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Not sure what it weighed scales max out at 4kg so bigger than 4 lol. Wasn't too bad getting him out, just trying to get him in the bag was a nightmare had to take him back to the boat. The horns must have been snapped off a while ago as one had healed over and the other had a "gimpy" feeler growing back.

Haven't been on for a while thought I'd share my monster cray with all you guys and make your mouths water got it out of coffins with a tail snare the other day. And yes that is a carton of beer it is hugging and making look small.

Anyone got any good cray recipes? Want to try something different other than boiling big slobs of Crays maybe a soy/ ginger mix? Or any BBQ recipes to try?

Not to cold at the moment Dylzz I got a few yesterday in my 5mm suit not too cold, just very merky in my area so struggled to find them in 6-7m of water had to dive down and search on a breath lol. Smashing whole has been my most success so far and have tried them marinated on BBQ, deep fried and in stir frys always taste good

Wahoo I have found tenderizing them whole and then slicing is much easier and I find actually works better if you can get it to implode on itself. Does the kiwi fruit add a flavor to it? What do you do just soak it with kiwi fruit or cook it with it?

It's coming on summer time, and I regurly get abalone diving. Usually I shuck them, beat the crap out of them and then slice thinly does the trick but it's a lot of work, even though it is worth it as they are very tasty. I am looking at other ways to cook/ prepare to tenderize them have heard of them being soaked in milk overnight then rinsed and apparently it does the trick. My indigenous friend holding them whole just smashed them on the rocks in the shell and it pretty much shucks itself and he recons comes out perfect ( put a whole ab in a sandwich and eat perfect) just looking at a few d

Have got a few blue grouper over the last year and have enjoyed eating them various ways, BUT I just found the best way so far. For those of you that do not know the flesh is very, very firm and if not cut into small peices is almost like eating a steak. But cut into small peices about the size of chicken nuggets, batter them in a batter of your choice and deep fry, absalutely amazing almost like pop corn chicken. Will have to try a few other things the same way soon I think.

Nothing compared to Tommie's or flathead anyway. Nanygai, blue grouper and blue morwong are up there with my top most rated fish and all taste great without masking their flavor although a lot of people cut grouper into big fillets which ruins it texture wise best way is to cut it into small strips as it is very tough for fish flesh and you almost need a knife to seperate it when cooked if it is in large peices. Before you have a go at me for keeping blue grouper there are a lot of them here when you go to the offshore reefs.

Snapper are over rated, honestly not many people eat snapper without masking their flavor. Next time you get one try just cooking it in a bit floured in butter it's really not that great tasting.

Yeah they are decent sashimi, needs to be very fresh though.

Yeah ale usually I skin and bone, but then again I usually get big ones 40cm + got 8 today with most 30-35 so a bit of a waste filleting also I think they taste better when cooked whole. Ginger coriander and soy sounds good kelvin, might add some of my other little bits n pieces to it as well galangal, Lemon grass etc. don't get many snapper here only seasonal catch a lot of nanygai out wide but snapper aren't too common, more likely to catch blue morwong than snapper, much tastier in my opinion anyway. Thanks for the input guys

I usually just Willet and skin and cook in butter/ garlic etc although got a few today and want to try some new recipes whole, have only ever had with tomatoes onion and lemon and baked, anyone got any other good recipes/ ideas to give a shot? Was thinking a thai style stuffing might be interesting. Anyway what ya got? What works well? Look forward to hearing from all you chefs out there.

Yeah was letting them run as usually had to wind my little rod I was catching bait with first, not sure about them mouthing it as was pullin up half slimey mackerels and when they where getting hit they where hit hard even with a slight drag reels where screaming was very strange it was as if they would Suss out the bait and grab the opposite end of the bait to the hook, had one take a dead bait as well so not too fussed about them dying on the hook just being very fresh

Was always under the impression fluro was better and I don't mind putting a fresh livie on every 10 mins

Yeah might give it a crack along with some rigs with 3 hooks that way if they take it bound to get one in their gob