Sylvathorn

Oh, and that was in the Fifties.

We used to have fresh from the cow milk when we could, a local a couple of miles away had a few cows, we used to barter eggs for it - we had lots of chooks. Also had powdered milk, a bit, but fresh was best.
Sorry, I can't remember it in a blue box or tin though.

Excellent Hamish, nice Thready, well done!

congrats on an excellent fish and writeup Lil Peep.
thanks for sharing!

congrats on an excellent fish and writeup Lil Peep.
thanks for sharing!

congrats on an excellent fish and writeup Lil Peep.
thanks for sharing!

Sorry this took so long @Lil Peep and I hope it's readable and makes sense
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Margie’s Crispy Fried Bream
Ingredients:
2 x 500g Bream (1 for each of us) 2 or 3 tbsp Oil 5cm piece of Ginger 6 Spring Onions 3 tbsp Soy Sauce Salt sea salt, Water Optional Ingredients:
2.5 cm piece of Ginger - crushed Water Salt Method :
Clean and scale the Bream, then make some shallow cuts through the skin on both sides and rub some salt in.
Then fry in a suitable sized pan until cooked and skin is crispy.
While the fish is cooking, peel the Ginger and cut into thin slices, then into thin strips (this can be done beforehand if you prefer).
Also peel and cut spring onions into thin diagonal slices.

Put the Bream on a serving plate. Pour Soy Sauce over the Bream, sprinkle with Ginger and Spring Onion.
 
Optional Method (Margie usually does it the First way):
2/3 fill a shallow pan with water add salt and a 2cm piece of crushed ginger. Boil for 5 mins, reduce heat to a simmer. Then add Bream and cook for 5 or 6 minutes till nearly cooked. Then drain and dry the fish and crisp up skin in a hot frypan.
Serve as above.

Excellent Hamish, nice Thready, well done!

Excellent Hamish, nice Thready, well done!

Excellent Hamish, nice Thready, well done!

You're a champion of energy and perseverance Hamish. Well done 👍

Thanks Brian. Rod should be fine as long as it doesn’t get any more damage.

Yahoo!
Good work, Hamish. Nice thready.
Shame about the rod damage. Hopefully not too bad.

Hi all,
I snuck out for a quick flick this morning in the river, hoping for something decent. The morning didn't start off great as I slept in, but I still managed to ride and arrive at the spot of choice by six. With the tide still running out, I was hopeful of a few baitfish, but I could hardly scrape together enough to continuously fish. Eventually I saw something of interest, a flathead lie. Maybe I will try flicking some lures around here the next time I'm fishing at high tide. I also caught a small flathead and flounder in the net, so clearly some more bottom dwelling fish get around here. 
https://lensdump.com/i/qGI3zP
Flathead Lie
As I continued to grind away for livebait, I saw someone drive by with a fully decked out lure fishing boat, which would be pretty cool to have. I didn't see him catch anything when he was fishing nearby though. Things just seemed to get worse for me though, as I managed to rip a couple of holes in my net that will need to be stitched to fix up. All my livies also kept seeming to get pickered but I never saw any bites.  
After about one and a half hours of fishing for absolutely nothing, I was out of bait and energy. I sorted all my gear out and had a drink, before getting back to netting. Here, I was lucky enough to net a nice size bony bream, which I chucked out on a 4/o circle hook pinned through the nose. I got back to the cast netting, and with no other rods out things weren't looking good... But then, I saw my rod get a couple of distinct hits before buckling over. I jogged back and as the fish went for another long run, I tightened my drag and the fight began. 
It wasn't long before more line was peeling off of my spool, and I was starting to get a bit nervous as the fish was running dangerously close to a very snaggy rocky ledge. Luckily, I managed to turn its head, and it slowly started to come back towards me. A few more cranks and I could see my sinker, then swivel... Sure enough, it was what I wanted! But the fight wasn't over yet, as the thready shot back down into the depths. After about 3 more minutes of fighting with some screaming runs on my 4000 reel, I managed to bend over and grab the fish in the mouth, landing it successfully. Nice. I got a walker to take a couple pics for me, before venting and successfully releasing the fish. The thready came in between 105-110cm, I don't know for sure as I didn't have it perfectly aligned on the brag mat. Although not quite a new PB, still a solid fish, and my first in ages.
https://lensdump.com/i/qGIsCZ
Thready
It was only about 8:15AM when I had that all sorted, so I netted and fished for a bit longer, catching one catfish, before riding home. On the way home, one of my rods fell through the floor of my bike buggy, and some pipes scratched another one of my rods up pretty bad, but at least I caught that thready. 🙂 
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed. I probably won't be able to go fishing for a few weeks now because of school, so it was a good way to finish up. 
Stats:
Tide: 1:50AM, 1.4M, High, 8:00AM, .5M, Low, 3:00PM, 2M, High. 
Moon Phase: 40%
Bait Caught/Used: Live mullet, bony bream, silver biddy. 
Fish Caught: Threadfin Salmon x 1, Catfish x 1
Total Damage: Cast net ripped, had to do heaps of cast netting, made hole in bottom of bike buggy, chipped rod. 
Tackle Used: Shimano Symetre on Shimano Sentire Rod, Shimano Stradic on Shimano Raider, Okuma Coronado CDX on Silstar Crystal Powertip, Shimano Baitrunner OC on Jarvis Walker Aurora.   
Air Pressure: 1012
Humidity: 70%
Overall Success Rate: 100% - good session
Cheers Hamish

congrats on an excellent fish and writeup Lil Peep.
thanks for sharing!

Sorry this took so long @Lil Peep and I hope it's readable and makes sense
"
Margie’s Crispy Fried Bream
Ingredients:
2 x 500g Bream (1 for each of us) 2 or 3 tbsp Oil 5cm piece of Ginger 6 Spring Onions 3 tbsp Soy Sauce Salt sea salt, Water Optional Ingredients:
2.5 cm piece of Ginger - crushed Water Salt Method :
Clean and scale the Bream, then make some shallow cuts through the skin on both sides and rub some salt in.
Then fry in a suitable sized pan until cooked and skin is crispy.
While the fish is cooking, peel the Ginger and cut into thin slices, then into thin strips (this can be done beforehand if you prefer).
Also peel and cut spring onions into thin diagonal slices.

Put the Bream on a serving plate. Pour Soy Sauce over the Bream, sprinkle with Ginger and Spring Onion.
 
Optional Method (Margie usually does it the First way):
2/3 fill a shallow pan with water add salt and a 2cm piece of crushed ginger. Boil for 5 mins, reduce heat to a simmer. Then add Bream and cook for 5 or 6 minutes till nearly cooked. Then drain and dry the fish and crisp up skin in a hot frypan.
Serve as above.

Sorry this took so long @Lil Peep and I hope it's readable and makes sense
"
Margie’s Crispy Fried Bream
Ingredients:
2 x 500g Bream (1 for each of us) 2 or 3 tbsp Oil 5cm piece of Ginger 6 Spring Onions 3 tbsp Soy Sauce Salt sea salt, Water Optional Ingredients:
2.5 cm piece of Ginger - crushed Water Salt Method :
Clean and scale the Bream, then make some shallow cuts through the skin on both sides and rub some salt in.
Then fry in a suitable sized pan until cooked and skin is crispy.
While the fish is cooking, peel the Ginger and cut into thin slices, then into thin strips (this can be done beforehand if you prefer).
Also peel and cut spring onions into thin diagonal slices.

Put the Bream on a serving plate. Pour Soy Sauce over the Bream, sprinkle with Ginger and Spring Onion.
 
Optional Method (Margie usually does it the First way):
2/3 fill a shallow pan with water add salt and a 2cm piece of crushed ginger. Boil for 5 mins, reduce heat to a simmer. Then add Bream and cook for 5 or 6 minutes till nearly cooked. Then drain and dry the fish and crisp up skin in a hot frypan.
Serve as above.

Sorry this took so long @Lil Peep and I hope it's readable and makes sense
"
Margie’s Crispy Fried Bream
Ingredients:
2 x 500g Bream (1 for each of us) 2 or 3 tbsp Oil 5cm piece of Ginger 6 Spring Onions 3 tbsp Soy Sauce Salt sea salt, Water Optional Ingredients:
2.5 cm piece of Ginger - crushed Water Salt Method :
Clean and scale the Bream, then make some shallow cuts through the skin on both sides and rub some salt in.
Then fry in a suitable sized pan until cooked and skin is crispy.
While the fish is cooking, peel the Ginger and cut into thin slices, then into thin strips (this can be done beforehand if you prefer).
Also peel and cut spring onions into thin diagonal slices.

Put the Bream on a serving plate. Pour Soy Sauce over the Bream, sprinkle with Ginger and Spring Onion.
 
Optional Method (Margie usually does it the First way):
2/3 fill a shallow pan with water add salt and a 2cm piece of crushed ginger. Boil for 5 mins, reduce heat to a simmer. Then add Bream and cook for 5 or 6 minutes till nearly cooked. Then drain and dry the fish and crisp up skin in a hot frypan.
Serve as above.

congrats on an excellent fish and writeup Lil Peep.
thanks for sharing!

Sorry this took so long @Lil Peep and I hope it's readable and makes sense
"
Margie’s Crispy Fried Bream
Ingredients:
2 x 500g Bream (1 for each of us) 2 or 3 tbsp Oil 5cm piece of Ginger 6 Spring Onions 3 tbsp Soy Sauce Salt sea salt, Water Optional Ingredients:
2.5 cm piece of Ginger - crushed Water Salt Method :
Clean and scale the Bream, then make some shallow cuts through the skin on both sides and rub some salt in.
Then fry in a suitable sized pan until cooked and skin is crispy.
While the fish is cooking, peel the Ginger and cut into thin slices, then into thin strips (this can be done beforehand if you prefer).
Also peel and cut spring onions into thin diagonal slices.

Put the Bream on a serving plate. Pour Soy Sauce over the Bream, sprinkle with Ginger and Spring Onion.
 
Optional Method (Margie usually does it the First way):
2/3 fill a shallow pan with water add salt and a 2cm piece of crushed ginger. Boil for 5 mins, reduce heat to a simmer. Then add Bream and cook for 5 or 6 minutes till nearly cooked. Then drain and dry the fish and crisp up skin in a hot frypan.
Serve as above.

I'll be first to bite.... What's with the tag? Slang for catfish?

Welcome to the forum.😀

welcome aboard 

absolutely don't mind, it's Margies (TLOML) and she won't mind at all, she's off with the Pixies sawing logs atm, but Ill get it in the morning for you 🙂

You know what Hamish, it was quiet, but you got do something that only fishermen can do. Enjoy that moment in a space that only fishermen can!

A couple of years ago, Margie and I were checking out properties in Buxton (near Burrum Heads) and spent an afternoon on the Buxton Jetty on the last of the runout tide.
We caught nothing but saltwater catties, hand over fist, and they were mutilating all my soft plastics, but you know what, it was a glorious session on light gear and we loved every moment!

Salmon tail cats aren't the most popular fish to catch in the BR, but you know what, bull sharks love them almost as much as eels.
I think it sounds like you had a slightly quiet but pleasant morning on the BR.
You are quite skilled and an articulate and a valuable contributor who  consistently adds a great deal of value to this forum.
I always enjoy your posts and know there will always be more coming!