How Much Fish Do You Eat

[chewy01]

After reading recent posts bout releasing fish,killing fish etc. it got me wondering how regularly we all eat fish. We have a feed of whiting once or maybe twice(rarely) a week. i guess roughly 500 gms so thats only about 25 kg fish/year for the family.Do other ppl eat heaps more. this being the case three or four big cod,jew or :-/ barra would feed us all year. I guess some people eat a lot more.

[nigelr]

We aim for at least 2, preferably 3 feeds a week.
Thats my wife and our 2 teenagers, we'd deck a kilo of fillet each feed easy.
Then down the road we have our daughter and her 2 pre-schoolers, its always nice to give them a feed as well.
Never a problem with over-supply, when we've got enough, I don't fish again until its all gone.
Simple, but that's my personal ethic.
I love to fish so it does take quite a bit of self discipline, but given that I prefer to fish at night, it isn't that hard to just stay in bed!
Cheers.

[chief 1]

i don't really eat that much fish,i go fishing fortnightly,sometimes weekly but we would probably have fish once a week,but then again we aren't catching whiting too often,we would catch fish with a bit more meat on them as well so that would change the kilograms but its not like we eat it five times a week

[Cammy]

i like to catch and eat my fish if they are well above legal, and i only take one fish cause i dont need 5 of them to freeze and eat later on when the flesh is mushy.

but if i dont catch my own i usually go to woolys or somthing and get some flake or crimson sea perch, but the prices are always high. So i guess i eat fish around about once every 2-3 weeks.

Cammo

[fish-n-dive]

I would eat fish/seafood everyday as opposed to other "meats" having said that I don't have access to too much here in the bush............LOL.........

[For Steve]

How often I eat fish depends on how often I go fishing. At the moment, we eat fish about once a week. My 17 month old son just loves it.

I like to eat some of the good table fish I catch myself. I rarely freeze any fillets as we prefer the fresh ones so this usually limits my catch. Sometimes, if I manage to catch a few, we'll invite family and friends around for dinner. It's always a good night.

I can't bring myself to buy the imported stuff from the supermarkets and the fish and chip shop just isn't as good as what you catch yourself.

[PinHead]

3 to 4 times a week.

[chief 1]

How often I eat fish depends on how often I go fishing. At the moment, we eat fish about once a week. My 17 month old son just loves it.

I like to eat some of the good table fish I catch myself. I rarely freeze any fillets as we prefer the fresh ones so this usually limits my catch. Sometimes, if I manage to catch a few, we'll invite family and friends around for dinner. It's always a good night.

I can't bring myself to buy the imported stuff from the supermarkets and the fish and chip shop just isn't as good as what you catch yourself.
I'm with you there,nothing better then catching it your self

[ffejsmada]

3 to 4 times a week.

same.......................

[jtpython]

I don't eat red meat some 4 to 5 times a week and if ready available up to 7 days a week
Which is why chase freezer fillers like big spanish and black king
We don't buy fish
JT

[SunnyCoastMark]

Hey Guys,
We try to eat fish at least once a week - depends how much we have in the freezer.

Try to eat the fish fresh caught when possible ie; within a couple of days of being caught

I am actually in the middle of cooking some crumbed snapper fillets. They were caught 2 weeks ago and tonight is the last of it. Yummmmmmmm.

Mark

[chief 1]

Good work mate,we made some fish cakes with sickle fish last night,they taste superb

[mattooty]

Depending on wether i've been fishing or not. The jew i caught the other week filled the freezer with 10kg of fillets. Along with the bream fillets in there we'll eat fish 4 times a week. If i'm not catching fish then we don't eat fish. Its as simple as that, the only time i eat fish when i havent caught it is when we get it off mates.

[Wahoo]

4+ times a week,

[Outsider1]

Not nearly enough!:'(

If I had my way it would 4 or 5 times a week, but then again I am the fisherman so I can't blame anyone else:P::)

Cheers

Dave

[Mattk76]

Will eat once a week at the moment, have only had the boat 6 months, but now just starting to get enough to feed the family once per week.

Consistently improving now being able to get a feed instead of just a cold & fuel bill.

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Mattk76]

Also wouldnt consider buying from shops, apreciate the fish that i been catching way to much to waste money buying would rather fill up the boat & hit the water

[Nic]

We'd eat it around 3 times a week. We have invested in one of those Sunbeam Foodsaver vacuum pack things so a good offshore trip sets us up for many months.
There is one non-vacuum packed fillet in the freezer that we keep meaning to give away -- we're spoiled now and don't want to eat it!

[Chris Ryan]

Never.

Whole family is allergic (Wife & Kids) but man, do we enjoy chasing them, catching them and letting them go.

[SunnyCoastMark]

Never.

Whole family is allergic (Wife & Kids) but man, do we enjoy chasing them, catching them and letting them go.


:( Wow Chris - bummer!! How allergic are they? - What happens? I can't eat/touch prawns anymore (used to eat them by the bucket full) Throat swells up,
Face swells, can't breathe - basically an end of life event.;D Also a bummer.

Mark

[Chris Ryan]

:( Wow Chris - bummer!! How allergic are they? - What happens? I can't eat/touch prawns anymore (used to eat them by the bucket full) Throat swells up,
Face swells, can't breathe - basically an end of life event.;D Also a bummer.

Mark

My wife does that swell up thing, the rest of us get massive migraines and throw up everywhere for hours. We can touch them, clean them etc, just can't ingest them.

Crazy thing is I used to scoff it down until I reached 15.

Chris

[Kayak1]

Usually twice a week. Keep a couple of packs in the freezer (no more as fresh is best) for the lean times. I won't buy fish from the supermarket.

Cheers,
Steve.

[whiting-wizard]

I usually eat fish about once or twice a week

[johnny roger]

After reading recent posts bout releasing fish,killing fish etc. it got me wondering how regularly we all eat fish. We have a feed of whiting once or maybe twice(rarely) a week. i guess roughly 500 gms so thats only about 25 kg fish/year for the family.Do other ppl eat heaps more. this being the case three or four big cod,jew or :-/ barra would feed us all year. I guess some people eat a lot more.
Chewy,
we are about the same. might have fish on the table once a week some times. but i think that is because we dont quite know how to cook them. i mean bbq fish gets a bit boring after a while, and thats basically all we know what to do with them. i dont like baked fish and that sort of stuff. grilled or fried for me. but like i say, bbq with lemon and pepper gets a bit boring.
John

[Nic]

Chewy,
bbq fish gets a bit boring after a while, and thats basically all we know what to do with them. i dont like baked fish and that sort of stuff. grilled or fried for me. but like i say, bbq with lemon and pepper gets a bit boring.
John

There are plenty of good cooking ideas in the Recipes section of this forum, I have gotten a few good ideas from other Ausfishers. I never knew there were so many ways to cook fish!

[johnny roger]

thanks for that nic. will endeavour to try out more recipes.
John