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Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 07 8:00 am Post subject:

dpack wrote:

tasty , my first one was a bit of a shock

It surprised me and you should have seen the expression on Bugs' face as it was her first ever fish.

Now, what's going to be easy and tasty to catch from the beach in a month or so?

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 07 11:40 am Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Back to the garfish, here's a pic I took before munching them.

Lovely pic, they look so fresh!

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 07 11:46 am Post subject:
Hand on heart, how did you rate them eating wise? I use to fish for them under a bubble float with just a small thin strip of mackerel. Garfish like to get under floating debri such as seaweed or a piece of wood and so in the vacinity of any flotsum and jetsom is always a good place to cast.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 07 12:47 pm Post subject:

Jonnyboy wrote:

Lovely pic, they look so fresh!

Not that fresh, they were a couple of hours old when eaten.

bodger wrote:

Hand on heart, how did you rate them eating wise?

They were quite boney although that will not put me off and flavour wise they were great. I would certainly like to catch some more so thanks for the tips.

bernie-woman

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Location: shropshire

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 07 12:59 pm Post subject:
Beautiful looking fish - they look almost prehistoric I love beach fishing - am hoping to be able to catch something down in Devon over the next couple of weeks

gil
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 07 3:40 pm Post subject:
Sounds great, and they look very good. Do they remind you of a scythe blade too ?

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 07 6:22 pm Post subject:

bernie-woman wrote:

I love beach fishing - am hoping to be able to catch something down in Devon over the next couple of weeks

Good luck and I'd love to hear what you catch.

Gil, now you mention it they do look a bit like a scythe. Perhaps not obvious in the photo but they also have a large number of quite large teeth for their size.

fish (the other one)

Joined: 24 Dec 2006
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 07 11:50 am Post subject:
when i was working as a fish monger i allways tried to get a few garfish for the counter display,good thing to get folk looking ,by the way the y are fab smoked! i used to make a fab pate with gar too!

bernie-woman

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: shropshire

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 07 9:34 am Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Good luck and I'd love to hear what you catch.

Ummmmm .......

(nothing, unless you want to count pieces of seaweed)

- it's a good job I have a good sense of humour - there were many fishermen on the beach at the same time who took pity on me and gave me all sorts of advice but I was excellent entertainment for them

Stewy

Joined: 17 Oct 2005
Posts: 1453
Location: Berkshire

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 07 4:18 pm Post subject:
Only ever caught one and that was off Chesil a few years back, weird bloody things, I chucked it back as I didn't really fancy scoffing it.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 07 12:49 am Post subject:
good flavour ,spikey bones be careful

fish (the other one)

Joined: 24 Dec 2006
Posts: 319

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 07 12:23 pm Post subject:
theyre a great fight on light tackle,try light floating kit with a slither of mackerel on a 1/0 circle hook.

Steve the Hiker

Joined: 02 Mar 2009
Posts: 1

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 09 3:21 pm Post subject: Garfish bones
Thought you might like to know that Garfish bones are fantastic when fried in very hot oil for a couple of minutes. Crispy and tasting something like pork crackling.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 09 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: Garfish bones

Steve the Hiker wrote:

Thought you might like to know that Garfish bones are fantastic when fried in very hot oil for a couple of minutes. Crispy and tasting something like pork crackling.

You've eaten something that even dpack hasn't?

Welcome on board.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46207
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 09 3:46 pm Post subject:
many a garfish has got scranned tasty if a bit spiky must try harder

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