprinkle with salt on the fillets just before frying?
I used some salt to help get the slime off.
Are you saying to sprinkle with salt on the fillets just before frying?
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Re: Plenty river
Only to see then squirmThomoT wrote:Cheers. I have read about nailing to a tree. But just tried to skin them on the chopping board. It took some effort to do. And I need a longer chopping board!
I used some salt to help get the slime off.
Are you saying to sprinkle with salt on the fillets just before frying?
Yes they will
Gra
Re: Plenty river
Be careful if skinning with bare hands - I learnt this the hard way, skinning a big eel caught from the estuary at Marlo years ago. The blood has a neurotoxin in it that causes a great deal of pain if it gets into your bloodstream via broken skin, cuts, etc. My fingers and hands swelled up painfully for days!