mussels off concrete?
Submitted by sala on Sun, 2013-02-10 10:13
Hi every one,
I went crabbing yesterday and got a nice feed at Garden Island although a lot were only just size. When we were finished we decided to get some mussels off the timber pylons.
My mate reckons you can't eat them off concrete pylons. Can any one tell me why as I have looked online and can't find any evidence to back this up. Is this just another urban myth?
Mr x
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you cant eat them of metal
you cant eat them of metal pylons because they get shit in them and are no good to eat concrete is ok as far as i know
till
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Its metal pylons you
Its metal pylons you shouldn't eat them off.
snappermiles
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ive eaten them off metal pylons
since i was a kid we go out and scrap them from the pylons in cockburn sound metal concrete wood whatever and ive never had a problem! but saying that it is steel your not meant to eat from!
ALL FISHERMEN ARE LIARS EXCEPT YOU AND ME! AND IM NOT SO SURE ABOUT YOU!
till
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LOL, watch out!I guess you
LOL, watch out!
I guess you have already heard this expression; if you can't be a good example, at least be a cautionary tale!
There would be something about it on the fisheries site, I have read it more than once or twice.
snappermiles
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yes till
this is why i put they say you cant eat them off steel pylons! we were eating them off steel pylons for years before we heard of these warnings!
ALL FISHERMEN ARE LIARS EXCEPT YOU AND ME! AND IM NOT SO SURE ABOUT YOU!
perth fisher
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i see a lot of mussels
i see a lot of mussels growing on the concrete river walls on the swan river, but every couple of months they all disappear, or at least the big ones do....
people scratching them off to eat, or use them as bait ?
Wes F
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Never had a problem
Wood, concrete, steel pylons even collected them off the ground in Wilsons inlet near Denmark. The ones you need to watch out for are the ones that get exposed during a low tide and hot day. Always get mine from well below low tide level.
Old fishermen never die they just smell that way.