Yummy Gummy!
Submitted by Spence on Tue, 2011-05-24 00:58
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Went down to my local mulla haunt for a cast tonight, as being the only night this week I was free.
Not much action, really nice calming night. After a couple of hours managed to get a hit, and feeling headshakes thought it might be a small mulla.
I was surprised to see this hit the beach. 1.25m and 7kg
Bonus I reckon! I rank them over most fish on the plate.
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deepwater
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nice fish mate ,i rank them
nice fish mate ,i rank them up there as well
jeff
Seaquest
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Yep rank them up there as
Yep rank them up there as well. As good as any demersal.
grantarctic1
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Good size
that's a good size Spence, yes they are very good on the tooth, yum.
Spence
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Had em bigger.
i've had one over 10kg from beach and about 1.5m. never measured, got a photo at my olds somewhere.
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TonyT
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good effort there spence,
good effort there spence, would love to catch myself 1 of them....
Jakeu420
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Awsome wat bait u get him on,
Awsome wat bait u get him on, i got big one 2 weeks ago the foto is in 1 of my post not very good qaulity tho
Spence
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Squid
Squid
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mohawk
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yummy gummy
what the best way to prepare and cook the shark
GlennO87
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Well ive never caught one,
Well ive never caught one, but i know as for food prep......beer batter, equal amounts of plain flour and beer.....or the old egg wash and bread crumbs.......There is a guy on here who has a fish and chip shop he would be the fela to ask!
I love fishing. It`s escaping reality for a few hours for me!
NightWolf
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best batter is a little self
best batter is a little self raising flour a little corn flour and some beer use to use it at me fish and chip shop people loved it none of this pre bough mix stuff
Ringy35
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We used to catch heaps of
We used to catch heaps of gummies back over east around Warrnambool and Portland i rate them as one of the best eating fish goin around, i love em!! most of the time we'd just knock the fillets off, skin it and cut them up into meal size portions and share em around. I always get a bowl of plain flour and add a bit of salt and pepper or what ever spices ya into and cover the fillet in the flour, then have a bowl of egg mixed up with lemon juice, cover the flilet in the egg mix and straight into a screaming hot pan with about 5mm of olive oil... My mouth is watering now!! haha
You can also cut them up into sharks steaks. gut the fish into the ocean (good burley too) and get it straight onto ice, once ya get home let the fish set hard and cut it into inch thick steaks with a CLEAN wood saw. Cut straight through the back bone and once you fry them up you can just pop the bone out and get into it.
Enjoy ya feed!
GlennO87
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Ringy damn you im hungry
Ringy damn you im hungry now.....
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mejutty
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I must have done something
I must have done something wrong with mine. Pulled up to side of boat whatcked with small wooden bat, got in boat cut neck waitied 5 mins to bleed out then gutted and put into ice. Came home filleted and skinned cooked in some alfoil on the BBQ unwrapped the foil smelt like cats piss bit off putting. Froze the rest of the fillets havn't taken any out for a while.
Spence
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Sharks
I cut the back of the neck, there's two main arteries that run either side of the backbone. Then I cut all the fins off and sometimes the tail (depending on how heavy it is, as it helps to hold). Then hold it up by tail vertical for a while and let gravity work its magic. If there's salt water use it as it will stop the blood from clotting. I generally don't kill the shark until its bled out enough. But i guess its how humane you are as the heart helps the flow IMO. Then as soon as i feel its done enough, I cut the head off and any remaining fins, gut n gill it immediately.
This one, had almost no ammonia smell and no blood on the flesh. Pretty sure its gonna be top notch, yet to try it. Most of the ammonia smell i reckon comes from the guts n gills. If you leave it too long...then it spoils the fish. Even as little as 10 mins can make it smell bad i've noticed. If you left the head on and only gutted it then that was your problem. or Did the fillets seem a bit bloody?
Gotta be on the ball with sharks n know what your doing otherwise its a waste. I question why people kill sharks if they don't know how to prepare them (ego perhaps?), then they say they taste terrible. If you don't know, release please! (or give em to me if im fishing with ya haha) Gummy I rank in my top few fish, i'd even go to lengths to say it was better than dhu (i'm gonna get smashed for that comment haha), its not like other sharks.
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Faulkner Family
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i dont think you will get
i dont think you will get shot for your comment about shark over dhuie. i will go shark over dhuie any day.
just a point of interest that hasnt been mentioned yet, shark will taste better after being frozen and thawed for some reason, im not saying you dont eat it fresh as i have eaten it fresh and frozen.
As far as prep after catch, gut asap and remove the brown line that runs along the spine, removing the head i have found doesnt make any diff but each to their own.
BTW , nice lb shark , gunna taste great
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Spence
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Dumb Q
What is this brown line? Sounds interesting.....not seen one, as maybe i've not looked for it before.
do you mean the blood along the backbone? As thats cleaned when gutted.
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Faulkner Family
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yeah , thats what i mean but
yeah , thats what i mean but you got to realy scrub it out with a brush or higher pressure from a hose
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scottnofish
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dont eat the belly flap
thats were the ammonia build up is at its worst the shoulder and tail meat should be fine also chop off the head tail and fins as soon as u catch it
JohnF
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Gummy as good as it
Gummy as good as it gets.
Faulkner family....any chance of your favourite batter recipe.......your the expert!
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Batty
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Gummy teeth ?
May seem a daft question but do gummy sharks have teeth ? i have caught three sharks now that look very simaliar to this and didnt realise they were gummies,
Lifes a game but fishing is serious !!!
Spence
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Teeth
Gummies have no teeth, hence the name gummy.
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Batty
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Gummy teeth ?
May seem a daft question but do gummy sharks have teeth ? i have caught three sharks now that look very simaliar to this and didnt realise they were gummies,
Lifes a game but fishing is serious !!!
Batty
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Teeth
They definatley not gummies then, lots of teeth !!!
Lifes a game but fishing is serious !!!
grantarctic1
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Mabe school sharks
Some school sharks can look like gummy's. The way i check, is stick a pair of pliers in its mouth for teeth. ( not your finger lol )
No teeth meens it's a gummy. There are so many types of shark's it can be hard to identify all of them.
I'm no expert tho, someone else might know more about simular looking sharks.
Mick_000_
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Bait techniques
whats the best bait for catching them on ? what do u guys seem works best ?
Mick
Mitchell Thomas18
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Nice fish, i got 15kg the
Nice fish, i got 15kg the size of me around 1.75m at preston beach bout 4 months ago