queensland Recipes And What To Do With Undesirable Species

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi all

I've gotten back from a fishing trip and we caught a couple undesirables such as shovel-nose sharks and pike. Does anyone have any good recipes for these species or what to do with them (pike eel is shark bait tho)

Cheers Hamish

[GregOug]

Well, the shovel nose shark flap meat is a known substitute for scallop meat so cook it the same as you would scallops. From memory pike are just a bunch of bones and I wouldn’t bother cooking them. Without knowing what the other undesirables are I can’t comment further. Good luck!

[davostephens]

let shovels go. Like eating sawdust.. U must be hard up for a feed if your keeping them. The big bastard species from north qld are meant to be ok.. The little ones im assuming you caught(brown type) got bugger all meat on them.

Pike aka buzz saw whiting,, Mate they are the best live bait for king and jew. Eating wise they are ok/edible. Quite soft. Just fillet and fish and chip, or bbq and lemon and salt.

 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi GregOug

Thanks for those tips, i never knew shovel nose tasted like scallops. 

Cheers Hamish

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi davostephens

Thanks for those tips on shovel nose, though i was fishing on the central coast so i caught a decent sized one with white spots i think. I've never tried using pike as livebait before, but if i do catch one that is a good size i'll certainly give it a crack. If i catch another i might see how it tastes, but thanks for the tips.

Cheers Hamish

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

By the way, i consider an undesirables bycatch that may be problematic, i.e. bull shark when live baiting for jewies or fish that have not great eating qualities that are large and keep busting you off , hence what a pike or shovel nose may do.(etc).

Cheers Hamish

[kmcrosby78]

Pike also make a great cut bait for a large variety of fish (bream, snapper, reef fish, etc). The shovel nose with the spots are meant to be the better eating ones - we kept a large one years ago and the flesh was firm and white and taste fine - we turned the majority of it into curries and it was good for this.

I kept a very large catfish from Moreton Bay that my dad is going to smoke so I'll report back with how it tasted but I'd think it should be fine.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Thanks for those tips, kmcrosby78

I didn't know pike had some many uses other than shark bait lol. I s'pose they would make a good bait because they are very oily. From what I've heard, most sharks are good in curry - but with shovel noses, would you still chop the tail of or just bleed it normally? 

I'm curious to here how catfish taste, i catch a load of 'em normally in the Brisbane River (but i wouldn't eat them) - smoking it sounds like the best way to cook.

Cheers Hamish

[GregOug]

Link to scallops being substituted:

https://www.doctordavidfriedman.com/blog/scallops-the-most-counterfeit-food
 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hey kmcrosby78

How was that catfish you smoked up?

Cheers Hamish

[kmcrosby78]

On ‎8‎/‎01‎/‎2020 at 6:01 PM, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hey kmcrosby78

How was that catfish you smoked up?

Cheers Hamish

Dad ended up being a guinea pig and frying a piece in a frying pan and reported it taste fine, so we fried some up to have in fish tacos. It was edible, but certainly not the best fish I have eaten, mainly because the texture was a bit spongy. Will try smoking it next time and try to remember to report back.

[Old Scaley]

51 minutes ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Dad ended up being a guinea pig and frying a piece in a frying pan and reported it taste fine, so we fried some up to have in fish tacos. It was edible, but certainly not the best fish I have eaten, mainly because the texture was a bit spongy. Will try smoking it next time and try to remember to report back.

Not in the same class as grinner, hey @kmcrosby78.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Alright - sounds good