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finga64
29-01-2006, 05:56 AM
Gidday all,
I need to know :'( :'(.
What's the difference between a Loganriver catfish and a Richmond river dogfish??? :-[
Who eats them other then the seaeagles after you break the spines off??
Cheers Scott
dfox
29-01-2006, 12:49 PM
Lost me with that one?
finga64
29-01-2006, 05:00 PM
Sorry, I didn't explain real good :-/.
I'm trying to find out if what they call a dogfish that's caught in the Richmond river is the fish as the fish know as a catfish that's caught in the Logan river. And can you eat them??
ie same fish different names.
Bit like a fresh water eel tailed catfish in NSW is called a jewy in QLD... yum.
Does that make sense?? :-?
onerabbit
29-01-2006, 07:40 PM
Hi Finga, I'm a Ballina local, the Grant's Guide declares our spiney friends as Blue Catfish, I have several names for them, none of them acceptable here, as for eating them...............NO THANKS, Muzz.
onerabbit
29-01-2006, 07:44 PM
There was a conversation about eating them not long back.
Hammer
29-01-2006, 08:29 PM
Crab bait.
FrogBat
29-01-2006, 10:30 PM
Yeah, I want to know too, that's all we seem to catch lately!

So it seems that there's no difference but can we eat them??

Gotta do some research and will report back!

C.
FrogBat
29-01-2006, 10:39 PM
Well, according to this site http://www.sunfish.com.au/html/blue_catfish.html they are very nice to eat!!
So I guess I will try it and will all let you know... unless I die of fish poisoning!!

C.
finga64
30-01-2006, 12:42 PM
Aah, a guinea pig. Beauty :)
onerabbit
30-01-2006, 02:04 PM
He he he ........................
BobbyJ123
30-01-2006, 03:21 PM
Well, according to this site http://www.sunfish.com.au/html/blue_catfish.html they are very nice to eat!!
So I guess I will try it and will all let you know... unless I die of fish poisoning!!

C.

In Lake Argyle, WA (Ord dam) there is a commercial industry, catching the salmon-tail catfish and marketing them under the name "silver cobbler" to Perth and overseas.
thumps
30-01-2006, 03:55 PM
a mate of mine actually requested a Cattie from me whe i went fishing last


i was glad to supply one as we dont eat them

he loved it

i guess we as anglers forget how lucky we are sometimes with the "good" things

we would all eat it if we had nothing better
FrogBat
29-04-2006, 12:15 PM
Well guys, I've finally tried it!! :D
It's beautiful!!

The flesh is firm and redish. You must skin the fish though and make some fillets.
To cook it:
Roll the fillets in flour.
In a frying pan, melt some butter (not margarine or oil), REAL butter.
When the butter is dark (not just melted, it needs to be dark), chuck the fillets. Depending on their thickness, it might take a minute or 2 on each side.
Serve with slices of lemon.

It's a cross between salmon and coral trout, and it taste real nice.

Preferably, use reasonable size dogfish. And now that I know I can eat them, please release the small ones alive! :)

I guess you just need to get over their appearance, and frankly, they are not as ugly as the flatheads!!

C.
Scalem
29-04-2006, 06:44 PM
Woohoo!

You should start a business now between you Scottie! There's some real biggys around Mud island too!!

Scalem (or skinem??) ;D