Another good day fishing at Swallow Rock

The Stripped Seapike caused some concern as I pulled it up onto my kayak. It can bite and has the most convincing set of teeth. My net was missing however found something to hold it down, those teeth are quite scary. A good flathead again and this one eaten fresh that night.

The flathead was skinned and filleted but left the pike entire.  The fillets were fried in butter using a simple Rick Stein recipe of sage, garlic and butter.

The killing process is still a bit ugly as I'm just working out how to hit the brain, it's also bloody.  The pike was an unusual catch and not valued for eating but I found it to be very sweet and fine textured. That light texture makes cooking more difficult as the flesh breaks apart easily.

Verge veggie box

Tomatoes are now ripening and producing really well this year. Chilli is very thin and capsicum slow. The tomatoes are taking most of the light but once they finish will do a lot better as I can keep them going for a few months longer. Looking forward to replanting in the next few months for winter.

Another rat

Finished with his cruel play he asked his Mum to take it away. A two day quest is over.

Woronra River, Bonnet Bay

What a day, one enormous 70 cm flathead by Brett and two good fish from myself. The bream doesn't get any bigger at just under a kilogram and flathead at 37cm.

We fished on a outgoing tide, this area has lots of sandbanks and underwater obstacles which traps the larger fish. Six hours of fishing, by the time we left at 6 pm it was all just starting again.

All fish caught on prawns and Brett caught his fish on a Squiggy.