Flangies new finger puppet - Mewstone to Garden Island report

Took James out for a run in the dinghy to Mewstone today to have a crack at some tailor in the wash.  Wasn't any tailor action, but James was giving the herring a hiding and I even managed to catch one on soft plastic, a first. 

We had some fun here and anchored up a bit later with some burley James got more herring and I got a nice 40cm skippy + some shit fish.

With a few herring and a skippy in the esky we went to carnac for a squid.  The action was not hot, but we had 5 good ones in two drifts before heading to the weed beds off Petrov Bay on Garden Island.  Again a slow start but there were some hot patches with multiple hookups in quick succession.  James boated one of the biggest squid I have ever seen, what a beauty.  We knew it was good, because it was taking drag, which when tightened James looked over at me and goes 'Shit, I cant lift it'.

I thought we had bagged out on squid when we headed back to the ramp but only had 27 in the final count, which I put down to them being slippery and inky.

So, 27 squid, 11 Herring and one Skippy and back to the ramp by 3ish.

Dinner is a work in progress:D

My take of the squid = 1.6kg tubes after cleaning.

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Yum

Mon, 2011-05-02 21:07

Those tubes look sweet, nice report. How do you cook the squid ?

I usualy cut it up and fry in the wok with garlic and chili.

Cheers Grant.

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Tonight was crumbed rings

Mon, 2011-05-02 22:36

Just salt, pepper and flour.  Egg wash, breadcrumbs with herbs and shallow fry in batches.

Tartare sauce, finely diced gherkins, lemon rind, dash of lemon juice in mayonnaise.

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Looks good

Tue, 2011-05-03 16:04

Looks good mate , going to try that myself next time, lots around at the moment.

Dunno about the VB , might replace that with XS Cougar. lol

Cheers Grant..

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Nice, the squid are really

Mon, 2011-05-02 21:12

Nice, the squid are really hotting up!

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nice catch, there are some

Mon, 2011-05-02 21:20

nice catch, there are some big squid coming out of the sound at the moment. can't beat a bit of fresh salt and pepper squid

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So much for tafe Frenchy...

Mon, 2011-05-02 22:06

So much for tafe Frenchy...

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Cheers,

Sam

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Cant trust these french

Tue, 2011-05-03 09:43

Cant trust these french blokes Samuel, no offence Jamie.

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If this name sticks I'm going

Tue, 2011-05-03 22:29

If this name sticks I'm going kill myself.
And Sam I quit tafe to professional egi.

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well done fellas. Great meal

Tue, 2011-05-03 10:26

well done fellas. Great meal there except for the VB

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Looks like a good feed gents!

Tue, 2011-05-03 12:23

But it seems that young James couldn't produce a tailor at Mewstones despite my many lessons out there? Very disappointed.......LOL

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You are the stones Jedi. I

Tue, 2011-05-03 22:26

You are the stones Jedi. I got a good one last time. I need your Jedi skills.

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Agree with daz re the

Tue, 2011-05-03 13:09

Agree with daz re the beverage

the black and gold doctor pepper of beers

top looking feed tho

 

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Shecky - You can't talk.

Tue, 2011-05-03 13:49

Shecky - You can't talk. Frenchie knows how to catch squid AND keep them refrigerated.

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nice one boys

Tue, 2011-05-03 22:36

nice one boys

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well done briangotta love the

Tue, 2011-05-03 18:34

well done brian

gotta love the squid mate,,,not to keen on the vb but?

would look alot better with a can of jimmy...ha ha ha

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Nice looking feed there. 

Wed, 2011-05-04 05:21

Nice looking feed there.  Well done guys.

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can or king brown of Export

Wed, 2011-05-04 15:59

can or king brown of Export would of topped that of nicely instead of the poor man's export, VB.

Great report