[Food] sardines

[sydney]

Is there a scientific theory for why it's happening yet?

bloody foreigners moseying in , swimming in our waters....bloody liberty...!!!

 

[Gabbafella]

you don't get pelagics like that off the coast of Sussex mate but in essence you are correct so i'll suck it up....

Not exactly a heroic way to go, death by mackerel.

 

[sydney]

Not exactly a heroic way to go, death by mackerel.

unlucky bass turd.... and off we go , time and plaice for everything etc etc etc...

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

unlucky bass turd.... and off we go , time and plaice for everything etc etc etc...

There but for the brace of cod

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Is there a scientific theory for why it's happening yet?

Illegal immigrant crossing, innit? Trying to scarper before Priti turns up with Plod.

 

[AmexRuislip]

unlucky bass turd.... and off we go , time and plaice for everything etc etc etc...

There but for the brace of cod

Illegal immigrant crossing, innit? Trying to scarper before Priti turns up with Plod.

I cannot believe its got too the 23rd post for a fish pun.
Thank cod its not fryday......

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I cannot believe its got too the 23rd post for a fish pun.
Thank cod its not fryday......

Sprat

 

[WATFORD zero]

so you lot reckon you're up to speed with the bbq...?? it would appear that mother nature has served up a free feed along the south coast of dear old Blighty , get yourselves down the beach with a bucket and pick them sardines up .......they are bloody lovely on the bbq .....you have not been charged for this information , god knows free food doesn't come along too often ....you lot have been blessed...yum yum...!!

If you're suggesting that we should BBQ whitebait, you're gonna need a very fine grill




I'd recommend deep frying

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

My Brother reported this in the week but said they were Mackeral chasing the whitebait in.
Happens every year in Plymouth, thousands of them.
I love Sardines and Mackeral but refuse to pay over the top prices for them in a restaurant as they are so plentiful, it's a bit of a con, it's not like they are Turbot or Monkfish.
There was also a mention of this on my favourite fishing programme, you may not have listened to it because it was only available on DAB.

 

[Creaky]

If you're suggesting that we should BBQ whitebait, you're gonna need a very fine grill

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I'd recommend deep frying

When my wife started her first job straight out of catering college the first task she was given was to fillet the whitebait

 

[Bakero]

My Brother reported this in the week but said they were Mackeral chasing the whitebait in.
Happens every year in Plymouth, thousands of them.
I love Sardines and Mackeral but refuse to pay over the top prices for them in a restaurant as they are so plentiful, it's a bit of a con, it's not like they are Turbot or Monkfish.
There was also a mention of this on my favourite fishing programme, you may not have listened to it because it was only available on DAB.

Down here I pay about 3.50€ for a pint and a few little sardines or a mackerel.

 

[Monkey Man]

Mackerel for dinner tonight. Neighbour went down to Seaford beach with the intention of a long shore fishing session but within minutes had caught more mackerel than he could cope with. Apparently on one cast he caught five with four hooks as one was biting another's tail.

They're in our fridge as I type this, awaiting my less than expert gutting and filleting.

 

[wunt be druv]

They are Whitebait and it happens every summer when Mackerel, Gars, Scad, Bass etc chase them inshore.

Quite right, sounds like heavy rain drops on the water as they splash around, I fish a deep diving plug behind them and on some lucky occasions have been rewarded with a decent sized Bass hunting the Mackerel chasing the whitebait.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Spot on. Sardines on the barbie

Along with sea bass, Madagascan prawns and sword fish steaks.

Sod burgers and sausages!

 

[BN41Albion]

When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea

 

[Mr Putdown]

sure is good, a colleague in Eastbourne whilst walking his dog , said he had not seen so many mackerel in the sea chasing the whitebait, he was talking to someone fishing who said he had caught so many mackerel he was giving them away.

If he’s having to try and give them away then he should unquestionably stop fishing.

it’s not like you can even release them without killing them, research shows a near 100% mortality rate for rod caught mackerel returned to the sea.

 

[Mr Putdown]

we get the same thing here , sardines chased by tailor , mulloway , dolphins , bull sharks , hammerheads etc. etc ......so you lot have got no excuse ....no one ever got put in an ambulance by a mackerel ..!!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/15/man-killed-leaping-mackerel/

Although technically he was put in a hearse I guess.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

get down the beach...!!

Get in the sea!

 

[vegster]

Sadly, the Whitebait chased up on to the beaches are NOT Sardines.

 

[vegster]

Mackerel for dinner tonight. Neighbour went down to Seaford beach with the intention of a long shore fishing session but within minutes had caught more mackerel than he could cope with. Apparently on one cast he caught five with four hooks as one was biting another's tail.

They're in our fridge as I type this, awaiting my less than expert gutting and filleting.

Try them Soused, absolutely marvellous !