River Test Friday 23rd October 2009 - any takers?
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sewinbasher
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Just to whet appetites I was on the middle Test this week and here are a few shots.
One of the carriers
A few fish on show (I caught the fish nearest the camera and it was a brown just shy of 4lbs)
A beautiful "lady" only this is a "gentleman".
and there are a few trout too!
One of the carriers
A few fish on show (I caught the fish nearest the camera and it was a brown just shy of 4lbs)
A beautiful "lady" only this is a "gentleman".
and there are a few trout too!
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Aled
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Hi Guys
Sadly Hoppy will have to decline but here's a question
Those chalkstreams produce some cracking fish. Last year we fished the upper Test and caught some lovely browns which had been stocked and had grown on in the wild. They tasted great, anybody eaten any of those grayling? I know the brownies are out of season but a grown on escaped rainbow from a stream like that would probably taste good.
Tight Lines
Aled
Sadly Hoppy will have to decline but here's a question
Those chalkstreams produce some cracking fish. Last year we fished the upper Test and caught some lovely browns which had been stocked and had grown on in the wild. They tasted great, anybody eaten any of those grayling? I know the brownies are out of season but a grown on escaped rainbow from a stream like that would probably taste good.
Tight Lines
Aled
Aled
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Yes Paul, know the feeling regarding grayling, they are cracking fish. But i will maintain the right to kill and eat a fish if i think its going to taste good, and judging by where those grayling live they will taste good! I've never eaten or killed one so i have no idea if there worth putting on a plate. Hence the initial question.
Now an autumn rainbow from the river Test will taste superb and there are in my opinion no moral qualms about taking one of those home!
Tight Lines All looks a cracking spot for some sport.
Aled
Now an autumn rainbow from the river Test will taste superb and there are in my opinion no moral qualms about taking one of those home!
Tight Lines All looks a cracking spot for some sport.
Aled
sewinbasher
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I'm probably going to attract all sorts of curses and criticism for this but in my youth I used to take a few grayling from the Monnow and can confirm that they taste really good. My late Dad used to prefer a grayling to a trout if I was bringing anything home.
outside
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No criticism at all. My father in law insists grayling taste best. A female friend of mine killed one for her tea and couldn't stop crying! I would kill and eat them if I was hungry, but I'm not really. Curiosity may get the bettwr of me one day though!
I heard on the radio yesterday that the definition of 'game' was a species that had an open and closed season for capture ............and that you could eat it.
In the piscatorial context, grayling therefore qualifies asa game fish. Doesn't it ??
If not, then isn't it a coarse fish ?
BC.
In the piscatorial context, grayling therefore qualifies asa game fish. Doesn't it ??
If not, then isn't it a coarse fish ?
BC.
S
silverinvicta
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Game fish are designated by the extra fin... The ADIPOSE., It aint a real fin, its a small piece of gristle. All fish with this fin are designated game fish ....Therefore a Grayling IS a game fish that just happens to spawn with the coarse fishes...
And by the way I ate plenty in my youth, they are a far superior table fish to trout or Salmon.....IMHO.
Si...
PS I aint taken a grayling in over 40 years
And by the way I ate plenty in my youth, they are a far superior table fish to trout or Salmon.....IMHO.
Si...
PS I aint taken a grayling in over 40 years
Aled
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Nice one guys, they are quite numerous so if an occasion arises maybe i'll try one for the table. But its family, rugby and shooting head on now for a while so maybe next year.
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Aled
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Aled
PaulD
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I knocked one on the head last year as I'd never eaten one ... and it was very nice!
Sweet, white flesh that struck me it had more in common with a sea fish, like whiting, than any other freshwater fish I'd tasted.
Sweet, white flesh that struck me it had more in common with a sea fish, like whiting, than any other freshwater fish I'd tasted.
S
silverinvicta
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Here's a tip that works, If cooking Grayling, use BEEF dripping, it enhances the flavour and takes away any slight "muddiness" taste the fish may have.. (not often i must add)
I must say, i don't agree with PaulD about the whiting taste.. Whiting have to be, the most, insipid, watery fleshed fish, i have ever encountered in 60 yrs of fishing.. IMO... not worth the trouble of preparing for the table.
Although i suppose some must like em... HeHe...
Si........
I must say, i don't agree with PaulD about the whiting taste..
Whiting have to be, the most, insipid, watery fleshed fish, i have ever encountered in 60 yrs of fishing.. IMO... not worth the trouble of preparing for the table. Although i suppose some must like em...
HeHe...Si........
ACW
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Not eaten a grayling for several decades,found the taste bland and insipid,then I have bugg**d my taste buds by smoking .
It is great to see the way attitudes have changed to the Lady,used to see dead grayling slung in the bushes on the chalk, very rare to see that now .
The regular beat I fish used to have a catch and kill policy ,this was ignored by the thinking angler and the owner now recomends a minimal harvest.
happily my days with 10 rods out there might be a couple of fish for the pot every season.
It is great to see the way attitudes have changed to the Lady,used to see dead grayling slung in the bushes on the chalk, very rare to see that now .
The regular beat I fish used to have a catch and kill policy ,this was ignored by the thinking angler and the owner now recomends a minimal harvest.
happily my days with 10 rods out there might be a couple of fish for the pot every season.
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scrumbag
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Gutted boys! If only it could be a Saturday. Only second week in new job, think a cheeky Friday off this stage might be a little much to ask. Be good to finally meet some of you guys and keep me in mind for the next foray down here!
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