Yellow Tail Kingfish
Submitted by Squid Jiggler on Mon, 2013-04-15 19:43
Went off Mandurah over the easter long weekend and came across a school of yellow tail kingies. Kept 2 yellow tails and also landed a 47cm king george whiting. My first time catching a yellow tail kingie and it was amazing. Best sashimi eva!
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scano
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Good work!!
Yeah great fun to catch and not too bad on the chew either. I caught some crackers with a mate on a trip last year out from Brisbane.
definately an exciting fish to catch. They strike reasonably hard and put in plenty of powerful runs throughout the fight.
Squid Jiggler
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Date Joined: 11/04/13
yeah it was fun to catch and
yeah it was fun to catch and it did fight pretty hard. Needed a bit of help with the first one cos i freaked out a bit but landed the second by myself and loved it.
beau
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Did you cook any up? I caught
Did you cook any up? I caught one a couple weeks ago just under 70cms, honestly the worst fish I have ever "tried" to eat. It was so mushy and bitter, you couldn't even take a piece of fillet off the bbq plate without it falling apart everywhere.
It was pretty much exactly what I'd expect a sambo to be like, maybe it was carrying parasites I'm not sure...
They bloody fight hard tho!
Squid Jiggler
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Yeah we cooked some steaks
Yeah we cooked some steaks but I really didn't like them either. I only liked it raw. I have heard that about parasites too....did you bleed your fish cos I think that helps. Yeah the ones I caught were only 62cm but they can really fight hey!
till
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Mushy means it had the
Mushy means it had the parasite.
I like them raw or with a good sear on the outside.
beau
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Spewing, was really looking
Spewing, was really looking forward to eating it too. It was like fish porridge, horrendous stuff.