Yowie Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) Headed out around mid arvo on Friday with my fishing mate, out past the bombie. A nice drift at first, pulled up a couple of flatties, then the wind picked up from the S/E. Not forecast to do that, but made the drift a bit faster. Eventually had enough flatties, and a nice flounder at 35cm. Caught a few spikeys and used them as strip bait. One tiger amongst the blue spots. We then headed to one of his reef spots and anchored before sunset. Berleyed up and it was pike, slimies and yakkas, nothing else. I put out a live yakka, but it just had swimming practice for some time. As last light was fading, my last cast produced the tailor, but my mate wanted to head home, so we packed it in. Edited October 30, 2020 by Yowie 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Cracker of a Flounder Yowie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankS Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Great work as always, that's a top Flounder and will go well on the plate. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Good stuff Yowie. Nice eating there. The weather has kept me in but now you have me inspired to take the next reasonable day and head out. cheers Zoran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Blackfish said: Cracker of a Flounder Yowie. Yep, it's probably over the pound mark. 2 chunky fillets from it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 1 hour ago, frankS said: Great work as always, that's a top Flounder and will go well on the plate. Frank Flounder are always most welcome on the plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 1 hour ago, zmk1962 said: Good stuff Yowie. Nice eating there. The weather has kept me in but now you have me inspired to take the next reasonable day and head out. cheers Zoran Thank you. Trying to find a good day may be a little way off, due to predictions of wind and swell. My mate and I knew it would be a good day out on Friday, so we didn't need to be asked to go fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Well done again. Great haul. Like the Flounder. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Nice bag as always Yowie. Goo size on that flounder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 4 hours ago, Rebel said: Well done again. Great haul. Like the Flounder. Cheers. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 1 hour ago, GoingFishing said: Nice bag as always Yowie. Goo size on that flounder. Thank you. It didn't put up much fight. We were fishing between 100 and 150 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Good haul there Yowie, not often one can get to knock off a couple of good fillets from a flounder 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 1 hour ago, 61 crusher said: Good haul there Yowie, not often one can get to knock off a couple of good fillets from a flounder 😎 The fillets were rather chunky. I don't fillet flounder like a normal fish, that is, by running the knife straight down the backbone. Too much meat is lost and left on the backbone. I cut the skin around the fins and behind the head, then use a round bladed knife (that is a round point rather than a straight-to-the-tip sharp point) and gradually slice the meat away from the backbone to remove just about all of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 flounder ...just dust with flour whole and very shallow pan fry Jim... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 11 hours ago, jot said: flounder ...just dust with flour whole and very shallow pan fry Jim... I've done that before, but these fillets are good to go and won't take as long to cook as a whole fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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