Favourite Fish

[L3GACY]

It depends on where you come from. For me it is King George whiting, followed by smoked tommies.

[FHM]

My favourite fish would be in this order

1) Kingfish
2) Flathead
3) Snapper
4) Sea Perch
4) Ocean Cod
5) Murray Cod

Never liked Yellow belly cos I can't stand the smell of it.

[Thelittlefisher]

thanks for that Occy ... Its not quite as popular in the UK as it arrears to be in Aussie or US.... guess its down to weather conditions. Between October and April we mostly have to wear very warm clothing as the sea temp is around 5-8C ... so pretty chilly. I hope it takes off a lot more in the UK as it is a lovely sport to participate in.

Im sure you chaps could offer people in the UK quite a bit of advice as you have been doing for much longer. In fact myself and some friends locally have only been kayak fishing for around 5 months although i have been kayaking for over 3 years now mostly on Sport surf kayaks. ... but as for kayak fishing we are relative beginners. I have however been a keen fishierman for over 30 years.

My website http://www.kayakfishing.co.uk is picking up quite well and certainly offers an insight into the sport. Hopefully it will help promote the sport in the UK over the coming years.

Thanks for the interest occy ...

I LOVE how you guys talk!

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Sometimes some fried flathead fillets are the best!

[AJD]

1st place goes to the humble Flathead
2nd place Snapper
3rd place Shark

[familyman]

Dinner plate sized Flounder, wrapped in foil with butter and some lemon slices inside,5 minutes per side on the bbq...YUMMY

[wopfish]

Wild river bass !!! Cooked on an open fire deep in a canyon.. next to the tent !!!!

[Wattie]

Leatherjacket should also get a mention

[GoneFishn]

What about the humble Brown and Rainbow Trout very very tasty and yes a big fat Red Fin from Lake Purrumbete is hard to pass up. Flathead, Snapper, Whiting, does Squid count don't think that has been mentioned, to be honest I love eating fish, a Aus Salmon bled and cooked that day with a little lemon pepper there all good.

[PatrickC]

in my opinion the flathead are pretty high on my list, but i still love a bream or a wighting fillet on the dinner plate

[petanquedon]

I must admit I found barra over rated

I prefer mangrove jacks.

But one of the nicest fish meals I have had was a small (about 4 ft) shark on the BBQ about 2 hours after being caught.

I had some smoked tuna once that was excellent as well.

Down south garfish are very nice

[Sparkie]

Best fish i have ever eaten (and I have not caught to many) would be the humble parrot fish.I am not greatly fussed on fish for food but my wife cooked some in some special crumbing mixture and I would definitely eat it again.

[ELM]

Come on guys

Why has no-one mentioned the mighty REDFIN yet?

It would definitely rate in my top 3 - whiting and flatties up there also. But I think I would almost go some redfin over a flattie tail.

Freshwater (taste)
(1) Redfin
(2)Yellowbelly
(3) Trout
(4) Murrycod (small, big ones to fatty)
(5) Carp
(sport)
(1) Barra
(2)Trout
(3)Redfin
(4)Yellowbelly

Saltwater (taste)
(1)Gummy shark
(2)Mullaway
(3)Travely
(4)Flatty
(5)Snapper
(sport)
(1)(pound for penny)Travely
(2)tuna
(3)snapper
(4)gummy
(5)mullaway

[sliderman]

As for my 2 bobs worth,number 1 would have to be gummy shark, great fish no bones to worry about. 2 is flat head in batter no problem with bones on our Victorian flatties. 3 would be king fish. cheers sliderman

[Junglefisher]

1) Spanish Mackeral
2) Spanish Mackeral
3) Narrow barred Mackeral

[Pestman]

My favourite in 1st place is Red Throat Emperor

In second place is Red Emperor

In third place is Coral Trout