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Post by stevieboy on Dec 26, 2006 14:21:57 GMT
Hi all, I may have a bash at fishing for flounder soon. Are they worth being introduced to "Fillet and release" or are they in the same league as mullet for eating?  Thanks, Steve. |
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Post by meoc4life on Dec 26, 2006 15:02:51 GMT
i dont no about fishing for them just yet and i would consider release because there apparentlly quite bony and plain tasting for flatys  |
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Post by solentranger on Dec 26, 2006 15:13:20 GMT
No, cat or dog food at best! in my opinion but I know some anglers that do like them.
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Post by cuckoo on Dec 26, 2006 15:20:06 GMT
Yuk !!!!!!
horrid , as all fish are , me i cant even bring myself to put a fish , shellfish anywhere near a plate lol , hence why everything i catch is released !!!!!!
lee.
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Post by slippery on Dec 26, 2006 17:50:21 GMT
caught from clean beaches they may pass but out of harbours is exactly how they taste , of harbours........not that i have eaten a harbour!
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Post by solehunter on Dec 26, 2006 17:54:42 GMT
I cooked one on a fire we had while fishing once a few years ago, it was ok i thought! It was caught in the sea |
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Post by darenw on Dec 26, 2006 17:55:20 GMT
So a flounder tastes like treated sewage, diesel oil , polystyrene cups,mud and seaweed:) Wont catch me eating one  |
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Post by stevieboy on Dec 26, 2006 18:33:47 GMT
Heh, thanks chaps, I get the picture.
As was said in "Crocodile Dundee" - "You can eat it... but it tastes like sh1t".
I think I'll stick to the back of the Island and hope for a lurker bass, a 1 in a million codling or nice conger instead then...
Cheers all.
Steve.
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Post by RichardB on Dec 26, 2006 19:43:33 GMT
They're not too bad if fresh and from an open beach. Somewhat bland compared to other flatties like sole or plaice. We've often used them in kedjeree or fish pie etc.
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Post by eccles on Dec 27, 2006 19:00:21 GMT
Big Sean (fishing buddy) caught a sizeable one a few months back. Insisted on taking it home to cook even though I told him they taste of mud (he never listens to me, the great lummox). Anyways, he has totally lost interest in cooking them and now wants Dab instead. He caught a reasonable size one around a fortnight ago, grilled it and reported it was very tasty (which I already knew). So we are now Dab hunting as they are at their best this time of year. So, if you catch a "flounder" be absolutely certain it is not in fact a dab as there are a few of the latter around at the moment.
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