Spearfishing The Undesirables Ep 10 Southern Maori Wrasse

Spearfishing the Southern Maori Wrasse / Maori Wrasse / Butchers Prick is an easy undesirable fish to target. Prolific around Sydney and NSW you will commonly find these guys at the edges of reef, particuarly weedy sandy edges. They are often one of the first fish to come in for berley.
I spearfishing in Sydney and the surrounding areas of Australia. The whole purpose of the Undesirables Series is to try and tempt people into eating different fish and break away from the traditional attitude that there's only 5-6 good eating fish in Australia. If we all ate a more varied selection of fish from the ocean there wouldn't be massive pressures on particular stocks. So eating a greater variety of fish will make our spearfishing more sustainable.
As a side mission to spearfishing the undesirables im going to taste each species of wrasse to determine which is the yummiest of the lot.
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[@gentchnelson2632]

Always make sure you have your fish’s full consent before patting it

[@WetMammal]

🤣🤣 fishes are like “i know my rights”

[@shanekay8278]

I catch a heap of these down Wollongong NSW . lightly seasoned on a geroge foreman grill are amazing. Sure they have a weird rib cage that you have to pick the meat off, but it is delicious.

[@WetMammal]

Ohhh yum! Love a grilled fish, I actually want to experiment some more with this fish

[@johnathonLawrence]

Actually pretty good eating, I've tried these and crimson banded wrasse a few times

[@harrisonloucas9503]

Its a Maori wrasse bro

[@williamwinsor5644]

@@harrisonloucas9503 he meant Maori wrasse as well as crimson banded wrasse

[@johnathonLawrence]

@@harrisonloucas9503 yep I meant I've tried both 🤙🏽

[@alessio5258]

@@harrisonloucas9503 fuckin oath

[@WetMammal]

Yeah man honestly they are good

[@SouthernSpearfishing]

Been chasing the vic record for this for a while.

[@Lothricscurse]

surely you're going to try the male crimsonband wrasse at some point. I tried one a few years back and i'm not sure if it was a bad fish or if it genuinely tasted like soap.

[@WetMammal]

Absolutely it is, yeah strange ive only experienced this soapy taste with wrasse species i wonder what causes it

[@joek292]

Always hit like before watching

[@WetMammal]

Legeeendddd!

[@slow_diver]

The same Wrassipe? Am I right??

[@WetMammal]

Hahaha!

[@fisheatrepeat]

Epic as always mate 👏👏 I've always found all wrasse go well eh. Theyre the fish ya start pillaging with sabikis when the target species aren't biting 🤣🤣😅

[@bikerbob182]

I've shot sheepshead wrasse here in Japan and they eat well. See something very similar to that wrasse quite a bit, might have to poke one next time.

[@WetMammal]

Ohhh lovely id love to shoot a sheepshead

[@Timbuctoo]

Blue throat wrasse are okay as sashimi but no good fried, they go mushy. They are good poached with garlic, ginger and soy and eaten with fresh bok choy on rice.

[@WetMammal]

Agreed on the sushi front, its going to be not so fun cooking it expecting mushy fish to eat haha, steamed sounds great

[@psychogane]

I rate king wrasse the best by far, It's decent panko crumbed but really good in a curry as the softness of the flesh really soaks up the flavor and falls apart almost like slow cooked beef.

[@Lordumio]

The Maori looks gorgeous

[@WetMammal]

Stunning fish hey

[@Jacedives]

Pretty decent sized one! Majority I see are about half that size and don't look like much of a meal.

[@WetMammal]

I havent seen many decent sized ones in Sydney but RNP has some whoppers!

[@Jacedives]

@@WetMammal Might need to explore south a bit then ay :)

[@joemama-yb7su]

can you make some sushi

[@WetMammal]

Absolutely!

[@joshtm4185]

Could you do silver sweep or herring cale next please?

[@WetMammal]

Both are on the list man :) thank you

[@charlieharris2425]

Do brownspot wrasse they r ok and no one goes for em

[@WetMammal]

Will do :)

[@womlet1186]

there is a fish I always see here in NSW. I don't know what its called but it lives in the weeds and has an odd greenish colour. they're pretty easy to spear and grow pretty big. if anyone knows the name I would love to know. They also don't taste particularly good and I normally avoid them, if you know the fish I'm talking about, I would love an undesirables video about it!

[@WetMammal]

Sounds to me like a herring cale?

[@womlet1186]

Yes! Thats it I just looked it up, thats the fish. Thank you so much, love your content!!