Trumpeter
Submitted by Justo82 on Sat, 2011-12-24 17:44
AnyOne here eaten trumpeter before? It's never crossed my mind until today.
Was watching a fishing show on fox today and they were saying how great eating they are. Better than a silver morwong (haven't tried that either). Having said this the trumpeter was at least 50cm long and had shoulders like a Chinese swimmer. They were caught in tassie. Looked just like ours only massive.
So, who here's eaten trumpeter, and what did you think?
MattMiller
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Hmm...
you do know they're 2 completly different species of fish?
gibbs
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Never eaten them but i was
Never eaten them but i was catching some huge trumpeter at GI the other day. Always heard they are full of bones and taste like the postmans jocks. Apparently they are really good for people low on iron.
What i want to know is how they go as bait?
Rig
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Bait
I have used them as bait, haven't caught much on them though
fishing fanatic
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yeah tassie trumpeter are like
yeah tassie trumpeter are like a 4 star eating fish. ours, not so much :P. bait wise live ones work for mulloway as they make the same noise as mulloway, and dead baits work well for squid and rays
UncutTriggerInWA
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Good for old people
Heaps of iodine in them. Personally though (although I am old) I would never bother keeping one. They are great fun to catch because they do fight a bit in surf. If they are around I generally expect some Mulloway action.
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thesupervisor
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the tasie ones are really
the tasie ones are really nice ate some years ago
think the name of the east coast ones is bastard trumperter according to a book i have
yeah here it is
http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/Bastard-Trumpeter-Latridopsis-forsteri
getting the bottom line final answer from a bunch of blokes that use false names and put smiley faces at the end of paragraphs is not the best place in the world to get the information you seek.
Daniel Y
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The trumpeter we get here
The trumpeter we get here (six lined trumpeter and sea trumpeter) are crap to eat and crap for bait compared to proabably 90% of other commonly caught fish. That being said, they are edible and some people do eat them, i have no idea why though when you can catch other far nicer fish just as easily.
dannyboss
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have to disagree mate
have to disagree mate sometimes we go fishing and every cast trumpeter or grunter. ive started to realize when loads of blowies around loads of them around
andyh
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dead trumpeter are a gun
dead trumpeter are a gun bait for sambos on the busso jetty
gotta jump on it a few times so the guts blow out, and the blowies leave them alone as well
zen
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Trumpeter
Caught my Biggest Mulloway in the River on a Live one..
dagree
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Trumpeter for Bait....
They make good crab bait... Thick skin helps to prevent the frigging blowies getting to them.
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ShotRat
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Not a table fish
After seeing them for sale at a fish monger, I tried smoking some that my kids and I caught. They weren't bad, but they were only just a pass mark. I won't be going back for seconds.
ShotRat
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perth fisher
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i know some chinese that
i know some chinese that catch trumpeter and grill them, they reckon they taste like sardines and even collect the oil that comes out and add it to rice for taste.....
not to my liking though.....
Thomo 85
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Mandurah
Spoke to a bloke in Mandurah years ago that said he got into them recons they were a decent feed! The Tassie Trump is what I've heard of being a nice eating fish, In a couple of fishing encyclopedias I have it say's they can be caught down around Albany/Esperance out deep,??
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mbusby
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bait
caught a few over weekend used one as a live bait (well for about an hour till it died) only thing that touched it was crabs
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