Portarlington 17th

Nude up · Post by **Nude up** » Tue Oct 18, 2022 5:14 pm

Went out yesterday targeting gummies we were in 12.5 mt off port. We had big baits out whole squid salmon fillets.
In-between we were flicking soft plastics. The big baits caught 3 port jacksons 2 banjo's meanwhile the soft plastics caught 12 keeper flathead and 4 gurnard with 1 the biggest I have caught.

Post by **ducky** » Tue Oct 18, 2022 5:31 pm

How do you clean the gurnard? Got a few of those spiky bois and just casually snipped the line above the hook if it wasn't flatty flickable.

I've heard they are tasty but I don't trust myself to handle them without being stabbed.

Post by **4liters** » Tue Oct 18, 2022 8:08 pm

ducky wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 18, 2022 5:31 pm
How do you clean the gurnard? Got a few of those spiky bois and just casually snipped the line above the hook if it wasn't flatty flickable.

I've heard they are tasty but I don't trust myself to handle them without being stabbed.

I snip/snap off the dorsal fins after I’ve brain spiked it. The other fins can get you too so you still need to be careful.

When filleting put a folded up tea towel over its head and grip the fish through that as you take the fillets off.

They taste nice, the meat is really firm - hence the name poor man’s lobster

Nude up · Post by **Nude up** » Tue Oct 18, 2022 8:28 pm

As 4 liters said I did the same beutiful white fillets

Post by **Andrews** » Wed Oct 19, 2022 8:13 am

Would have been a beautiful day on the water, great feed!

Post by **Lightningx** » Wed Oct 19, 2022 11:44 am

Some tasty looking flatties there nude up!
Enjoy the feed mate

Cheers

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