jumbos
Submitted by piscetor on Tue, 2024-01-09 10:39
I moved my pots out 3 mile behind the five fathom after a dismal whits season Got some good jumbo's. A bit tough on the chew but still nice dusted the tails .flour salt pepper and shalow fried after slicing the tail in half the rest into the pickling jar. The biggest one i got was 142 mm i should have weighed it but it was to late when i thought about it. Still a jumbo jumbo, and its not that far behind the five fathom. No fish though dead as a corpse three days old.
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Filletmaster
sunshine
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Ideal size for popcorn cray
A mate makes it so sorry I don't have a recipe but bloody delicious and as small pieces far less chewy
sea-kem
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I do my shark the same
I do my shark the same Gordon, bite size pieces dusted in flour, salt, pepper and a little chinese 5 spice. Shallow fry mmmmmm sour cream and sweet chilli sauce with ginger.
Love the West!
piscetor
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I.ll have to give it a try
I'll try and hunt down a recipe on google. pop corn cray sound good.
Filletmaster
Bodgy 79
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Crumbs
We do it to jumbos and fighters in the south
shell green,slice across tail into cutlets and dice into what size you like
egg and some herbed up Panko and shallow fry
Brock O
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Good to hear. I always pull
Good to hear.
I always pull the meat on the larger models, chop it and make Cray pop corn...quick shallow fry with garlic and a few spices.
still trying
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What depth are you working
What depth are you working have just started to get afew in 20-27m been moving pots everywhere in-out have 1 pot out deeper now will get more now went out sunday got 2 2kg crays in 1 pot on a new spot so maybe time to hit spots from last year.
rather be fishing
Reefsta
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My current depths
Hi
Saw you question about depths and thought my info might be of use. After the quick whites run I moved my 2 pots more onto bits of reef, inside and on FFB in depths of 12-15m. Steady but modest number of reds after week long soaks, best being 6 keepers in one pot, including bigger ones in the 1.5-2kg range. Similar story when I dropped in 12m near Stragglers.