First fish for 6 weeks

Been a bit tied up with life issues and a few other things for the last 6 weeks or so ,and have not been able to get out for a fish .
a mate rang on Wednesday said can we go for a tailor fish at Mud ,I hummed and ahad as I had cleaned the boat as I am trying to sell it but in the end I relented and said yes then realised I had no bait but luckily Morgan’s had some pike .
This morning dawns 3 degrees at home ah bugger better rug up ,so we head off from shorncliffe with my ears freezing despite my beanie the cold was giving me a headache but halfway accross the bay we ran into a warm patch and the Temps rose about 5 degree which was good,
Turned into a nice morning landing 14 Tailor dropping a few others we also go onto some nice trevally let the first few go but decided to keep the rest to see how they go in the smoker, people say there rubbish to eat but I crumbed one for lunch and it was great on the tooth

Top job Shano..

Good catch Shane.

Onya Shane, good result there.

Now that's livin', good work young fella.

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Originally Posted by tackle_buster

Now that's livin', good work young fella.

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thanks Gaz don’t feel that young after 4 hours fishing anymore lol

good work mate. was worth braving the cold

nice goin shane

Not sure what species yours are, but the silver trevs down here go good on the plate as long as you bleed them and eat fresh. Don't freeze very well.

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Originally Posted by Ducksta

Not sure what species yours are, but the silver trevs down here go good on the plate as long as you bleed them and eat fresh. Don't freeze very well.

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Hi Duck ,we bled them not sure what species to many different ones lol and not something I chase but did taste good on the plate

Nice mate, the Trev’s would go ok fresh.
I’ve been skinning and cryo vaccing my tailor last couple of trips, they eat up well once defrosted

Did a lot of trips to Fraser in August late 70's early 80's. Freezer on the back of the truck, take the fillets off the tailor and put them flesh to flesh and freeze them down. Would take home 100's of packets between four of us over a week. 4 months later they were still excellent eating when taken out of the freezer and thawed o/n in the fridge. Take the skin off and wrapped in foil and cooked on the BBQ with some butter, lemon and cracked pepper - beautiful. Fresh salad, yum.

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Originally Posted by BR65

Nice mate, the Trev’s would go ok fresh.
I’ve been skinning and cryo vaccing my tailor last couple of trips, they eat up well once defrosted

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Hey Brian my mate I went with Smokes the Tailor in like a maple flavour then cryovacs them and gives me my share people I have given some too rav over them , want to know where they can get more

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Originally Posted by tackle_buster

Did a lot of trips to Fraser in August late 70's early 80's. Freezer on the back of the truck, take the fillets off the tailor and put them flesh to flesh and freeze them down. Would take home 100's of packets between four of us over a week. 4 months later they were still excellent eating when taken out of the freezer and thawed o/n in the fridge. Take the skin off and wrapped in foil and cooked on the BBQ with some butter, lemon and cracked pepper - beautiful. Fresh salad, yum.

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Hey Gaz some people say they go mushy frozen but I have never had a problem that way, like you I put a few different herbs spicers in some flour then fry crispy skin is yum

Nice work Shane.