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Tavascarow
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sean Downsizer Moderator
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Northern Boy
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Moniar
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Northern Boy wrote: |
I was asking because I want(ed) to target them myself, but generally only target stuff I want to eat. If I get something tasty and a good scrap then that's the perfect combo. It seems conger is about the biggest fight you can target recreationally and still eat, at least in UK waters. Maybe I'll stick to smoothound. |
I have eaten conger as a child, after catching one off Holyhead breakwater - the middle section is supposed to be the best. I have eaten it after cutting into steaks and baking in oven in butter and bit of milk. It is supposed to be really good in currys as its firm bit like monkfish and huss. Like Huss its an acquired taste, but if I caught one over about 8lb I would probably bring it home as it would be worth the effort involved in prep work.
I am not aware of it being on any non ethical list - like pollack its found over reefs and deep water wrecks so net catches should be very low. Most angling skippers I know will insist on punters putting any decent size one back but will usually be ok about killing and taking an average size one for the pot.
I know a few kayak anglers in the uk that fish for them at night on the south coast as they ut up a decent fight, but I would rather target mackeral bream and pollack/coalies for eating, as I do not fancy trying unhook a big conger by torchlight on my kayak at night They are bad enough to deal with when caught off the shore!
Presume you dont eat smoothhound Northern Boy? Great fighting fish and one I fancy targetting down here in west Wales this summer, just for the scrap they give for their size. I was fishing off the kayak off an Anglesey mark three years ago when an adjacent charter boat had a client hook inot and boat a new Welsh record for smooth hound - 25lb 6oz monster, which I watched being caught , netted weighed and then released whilst speaking to the skipper alongside - the ones down here in west Wales tend to be smaller so will be giving them a go soon if I can find some local crab. |
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