Black drummer in wa taste GOOOD!
Hi all, so I went to Margaret river for a holiday and decided to do some fishing. After maping some fishing spots I went off to fish. I ended up getting 2 black drummers (western rock blackfish) which is a first for me, a tarwhine and 2 herring. I kept the black drummer as I wanted a big feed:) and was curious about how they tasted. I have herd mixed opinions about these fish usually either people like them or there just "ok". Well upon gutting them I noticed there was no bad smell, at all? Fish like tarwhine and skippy have a VERY bad smell when gutting so I expected this drummer to as well, but I was surprised! Then after filleting I noticed they had very nice white translucent flesh, again no bad smells. The fish were bled and gilled on capture. Anyway after cooking just in a pan with oil and some onion I was very surprised! No fishy taste, nice sweet white flaky meat and far out shined the herring and tarwhine I ate with it! Infact, I catch a lot of king George whiting and I'd go as far as saying the drummer tastes THE SAME!!! Both in texture and taste, there nearly identical! And u don't get that sorta grose feeling after eating to much fish either(I get this some times:(. So with them being great to eat, and one of the hardest fighters out there, why does no one go for them here? Easterners go crazy for them, and we seem to not even know they exist! Any way I thought I'd share my findings and I'm very keen to get some more in the future! Cheers.
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timmy k (not verified)
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Wouldn't mind trying some
And I've never had a gross feeling from eating too much fish and I've pretty much eaten a whole baldie to myself
Dale
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I wouldn't go so far as to say they're like a Kg, but they aren't all that bad on the plate.
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458italia
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True
True well I eat a lot of kg and honestly there not the best, there good but flathead and yellow fin whiting are a lot better imo, so I do think there the same. Even pink snapper is over rated I rekon caught a few of them off the rocks and jettys a few years back and they were good but nothing great. I mean les desired fish like tarwhine or skippy i sorta get sick of eating in? it's hard to explain but I can't eat heaps of them. Baldchin are a top fish though so that's probs why u didn't get it or ts probs just me idk:(
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woody
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That's really good to know
That's really good to know because where I fish I catch friggen heaps of these and never kept one yet! I will next time...