Solo Canoe Camp || CATCH AND COOK || BUSH TUCKER
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- First camping trip of 2021 and it was a cracker! I take my canoe to a beautiful coastal lake where I do my first catch and cook! I wild camp with the hammock and explore the area for bush tucker (wild edible food). It was such a fun trip.
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That bit when the fish jumps out of the water, magic
Wow. Just, WOW.
An old timer taught me how to catch estuary mullet at lake Conjola years ago. Make a "pudding" out of flour & water, add some fish oil as you will pick up the odd bream. Wait for dead slack tide. Berley with bread, number 8 long shank hook, six pound line on a hand reel, just enough pudding to cover the end of your hook. You will see the fish rising to take the bread, flick your line out & hang on
It's amazing how Lake Conjola changes so much. I grew up near there, the lake now is so shallow that the o ly things there are baby's and the draught is crazy shallow
Always a pleasure to watch. Love the respect for the fish...quick dispatch and just one, not taking more than needed 👍👍
Thanks heaps mate. Glad you enjoyed it. 🤙
Hi Scotty a tip for catching them large mullet is wait until a few hours after dark go in your kayak quietly paddle around with a bright headlamp they sit at the surface at night and its very easy to blind them with the light and scoop them up with a hand net quietly
As someone who has always loved the outdoors and camping which started with my dad as a small child and learning skills in scouts and marine scouts you really are inspiring me to get out again. I’ve started my own channel which was going to be a dedicated cooking channel but I have now decided to expand to include camping and exploring. With a touch of my Bush craft and leather work I’ll be increasing at in the future thanks Scotty. My motto is “ life embrace it don’t waste it”.
My tip to keeping fish fresh is to fillet it and use a resealable bag. This is a good time to add any spices you may want. Take all the air out and seal it. Next is dig a hole about a foot and a half as close to the waters edge as possible without having water in the bottom. Then place the bag in and burry it. Place rock or stick on top to find it in the dark, just in case. This is only good if your not on the move.
Big late on an answer regarding keeping fish in the air, but here's my two cents. Summer, middle of the day I'd allow 5 hours, winter you could probably get away with dawn until dusk. The most important factor is removing the gut bag and gills immediately after capture.
I've had flatties go off in less than 4 hours at night in winter because the gut bag was left in - managed to completely taint the fillets (still ate it though!). There's always a way to keep it a bit cooler though - wet fabric (like your cooler bag), covering in wet grass, reeds or paperbark, burying it in wet sand (and marking with a stick so you don't lose it!), etc. Longest I'll keep fish in the fridge or esky before eating is generally 3 days.
Gotta remember a lot of the 'great' seafood we buy from the shops often sits on a hot beach for hours on end, is semi-frozen on ice for days and then sits at the co-op for god knows how long before we buy it - so don't get too hung up on it going off if you're eating it the same day.
The comments under each of Scotty's videos are wholesome.
No one is shouting or spewing in each other's faces.
Thank you everyone
I might be wrong but I think it's because he attracts a certain type of viewer that's a little more discerning & not your average youtuber.
Love the canoe fish n cook! I had a walleye keep for over 8 hrs out of the fridge last summer, plus about 20 hrs in the fridge, without losing any quality. I don't know the maximum. If you're keeping a fish for a bit longer, here's what I do: 1st, gut and bleed it immediately, getting every trace of blood out (so important). Try to wash the slime coat off. Don't fillet it yet though, keep the skin and flesh intact. 2nd, put it in a bag with water, close it up and put it under your seat in the shade (a dry bag is ideal, a white one at that would be perfect, but a shopping bag will do). 3rd, drain and refresh that water in the bag as often as possible to keep it cool. Since then I've also made an ultralight cooler bag out of reused bubble wrap and duct tape, and now I'd do everything the same as above plus keep it inside my cooler bag. Cheers, keep up the good work!
Awesome video mate. Great looking area. You can keep the fish alive all day. Use a string, go in beside the gills and out the mouth, tie off the string to canoe. I’d use the same technique
Love to see what you cook for your meals. Because of you I tried muesli with dried fruit..coconut..almonds etc. In warm milk. Yummy
Spearing the bigger mullets are the way to go! I saw these guys do it at the St. George’s basin down the south coast! But make sure it’s allowed where you’re camping :)
Night time with a good torch to spot them works a treat too, look for the eyes. Takes a bit of skill and practise to account for the light refraction through the water though!
10:45 yep.. just did a gruelling mountain trip in scorching heat so I cannot agree more. Keen to get into this style of camping at some point.
Yep, those tough mountain hikes are best saved for the cooler months. 👍
Recently found your channel. TH-cam suggested it. Your channel is great. I subbed after watching the first video.
I am very found of bullrush. Those shoots base taste like cucumber and I like it very much, also tasted the roots and liked it. In the spring/early summer I absolutely recommend you steemcook the shots while they are still inclosed in the stem ( the ones who turns into that brown “ cigar”) It taste like broccoli. Goes tremendous together with salt and butter. I think I have a video up on my channel how I made it… but I am not active on there anymore so don’t bother to comment there if you make a visit..
Lovely camera work. Some summer ago I was watching a lot of “bush tucker man, Les Hiddins” videos through out the summer. Although I live across the globe, in Sweden, I am amazed of the country you live in. Greetings. And keep up a great work.
my dad used to take me fishing and he used to catch loads of big mullet he used to use light line with a small boby cork flaot down to 3 split shots with a small long shank hook and some bread it works a charm
That’s the shot. Bread falls off easy though. I make a dough and a tiny hook.
1 minute into the video and I'm already amazed about the quality of your pictures, frames, angles, and use of gorgeous light. You are making great content! Greez from snowy Austria
You can eat it as long as the eyes haven't gone merkey. I've seen people hang it in a tree in the shade for an entire day and night and by morning the eyes were still fine. Gutting the fish it the best way to ensure the fish keeps "fresh". The stomach is the first part to start decaying.
Great jobs dude...👌
If you keep them out of the sun, they'll last until dinner in Summer and 24 hours in Winter in the Southern half of Australia. Remember a couple of things: 1. most meat is deliberately 'hung' for a period to tenderise it. While fish doesn't usually benefit from this tenderising period, it's not likely to go off in a day; & 2. That classic fishy smell is caused by fish oils going rancid. Fish markets stink and the fish is often days old, yet it's generally fine to eat. As long as your fish doesn't smell too fishy after washing, it'll be fine.
I've just watched him this morning of a bush craft video he made two years ago, and its soothing. Now I'm having a youtube marathon. Awesome. Hoping to visit (at least) Australia soon.
Was listening/watching you when the fish jumped, stopped back up and watch it again! Great shot and you didn't skip a beat .
Another awesome video and trip.
Thank you for sharing!
It is incredible that youtube promotes videos without quality and not wonders like this. Congratulations anyway and thank you for giving us these videos.
If you can’t keep the fish alive in the water with a keeper net or tether, if you hiking away from water then the hessian bag advice and gutting, the other viewers have mentioned, would be your only option. Great vid again mate
Great advice Russ I have also hurried the fish in the sand under water tethered to a stick if the temps are cold which also works.
Beautiful Scotty...absolutely stunning! You capture these precious gems of Australia like no other. We'll done mate and God bless.
Regards from Mitch in Armenia
Loved this one mate. Awesome sound track too.
Great job again Scotty, I haven’t seen many Aussie vids on trangia type fuel stoves - would be great to hear your views on optimal times to use and fuel mix and amounts ... etc in a future vid... great work yet again! Cheers
Great presentation on "bush tucker". The bulrushes you speak of... They look like Cattails here in the States. Yes the rhizomes are edible. Never had the pollen. Leaves are useful for cordage or weaving baskets and in the fall the cattail fluff from the seed pods makes a great flash tinder for fire making. Can be used as a makeshift insulation too. ;-) and no, the seed pods are not wild corn dogs. LOL :-D
Love your keen knowledge of the flora and fauna and other cultures around you.. Keep taking us to these beautiful places in your country.
Thanks mate!
Love your work Scotty keep up the Great work you do 🤓👍
Thank you for the adventure when so many are stuck inside ' have fun and be safe im sure you will ' hugs
By far my favorite video
Coastal pigface is my favourite fruit. It has convenient handles on the end, then you peel the astringent/sandy skin off like a banana then bite it off. Like a kiwi and a grape at the same time and a little bit salty. So so delicious. I love them so much. Grew them in my yard for years.
Happy new year & a year full of adventure. As I watch this it’s now snowing heavy here in Sussex, England. Still in a lockdown as well. Thank you for being me the summer & a little piece of paradise. 😎😃👍🏻
So glad you caught a decent feed of bream! I love cooking them whole with either Italian or Thai aromatics in parcels on the coals. So tasty and I pick every bone clean 😋
My family used to use a large calico type of bag to keep our fish alive and fresh in the water tied to a mangrove tree, until we were ready to go home. Then we humanely dispatched and gutted them, and prepared them at home. Estuaries are the best for fishing and foraging tucker. I'd love to do the same in a freshwater environment too. I hope this helps and thanks for the fantastic vids! 😊
Really enjoyed that one Scott. For the Mullet get a fly rod and use a shrimp pattern you will have lots of fun. For the fish keeping, on warm days I try and keep in the water as long as possible. If you do need to keep it’s in warm weather alway gut straight away, store in a damp Hessen bag and get out of the sun ☀️
Thanks for the tips mate.
@@ScottysGoneWalkabout tight lines bud
Been following for a while now Scotty, your vids are gold. Glad you recommended two books near the end of your video. Cheers.
I'am franche i'v got -15c in winter ans +40c in summer you are very lucky to live in Australie you are spider snake ... I love Alaska -30c Bear Wolf... I'v only élément animals... In France but the australien bush are very beatyfull thanks you scottys for tout video it's a Dreams !!!
Awesome video mate, thoroughly enjoyed it 👍👍
Cheers mate!
There’s nothing better than eating a delicious meal in beautiful setting. A pleasure to watch, thank you for this share. Tastes of the wild 🌱✨❤️
For sure, yours is the best gin tonic in the world!!! Greetings!
Scotty When i was commercial fishing, the powers that be stated that, for ever hour at room temp once the fish is landed was equal to one day off its shelve life.. needless to say gettin the product chilled as fast as possible was the name.of the game in regards to a quality product
Loved the fish jumping. Cheers
20:48 - You`re welcome
Blooooppp!
One of my favourite videos, this one. Would love to see more of the catch and cook and also the bush tucker. Love your work. Ordered that book, already had the smaller one.
Great vlog Scotty, really enjoyed learning about the bush tucker, more of this content is great 👍🏻
Awesome video mate! Love all the facts and knowledge about the plants and trees! Great thing to know about my own backyard
Nice to see someone getting to chill out here. I spend 20-30 minutes in multiple systems down the south coast testing estuarine health for the marine estate management authority and I cannot wait to get there on my own time. t's wild how different they are throughout the season and when they open and close. Once again great video :)
Love how organised you are
Keeping it cool in a wet bag is good, clear eyes is good and if you cant keep it too cool gut it out so reduces gut bacteria starting to go off...and of course it should smell like fresh fish too mate.
Keeper net mate, paddle around with it hanging over the side. Or attach the net to a float and throw it back in the water. Fish stays alive until you are ready to kill it, can wonder off and explore some more. Or gut and glean it and throw it in a wet hessian bag under the shade of a tree. I know the Americans a big on “stringers”.
Beautiful music, beautiful scenery, thankyou for all you do, GOD bless.
Perfect way to end the weekend thank you
WoooHooo! He's only gone and caught his dinner. Well done buddy. I've been looking forward to your 1st video this year
Love your work Scotty 🤓👍
Great work Scotty, had to re-watch the evening wind up - you couldn’t have choreographed a fish jump like that if you tried! Love the Trangia, found a post on making one out of a couple of soft drink can bases, they work a treat and so compact to carry around.
Love your work man! I especially look forward to what you cook at night and for breakfast. Been around a long time but have never seen anything like it. Very inspirational! I'm hooked!
RIPPER of a video Scotty. Finally got a catch and eat, out on the canoe, and hearing the info on local shrubs was great. Thanks mate, keep it up
For trips like this you should buy a small tinny and put a small car fridge for your catches and other things that need to stay cold
You lead the Perfect life style.. Enjoy ... get in to it.. There are those of us who ENVEY you... soak it all in and enjoy your youth. You will not pass this way again mate..!
Wonderful area and great trip! Have you ever thought about using a stringer or fish basket to keep the fish alive. You know that it won't spoil that way! HooRoo!
Another crackin vid Scottie especially the bush tucker part I work on a small farm that is like a supermarket of wild food and the bullrush is a good edible the roots roasted over the coals are a good source of carbohydrates ,
Great video man. I grew up spending a lot of time in environments like this and feel so comfortable there. It's like a grocery and a hardware store. Entertaining and educational video, well done.
Thanks mate and yep, you're definitely right. So many useful plants around these areas.
Another awesome trip and location, thank you for sharing it Scotty !
...Once a fish is dispatched (and gutted and rinsed) as long as it is kept -->clean
Great vid Scotty. Happy 2021 to you to mate.
How long a fish keeps depends on temperature, hot day low shelf life, cold day it might be good all day. On a hot day I say no more then 4 hours before it becomes questionable. If you store it right it can last much longer even on a hot day without ice on hand I have caught fish and kept them in a bag in the shade for many hours without issue. I live in QLD, so your temps are a little bit more lenient. Many people will disagree with my opinion, I guarantee it.
Hi Scotty, just discovered your channel and was instantly hooked. Love the content and the ‘solitude’ theme.
CATCHING MULLET - I used to fish for mullet many years ago with my grandfather and had a degree of success. Try a small hook with a dough and cotton will mixture. The cotton wool helps to bind the dough together. Good luck and keep the vids coming.
Hi scotty. Awesome video. One thing I’d do in the uk which may help you is keep the fish in the water similar to the beers. Keeps it fresh. I’ve eaten fish after a day of doing this. Also the mullet question is exactly the same as here. Floated bread. They are an elusive species and bloody hard to catch. Tight lines mate
Love the places you take us and what you teach, Scotty. Inspirational. I also love the music you use. Can you add it to your descriptions? Great photography too :)
as long as u keep the fish whole and don't puncture the guts even in 40c it should keep for 8-12 hours, it's not going to be the freshest fish and it would be a good idea to cook it well but it shouldn't have spoilt
Love rhe effort and time put into these videos. Great content. Thank you.🇦🇺👍👍🍺
The burnt cobs from the Banksia are great for generating high temperatures to forge steel.
Big thank you from the Netherlands, awesome video.
Good one Scotty, thank you
Beautiful Country you have. makes me sick when I look outside and it's -20°C on lockdown. Buhuhuh.
Scotty, about the dead fish longevity. I worked on the GBR. A coral trout in summer could be caught at 4 am, cold brine tanked at lunch and processed after 6 pm then frozen, perfectly OK to serve in a restaurant. Don’t know about fresh water fish and never will, they taste like mud whatever you do.
Great video overall. Good weather great adventure! I wish ...
Awesome stuff as usual Scotty well done mate!!
Another great video, really enjoy your bush tucker tips, too.
wow great video congratulations😎👍
Hey Scotty, I know you might not like the idea, but if you get one of those dive ski things you can town your canoe while swimming! I used to have one and do exact that haha I know it's cheating but if you have a dive mask on you can suss underneath while towing the canoe and it's awesome!
Loving your videos Scotty excellent content and well delivered. I remember and really enjoyed watching The legend that is Les Hiddens back in the day and his work on the snap maps are these still a thing for now days are they available to you generally?
Yewwww....What an awesome spot. Loving the sound of the cicadas too (Summer sounds)!
Loved the video. Great first trip of the year
Stitch the tear in the sleeping bag. And then sew on top a patch to support the stitches.
I use to use bow and arrow to catch mullet , in Weyba creek Noosa years ago with great success .
20:46 Well, that made me lol... The elusive "Cameofish"
Hi Scotty,
With keeping fish fresh, it also depends how the fish is dispatched. Japanese method of ikejime, humanely kills the fish while also preventing the build up of lactic acid from the fish which spoils the flesh. From the research I have done, this is important if the fish is consumed days later. Food for thought. Thanks for the top video, absolutely beautiful scenery
Scotty, another great video. The fish jumping out the water?! Such a great shot. And glad to see the kiwi fruit made its way back into the tacos. Bring on 2021.
Thanks mate!
Thank you for your information about the plants and more very interesting 👍👍
Fishing 🎣 midday is hard as, well done brother ❤. Scotty sorry I was dude to you, I'm sorry 😮
Nice timing scotty especially for a lazy sunday arvo. Cheers mate nice vid as always. Hope all is well..
Hiya Scotty, big fan! Watching your videos has inspired me to get into bush craft and start building my solo adventure experience aswell as make some videos of my own😄 I am currently working at Macpac and would definitely recommend gear aid tape to patch up your sleeping bag. Thanks for making these vids and showing off our beautiful country, keep it up🤙🏼
Love your vids man...some of the best framed shots of the genre..much love from the not so united states
Thanks a lot!!
Hey.
In the UK we use use the head of the bulrush as tinder.
ps- superb video as always, enjoyed that huge fish leaping as you were standing by the water.
Great video m8 , not sure about keeping the fish fresh, but when cooking its best to wrap the whole fish not scaled wrapped in foil and chucked on the coals for 30-40 minutes , after cooked skin just peels away leaving beautiful white meat to fill your tacos and the rest of the meat can be sucked off the bone , hardly any waste 👍🍻
Very inspiring vid bro. Can see the passion you have for the outdoors. Beautiful.
Just found your channel great video mate if u want to catch the mullet get a good cast net but check your laws first
G day scotty nice to see you again its nice to see my native land ware I use to live lovely video as all ways mate take care of yourself stay safe
Looks like a beautiful experience in a beautiful place. Ever think of heating up your tortillas before rolling them up? 10 seconds on each side over the fire (until they bubble a little) makes the meal taste even better! Great job on the vids! Keep it up.
Hi Scotty. I reckon you should hit up the Australian Tourism Board to pay you to produce an advertising campaign. You represent the Aussie bush so well.