Are Western Butterfish becoming a "pest" or are there just too many off them around
Submitted by dragrush on Fri, 2015-03-13 20:41
Just looking for some comments from fellow boat owners---- Over the past 6 months we seem to be catching more and more butterfish when fishing out of Manurah and Dawsville --- easy to catch but they become a nusuiance when targetting whiting . We have been throwing them back and although I have eaten them in the past , i cannot recall how they were cooked . Does anyone have some good recipes for these fish and do others have the problem with them.
Dragrush
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butterfish = bait
butterfish = bait
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I went out the other day for
I went out the other day for a feed of whinging out of warnbro sound and have never seen so many around! Usually get 1 butter fish to 10-15 whiting on our particular spot... We moved 7 times to get 30 whiting... I've never thought about eating them or for bait, certainty plenty around!
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I get a good feed of
I get a good feed of whinging just sitting with the missus.... :) butterfish are great fresh or live bait.
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Haha yes I do agree I could
Haha yes I do agree I could have stayed home for that myself :) bloody auto correct... I have no idea where my phone got whinging from whiting!
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Too many Western Butterfish
Thanks for the comment ---- I may sound like I was whingeing a bit back there but it was very frustrating to keep moving around the Dawsville cut area last Thursday over an area of about 10km by 3 km and we caught them every where from 8 metres to 26 metres depths and they are great sport on light gear because they hit like a big snapper and put up a good fight. They don't have spines or teeth and are easy to take off the hook except when they just swallow the lot --- They love oxheart and prawns so why dont I just get my quota with them.- it just seems to me that they are very prolific now especially down mandurah way and I suppose thats a good thing--- I would like to take them for eating but dont know what the best way to cook them ---maybe just scale and or fillet them like herring and make fish patties???.
cheers
dragrush
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Misspelt
I dont think the whingeing comment was directed at you. Just the misspelt whiting on comment above. Lol
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They're ok lightly dusted in
They're ok lightly dusted in seasoned flour and deep fried whole (gutted), but then again most things are!
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butterfish = pest. Okish
butterfish = pest. Okish bait but imo much better with squid or prawn. if you are catching butterfish the only option is to keep moving and fishing sand/broken weed sand. If you are still having problems with them try drifting the sand flats
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Used to eat them as a kid when we were over on Garden Island.
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Cutting one open and seeing
Cutting one open and seeing the "butter" in their stomach has put me off eating them... Not bad bait tho
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live bait, last a fair while.
live bait, last a fair while.
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yes they are
yes the they are pesky barstards , but my wife (a thai girl) preffers them to sand wihting and scoffes them down along with wrass maybe we are a bit spoilt
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Anyone have a photo of one?
Anyone have a photo of one?
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ah ok - yeah I see a few of
ah ok - yeah I see a few of them out and about
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