South Metro Pelagics
Submitted by jayce on Sat, 2016-01-16 20:32
With yhe mint weather today and after a couple days chasing crabs in Mandurah ee decided today was a good day to go out and look for a dhuie. No luck on that front heading home seen some birds working. Cast out a plastic and a stickbait 0n 10lb and 15lb expecting the standard little tuna.
To our surprise both lures got monstered by big shark macks.
Mine went 105cm on 15lb and my mates went 95cm on 10lb.
Both of us nearly got spooled but we beat them in the end.
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scano
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You kept shark mackerel?
i mean top catch and all don't get me wrong, but as far as I am aware they are only really any good for bait.
Industrymanboy
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I heard this as well,
I heard this as well, however I kept a couple on my last northern fishing trip eaten fresh I actually liked it.
Also they made a good addition to a fish curry (good firm flesh) and I didnt feel bad about "wasting" a more highly regarded eating fish.
jayce
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The missus old man wanted
The missus old man wanted it.
Haha my freezer is full of good fish.
avatinni
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Shark mackerel are great
Shark mackerel are great eating once you fillet and skin them imo great catch the young fella looks stoked.
Travisd
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+1
fresh Sharkie as long as it's bled, cleaned and kept on ice.
Stick in freezer for a couple of hrs prior to cooking in bread crumbs and most ppl wouldnt know it wasn't spaniard
would have gone hard on 10 and 15lb !
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big john
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Good
Good fish Jayce.
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Dale
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Don't mind a feed of the old sharkie so meself
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flangies
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I used to hate sharkie but
I used to hate sharkie but I'm a convert
Paul_86
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Awesome metro capture,
Awesome metro capture, especially on that light gear, well done!
When it comes to edibility, then each to there own.
An old mates wife used to say, "you Aussies are crazy, you like fish coz it doesn't taste like fish"
which is very true! Just coz you don't like it doesn't mean the next bloke doesn't.
And as long as it doesn't go to waste then all good
quadfisher
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Shark mack , great feed.
Yep , they call them sharkies cause when filletting they do give a iodine smell
similar to sharks , but like sharks , once bleed , iced and cleaned ( which you should be doing to all fish anyway)
they are top tucker!
Had a guy in work tell me once you cant eat spaniads!, oh well his loss.
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Subaquatic
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Ciguatera has been found in
Ciguatere has been found in larger species of Spaniards in oz. perhaps that's what he was referring to.
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Beast
Beast
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Liam A
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Smoke them!
they taste amazing smoked.
Lamby
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Cracker Jayce, well done
Cracker Jayce, well done mate.
jayce
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Cheers lads.They where
Cheers lads.
They where awsome fun to catch on light line.
soupster51
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Top fun
Awesome fun on light gear. Top fishing.
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Torbs75
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Got given a slab of one from
Got given a slab of one from exmouth that's some one caught spearfishing as he was going to use it as bait for other fish - once skinned in my opinion and the other people that ate it, it tasted fantastic. Great catch well done.
ranmar850
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Nothing whatsoever wrong with sharkies
I reckon bad rep comes from old hand-me-down opinion, where blokes would just chuck them in a sugar bag and leave them in the bottom of the dinghy, then expect them to taste top shelf. The ammonia smell they give off when mishandled like that gave the name of shark mackerel. Bled and iced immediately, you won't pick it from spaniard. And they'll pull a spaniard backwards, pound for pound. Caught heaps of them on 15lb gear, go really hard.
crasny1
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Dont like them
But prepped this way not bad after a Karratha old timer showed me. On the boat Bleed gut then fillet and skin. Straight into a ICE/seawater slurry (yes the fillet).
I was concerned that this could be illegal because of the size restriction on Spanish macs, and that the fillet could be seen as a short Spanish, but he said just keep the carcass aswell for crab bait latter.
Tasted pretty good IMO and I am NOT a fishy fish lover. Never did it myself but wasn't bad at all.
Still not 100% about the legality of this though.
Can someone enlighten me on this if possible.
By the way that's a smacker of a Sharky Jayce. Don't recall a metery I have caught in Kcity, and we caught plenty.
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Goodie
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Sharkies are a good feed.
Sharkies are a good feed. Would not hesitate in keeping one
Well done
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