The irony of Species hunts (or not)

[Vagabond]

Had a day out with Greg on Southern Star on Sat 10th. "Just a few bream" was the target - and we expected some Ballans also.

Over to Christchurch Ledge, where we went species hunting last year and where we had fished our socks off with a variety of methods and rigs to muster just four species (bream, ballan, poor cod and bass)

This year we were targetting bream all the time with special bream rigs - not really trying to catch different species - and finished up with NINE species (Black bream, Ballan wrasse, Goldsinny wrasse, pout, poor cod, mackerel, garfish (stacks of gars - if you didn't hook a bream and retrieved your bait you got a gar on the way up), a tompot blenny and the usual selection of doggies.

Its a funny old game, but at least Certhia topped her personal best Black Bream at 3 lb 2 oz.

We had enough bream to make Black Bream Ceviche on the boat (Gareth had brought a quantity of lemons,limes,onions, chillies and other spices)so all five stuffed ourselves with that, and there was still enough for lunch today. As a change, for dinner tonight, we have had grilled bream fillets!

For those of you who would like to try ceviche

http://www.angelfire.com/tx/CZAngels...heRecipes.html

Any or all of those recipes are truly delicious

[Norfolkboy]

Good going guys. Always seems to be the way. I'm sure if Greenheart ever drops out of the species hunt, he may well catch a Ruffe......

[silverfish]

Well done,Sounds like a great day out fishing.All the best marty.

[tonybolton]

that's a fair haul of points and a rather nice looking recipe, a good day i'd say.

[pingu]

nice one vagabond

sounds a nice day out

dave

[ctwhitelaw]

well done
souned like a good day

[monkey nuts]

nice one vagabond and his better half, sounds a fun day out