Fishing For Food

[FERRETBOY 680]

Anyone fish rivers or ponds for food. I wouldnt mind trying a river fish or two. I have had trout before but not any others. Seen it done on tv for pike, wouldnt mind documenting it myself.

[Guest long-tail]

had pike myself years ago,baked in the oven after being wrapped in tin foil with butter,lemon juice garlic touch of parsley,the smell when you break the foil open was amazing,then feck it straight in the bin,its bony as hell and still tastes like shite

 

im guessing most river or lake fish will be the same,not only that dont really think its classed as the done thing removing fresh water fish from rivers canals etc,other than the game fish trout,salmon obviously

Edited July 10, 2013 by long-tail

[neil cooney 10,416]

It's not exactly river fishing but IMO there's nothing tastier than a mackeral on the pan shortly after you've caught him, trout would come a close second.

[AirgunGuy 362]

Fresh wild salmon. Filleted and cooked within an hour of capture...nothing comes close

[nothernlite 18,076]

mines would be seatrout fresh on the campfire with a bit of lemon

[jonah. 775]

Zander eat well if you can find em.

eels skinned and rolled in flour then fried slow in butter, not sure about the rules on taking these out right now, stocks are low and i think there may be a ban on them being removed for consumption.

most of eastern europe eat carp at xmas, tastes quite earthy apparently

grayling are lovely cooked on the bbq.

Edited July 10, 2013 by jonah.

[Lannyman8 3]

taking or moving fresh water fish is illegal, apart from game fish which must be in season and you must have permission from the land owner and any relevant permits of course.....

 

allot of European folk do it as it is allowed in other countries, some uk areas have been decimated, along with geese and swans to name but a few....:(:(

[jonah. 775]

taking or moving fresh water fish is illegal, apart from game fish which must be in season and you must have permission from the land owner and any relevant permits of course.....

 

allot of European folk do it as it is allowed in other countries, some uk areas have been decimated, along with geese and swans to name but a few.... :( :(

agreed on that , but i think you'll find that removing coarse fish itself for personal consumption relies on permission and local by-laws, there are no hard and fast laws that say its illegal.

[Lannyman8 3]

hey all, just found this...

 

http://www.rivercottage.net/forum/ask/wild-food-and-the-marine-larder/28791eating-wild-river-fish-now-largely-criminalised/

[kenj 131]

In the past I've eaten zander, eels, perch and grayling on a regular basis, while I'd have a breakfast of fresh dace cooked in bacon at a friend's before going fishing. He used to catch them on bacon fat ironically.

These days fish have a price value, even trout fisheries have stopped netting out, or inviting the local coarse fishing clubs in to catch grayling to remove them from the water. Fly fishermen are now happy to pay £50 a day to catch and release grayling. I love them fresh for breakfast.