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bhamoggy
28-11-2006, 16:53
very common to catch around shoreham area but i've just chucked em back.
are they ok to eat though ???

Stufish
28-11-2006, 17:06
Gurnard are one of the best eating fish in the sea.
Wrap in buttered foil and cook in the oven on 150oC-ish for about 20 minutes.

Stu

bhamoggy
28-11-2006, 17:41
Gurnard are one of the best eating fish in the sea.
Wrap in buttered foil and cook in the oven on 150oC-ish for about 20 minutes.

Stu

really :unsure:

damn, better stop chucking them back.

MikeR
28-11-2006, 20:52
Lovely meaty fillets. The French love them, but they only seem good enough for pot bait over here. Can't understand it.

caster
29-11-2006, 00:36
gurnard are a lovely eating fish, i cook them in a boat of foil with garlic and butter and a sprig of fenugreek, bake in the oven, lovely

Kevinliverpool
29-11-2006, 03:26
Gurnard = chicken in the sea.

taste very good but mind you that species got quite a lot of worm at the belly, cut that part away! :yucky:

archiewil
30-11-2006, 13:30
very common to catch around shoreham area but i've just chucked em back.
are they ok to eat though ???
agree with previous postings... deeeelish simply pan fried fillets (dusted in flour) in butter with lemon wedges!!!:)

woodsy
30-11-2006, 14:28
look forward to catching gurnard at saundersfoot in the summer, straight on the barbie, great fish for eating, warning, treat the gurnard the same as red mullet, that is, dont overcook it.

Jamie Donnelly
30-11-2006, 23:40
very common to catch around shoreham area but i've just chucked em back.
are they ok to eat though ???

are they very common!!! i really wanted to catch one this year!!! :( not to be.

what is the best bait to catch these bad boys??

Jamie

TaffTheBass
01-12-2006, 00:00
are they very common!!! i really wanted to catch one this year!!! :( not to be.

what is the best bait to catch these bad boys??

Jamie

I caught a few gurnard on mitralite spinners off west arm Brighton marina earlier this year. :)

sallysludgebucket
02-12-2006, 17:03
are they very common!!! i really wanted to catch one this year!!! :( not to be.

what is the best bait to catch these bad boys??

Jamie

Shhhhhhhhhhh JD, CHesil !!!

bhamoggy
03-12-2006, 12:42
are they very common!!! i really wanted to catch one this year!!! :( not to be.

what is the best bait to catch these bad boys??

Jamie

you can get them off the southwick arm, just along from carats cafe.
i've caught them using lug and king rag.

funnily enough, i've not caught them opposite off shoreham arm, just southwick.

skipperboy
03-12-2006, 18:37
only eat them when they are quite big. the small once are full of small fishbones and not pleasant to eat. big ones are delicious!!! one of the better rated fish on the continent

jan

kissmybass
07-01-2007, 03:22
Flliet the fish. Then fry fillets in hot olive oil, chopped garlic and oregano or just some mixed herbs.
When half cooked, Add a splash or two of white wine and then some tomato sauce. ( ready made pasta stuff from supermarkets )
Add salt and black pepper to taste.

Serve with rice or pasta.:)

knightynose
02-02-2007, 20:04
caught loads two years ago in tenby on feathers dragging the wieght along the seabed

Bonjour
02-02-2007, 20:12
Gurnard are VERY tasty. i like them just gutted and chucked whole on the barbie.

Why Worry Angling Charters
02-02-2007, 20:36
Skin them exactly as you would a dogfish and they taste absolutely superb (Cook them first though!)...Little oil and butter in the pan!!

Ron

shaggy
02-02-2007, 21:27
mmmmmmmmmmmm i taste it now.shaggy

geffaz
06-02-2007, 03:25
had plenty on the dexter wedge, on the east arm of brighton marina just bouncing it along the sandy patches!

Mike.Q
07-02-2007, 13:55
only eat them when they are quite big. the small once are full of small fishbones and not pleasant to eat. big ones are delicious!!! one of the better rated fish on the continent

jan

If the small ones are full of small fishbones,then what are the big ones full of.
Answers on a postcard please.And only one answer per member.

geffaz
07-02-2007, 22:00
dont think i could bring my self to bash a gurnard!

Bluefin
08-02-2007, 12:50
When you take the fillets of there tends not to be much meat left. Must try cooking them whole. The heads make a great stock so don't chop em off

Devon_fisher
08-02-2007, 17:37
dont think i could bring my self to bash a gurnard!

lol good luck there skulls are so bludy thick its unbelievable.

JeremyFisher
08-02-2007, 21:08
If the small ones are full of small fishbones,then what are the big ones full of.
Answers on a postcard please.And only one answer per member.

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Big Bones jones the fish
14-02-2008, 14:38
Excellent fish to eat!

Always a fight over them when we go to Alderney.

Fillet them. Butter the foil and place skin down. Little butter,salt&Pep.:notworthy
Sometimes make up a light sauce with mustard onion garlic squeeze of fresh lemon. not too much! wrap up and place on barbie. Wait for smoke and serve. flesh peels off skin which will stick to foil!:clap3:

crazyplums
20-02-2008, 13:21
When you take the fillets of there tends not to be much meat left. Must try cooking them whole. The heads make a great stock so don't chop em off

plenty of meat aint there?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v49KsXPzouc

Nos4r2
20-02-2008, 13:31
I cooked one-head/tail off, gutted and fried. It was bland and tasteless. Won't bother again.

AndyS
20-02-2008, 17:57
When you take the fillets of there tends not to be much meat left. Must try cooking them whole. The heads make a great stock so don't chop em off

Great in a fish stew and as Bluefin has stated, the heads make great stock for the stew itself.

Regards

Andy

iseaall
20-02-2008, 22:33
Fillet them rub a bit of chilly powder and slap on the bar-b-q

grilled with a sprinkle of rock salt

and dont worry about the worms smaller fish seem to have less in them

SmellyFerret
24-02-2008, 01:50
I always find it hard to keep these as they talk/bark at you!

But yes - tasty fish!