coalie! yum!

[skipperboy]

everybody told me coalies where uneatable. last trip with the mv KAREN in scrabster I was stuborn and took a few filets home. decided on asian fishcookies. DELICIOUS!!!!

500g of fishfilet puree
3 spoons of spicy red curry paste
salt pepper garlic onion
some flour

and fry in oil

to be repeated!!!!

jan

[freddy]

I thought Coalfish is the same as Saithe which is sold in fish and chip shops so it must be ok to eat??

[lucky]

I've used coalfish in fish curry which is fine.

[bertie]

Freddy - let me know where that chip shop is. Want to make sure I never go there. Coallies are for catching when there is nothing else about. Big ones fight well but - none of them taste good. My advice - PUT THEM BACK

[codsadream]

Freddy - let me know where that chip shop is. Want to make sure I never go there. Coallies are for catching when there is nothing else about. Big ones fight well but - none of them taste good. My advice - PUT THEM BACK


local fish shop in my city sells coallies and its very popular can`t be bad if it sells

[TomBettle]

Coalies are Saithe and have a slightly tastier meat than Pollack.

It is delicious cooked in anyway you would Pollack, my favourite being lightly hot smoked and then put in kedgeree. Absolutely lovely.

Not as good as Cod or Haddock, but a bloody good second best.

[Bonjour]

Coalies are Saithe and have a slightly tastier meat than Pollack.

It is delicious cooked in anyway you would Pollack, my favourite being lightly hot smoked and then put in kedgeree. Absolutely lovely.

Not as good as Cod or Haddock, but a bloody good second best.

Agreed, Coalfish is tastier than pollack but not as good as cod. Long time since we had any catches of them here though.

[TomBettle]

Had a small one (5 or 6lb just north of the Hurds Deeps last year.

The very next week we had another identical one off the same wreck.
The only two I have ever seen caught

We weren't fishing off Alderney, but far closer to it than we were Weymouth.

Which island are you on Bonjour?

[Bonjour]

I'm in Alderney. Last time we had catches of coalfish from the shore was about fifteen years ago when we had a coldish winter and water temps were pretty low. Coincidentally we had a run of dabs and pin whiting that year too, neither of which are usually caught here. Almost all the coalies were in the 2-3lb bracket.

[TomBettle]

Bonjour Guest House?

[Bonjour]

Bonjour Guest House?

That's right.

[TomBettle]

I've been lucky enough to have stayed with you at some point in the past.
Some of you island guest house guys are absolutely first rate for us visiting fishermen.

Thanks for previous hospitality and hope to bump into you over there sometime soon.

Back to the point of the thread, Coalie, yes excellent.

[Bonjour]

Thanks for your kind comments Tom.:)

[lobsterkid]

:) When we were over in Norway fishing the Germans filled entire chest freezers with coalie fillet. They absolutely love the stuff. Have only ever eaten them in fish cakes which is nice by the way.:)

[Tony Banks]

All you Coalie fans, one thing for sure, whatever happens in this world you won't go hungry.
I don't like them at all, although I must try some of these spiced diguising recipes.
Rgds TB.

[TomBettle]

I have caught one in my life Tony.
The next week another guy had one over the same wreck.
The only two I have ever seen.

[Tony Banks]

We don't have many big ones like they get of the wrecks, but I have seen the sea boil with the smaller stuff up here in late summer, the pollack are quite plentyful to.
Our local name for them are Cudines, some people like them, but in general not very popular except with the Velvet Crab fishermen.
Rgds TB


I have caught one in my life Tony.
The next week another guy had one over the same wreck.
The only two I have ever seen.