Dirty
11-07-2006, 03:43 PM
Hi All,
Sorry about the late posts but I have a bad habit of trying to get away from the outdoors and lock myself in front of the computer for the day, especially since university and work are out of the question for a little while. Anyway a few months back, my cousin from Melbourne came to visit and she wanted to catch some fish... since I'm such a learned amateur at this sport... and I know that catching fish can be far and few between, I decided to take her to the local creek...there I knew there were some fishes swimming around.
We have caught freshwater Eels, I think there's Tallipa there and definitely schools of Mullet and of course Bream and Catfish amongst other things yet to be caught. Well, we fished the incoming tide and within about one and a half hours we caught what we set out to target -- 12 Fork tailed Catfish and a 27cm Bream. She was stoked and we both had fun before we got muddy and had to leave the Mangroves!
We took the fish and dropped them off to this South African gentleman I met at a local creek, who has no problems in eating these fish...and has come fishing with me on occasion---I told the dude, I don't eat fish and he insisted that I try ... so he cooked me up some Catfish Pepper Soup and then this other African Fish Stew -- both very spicy dishes... and to be honest I didn't mind the soup...as or the stew... not my cup of tea... so rather than try to tell this dude that I I'm not into eating fish let alone eating vermin from polluted estuaries... :-/ it was easier for me to try his dishes!
Now he knows... and buys me beer instead! ;)
Enjoy
George.
Sorry about the late posts but I have a bad habit of trying to get away from the outdoors and lock myself in front of the computer for the day, especially since university and work are out of the question for a little while. Anyway a few months back, my cousin from Melbourne came to visit and she wanted to catch some fish... since I'm such a learned amateur at this sport... and I know that catching fish can be far and few between, I decided to take her to the local creek...there I knew there were some fishes swimming around.
We have caught freshwater Eels, I think there's Tallipa there and definitely schools of Mullet and of course Bream and Catfish amongst other things yet to be caught. Well, we fished the incoming tide and within about one and a half hours we caught what we set out to target -- 12 Fork tailed Catfish and a 27cm Bream. She was stoked and we both had fun before we got muddy and had to leave the Mangroves!
We took the fish and dropped them off to this South African gentleman I met at a local creek, who has no problems in eating these fish...and has come fishing with me on occasion---I told the dude, I don't eat fish and he insisted that I try ... so he cooked me up some Catfish Pepper Soup and then this other African Fish Stew -- both very spicy dishes... and to be honest I didn't mind the soup...as or the stew... not my cup of tea... so rather than try to tell this dude that I I'm not into eating fish let alone eating vermin from polluted estuaries... :-/ it was easier for me to try his dishes!
Now he knows... and buys me beer instead! ;)
Enjoy
George.