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zigs

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 524
Location: Somerset

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 11 7:36 pm Post subject: This Evenings Fishy Foray
Started off well with a Sprat and a Mackerell, Lovely evening down the bay, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6F04Zrf_g4&feature=feedu My mate lost his gear so took a few shots of me treading the fine line between fishing & standing on the beach looking like an idiot. Got a big thump & was very soon into my first beach caught Herring,

pricey

Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Posts: 6444

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 11 11:37 pm Post subject:
Nice one, biggest I have seen caught on line for a long time.

Kenworth

Joined: 04 Apr 2011
Posts: 855
Location: Michigan

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 11 12:09 am Post subject:
Wow, I am envious. The scenery is wonderful. I've never fished directly in the surf, but someday...

Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 11 5:23 pm Post subject:
It looks a good size, what rig did you use? I hope you didn't eat the whole sprat at once.

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 11 8:44 pm Post subject:
The guy down the road was getting a couple of thousand in his nets up until about ten years ago. https://www.nefyn.com/Stories/TheLastGreatNefynHerringCatch.aspx

zigs

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 524
Location: Somerset

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 11 9:18 pm Post subject:
He was 410mm, legal minimum for Herring is 200mm so yes, a good size. Caught on normal feathers, there were a few good knocks that I missed & we saw Sardines jumping out of the water, so I guess there other things chasing them that we didn't see. Thats a hell of a tale there Bodger, sad to think its come down to so little

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 11 1:31 pm Post subject: Re: This Evenings Fishy Foray

ziggy searchfield wrote:

Started off well with a Sprat and a Mackerell,

Yes, it's very easy catching them at Morrisons...

zigs

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 524
Location: Somerset

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 11 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: This Evenings Fishy Foray

Nick wrote:

ziggy searchfield wrote:

Started off well with a Sprat and a Mackerell,

Yes, it's very easy catching them at Morrisons...

I take it you meant to put a few smilies in that post but forgot Nick ?

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 11 9:05 pm Post subject:

zigs

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 524
Location: Somerset

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 11 9:33 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

Dabinett

Joined: 23 Dec 2010
Posts: 90
Location: Hampshire

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 11 7:05 pm Post subject:
Are you sure that's a herring and not a shad? If it is herring it's a very good size.

Kenworth

Joined: 04 Apr 2011
Posts: 855
Location: Michigan

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 11 7:41 am Post subject:
Well, how were they cooked up?

zigs

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 524
Location: Somerset

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 11 10:07 pm Post subject:

Kenworth wrote:

Well, how were they cooked up?

Big mistake there, I was hungry so just cooked the Herring up as it was.

Big fight with the googleplex of bones, should have cured it and smoked it.

Kenworth

Joined: 04 Apr 2011
Posts: 855
Location: Michigan

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 11 4:40 am Post subject:

I have never seen a fresh herring. I have only seen them in little jars chunked up with some type of white sauce covering them.

The little guy in the picture looks similar to our Great Lakes Smelt. They are a spring only catch, and are caught in dip nets by wading into Lake Michigan, or into streams that empty into the same lake. Smelt are commonly as long as your hand from longest finger tip to wrist. Clip off the head with scissors, then gut them. Leave on scales they are tiny, and the fins as they are very soft and fry up crispy.

Dredge in flour and spices, and deep fry. Yummy.

I love to fish, btw

zigs

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 524
Location: Somerset

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 11 9:58 am Post subject:

Yes the sprats are a bit like smelts, and cook up the same.

Before they built the new piers down here and extended the beach I used to target the sprats in the evening when the Mackerell were chasing them.

When they are in you can't see the sea bed for them but if you try to catch them in a drop net, they just part as it comes up.

The trick is to keep the net a couple of feet below the water and wait till they are being chased before pulling up.

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