How to deal with Whiting - How to Cook a proper Fillet-o-Fish.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- This video is a little bit different to our regular videos, it includes not only a rare catch and cook but an attempt at a how-to video with how to catch Whiting being the loose tutorial.
As many are aware Whiting are not difficult to catch and being a relative novice pleasure angler myself I am no authority but I’m trying to aim this video at people who consider the fish a pest or never eat smaller Whiting all without not really considering their true value.
Firstly its a great sport fish with the sheer numbers that can be caught alone but the size of the larger specimens can give a really good scrap. This again is all part of my aim to ensure people understand its a fish that's every bit as good as the traditionally sort after fish like Bass, Cod & others. Its super easy to prepare its part of the Cod or Codling family and so can be treated in much the same way.
My view is:
Now-a-days the whole worlds seas & oceans have a man-made/industrially created composition which means all sea fish no matter how clean the catch area is can build up metal and toxins in their flesh.
I feel its very important to not to be put off by eating smaller fish in general, especially Whiting (unless obviously undersized by Law) smaller fish have less of the metal toxins in their flesh as they haven’t had a long period exposed to it.
By eating smaller fish we benefit by consuming healthier fish but in lots of other ways too.
In this latest video we head over to Otterspool outside the Britannia Inn car park on the Liverpool side of the river Mersey for a fishing session. Me and my dad use lug worm Herring peices & Mackerel to tempt the fish into biting. We get some nice fish and cook it at the end too.
As ever we enjoyed making the video so we do hope you enjoy watching it.
Do ask us any questions you like via comment or email.
We hope you can get out fishing & I hope you have some fantastic, safe fun, Finding Fish too.
Location Information:
Address & Post Code for Otterspool Brittania
What 3 Words: ///vocab.spice.vanish
Britannia Inn Car Park Post Code:
L3 4AZ
What 3 Words: ///rips.tummy.takes
Hey Tim good to see that you're out again. Hope the old man gets better soon. Made some fantastic fishcakes with whiting and prawn the other day, very good too. See you over here soon. Plenty of fish about.
Thanks for the comment mate, nice in fish cakes for sure, with prawn sounds very nice. I have been over to the island a few times recently, but as ever I'm pants at getting videos up. I will try and get one up before Xmas, been watching your vids on and off you've had some nice sessions pal. My dads not too bad thanks for asking, come the new year (usually my business quiet time) I should get out fishing more and over to your neck of the woods fingers crossed, also if the Codling start to show in any numbers a meet up on the Mersey would be cool. Anyways enough waffle Tightlines Ceirion and all the very best to you friends and family for Christmas 🎄 🎣🎅
@@FindingFishUK all the best for you and your family too 🐟🎣
Great to see you back out at Otterspool. Best wishes to your dad hope he is on the mend. We had a cracking whiting session at Otterspool last year. After 31 we called it a night. Keep the videos coming we look forward to them. Take care. Lynne and Ant.
Thanks Lynne and Ant, wow 31 is certainly a busy session well done, glad you like our videos thanks for watching and commenting chaps got a few vids awaiting upload so watch this space all the best to you both. Tim and Dave. Tightlines 🐟🎣👍
Thanks for sharing sir .
Whiting are a fine fish and I'm always happy if I can catch a few ,hope your dad is ok cheers 😊😊
Yeah my dad is better day by day thanks for watching and commenting pal, Tim and Dave 🎣 👍
Hi lads you both ok. Your bang on about the whiting they taste lovely. They have all bin between 30 n 40 cm on the humber, it has been a whiting frenzy hahaha. All the best chaps from GRIMSBY
Humber sounds the place for decent Whiting top stuff! Thanks for the comment and the watch as ever mate, all the best Tim and Dave 🎣 🐟 👍
I hope your dad is better or getting better, nice little catch love the video's
He is getting better bit by bit. Glad you like the video thanks for watching pal. Tim & Dave. 🎣🐟
I agree, it's very tasty and in great abundance.
Can I ask how you skinned them? I usually leave the skin on for cooking as the small scales aren't really an issue.
Thanks for watching glad you agree, as for skinning, I skin them exactly the same way you would any fish just a little more delicate, basically once filleted, skin side down to your chopping surface start at the tail end cut into the flesh slightly in from the tail through the meat towards the skin beneath, stopping just before you hit the skin, then using a slight sawing action but hardly moving the knife at all grip the skin and pull towards you all the while with a sawing action with the knife but not really cutting just letting the flesh and skin hit the blade as you effectively pull the skin off from under the fillet with the knife just helping (not cutting) I find a knife slightly blunt helps as it wont cut into the skin as you pull this is not the aim you see the aim is to kind of use the blade to peel the skin away. If you can find a video of how to skin Cod its the exact same process but be slightly more delicate. I can obviously only explain so much, and it's much easier to see a vid if I can I'll pop a video up of how to skin a fish. Thanks for commenting and sorry for the long reply hope it helps. All the best Tim and Dave. 🐟🎣😋
Thats for an interesting video Hope your dad is feeling better
My dads better day by day thanks for the best wishes and thanks for watching glad you found it interesting. All the best pal, Tim and Dave. 🎣🐟👍
Good video mate stick with we’re you park aswell or use the lay-by I wouldn’t park your van in the park at night even thou the better cod come in further down the prom down from the car park it’s ok in the day though
Thanks for watching pal, We do fish further up too but tend to go in the car there as the van isn't needed if we fish well away from it. All the best, Tim and Dave. 🎣🐟
they make lovely fish cakes if you mix with mashed tatty and add a bit of sage and onion stuffing mix
Indeed another cracking Whiting recipe. The sky really is the limit with the humble Whiting. Thanks for watching and commenting. All the best Tim and Dave 🎣 🐟 👍
Great video as usual guy's, hope you're dad's on the mend,what part of the tide is it best to fish otterspool bud
Thanks for watching and the comment, dad is slowly on the mend thanks. We find fishing the tide up at Otterspool promenade best but depending on the size of the tide and part of Otterspool you fish it can be different..but generally half way up is a good time to start to fish. A good general rule of thumb is most promenade venues on the Mersey are best fished half way up tide until perhaps 1-2 hrs after. Be aware even a small tide on the Mersey will see you struggle to hold bottom when the tide is on its way back out. There is no substitute for having a go, you can get a real feel for an area simply by fishing it cautiously and seeing what works. Hope this helps. Thanks again and all the best. Tightlines, Tim and Dave. 🐟🎣👍
best wishes to your old fella pal
Thanks Philip 💛 he is on the mend slowly 🐌 👍 all the best to you too mate. Thanks for the comment. Tim and Dave. 🎣🐟
Whiting really tasty when it’s deep fry
I agree, yes I've had it deep fried too very tasty, thanks for watching and the comment. Tim and Dave 🎣🐟👍
What camera you using
Thanks for the comment, I use a combination of a cheap go pro type camera and my phone. I also use a few cheap accessories like a ring light and a tripod with phone holder. If any of my footage looks grainy, bad quality or pixelised its usually be due to it being so highly zoomed in. Hope that helps in any way. All the best Tim and Dave 🎣 🐟
@@FindingFishUK no clipsca brill,just got a wolfang cam action.but got to wait till exmas
I think whiting is the best tasting fish in river Mersey.
It's certainly every bit as good as other "typical" eating fish for sure thanks for the watch and the comment. All thr best Tim and Dave 🎣 🐟
Whiting is not a part of the cod fsmily, it is a main stay of food for them, cod family hav a beard on chin just like the coalfish which is a part of cod family, whiting is not, good fact is when whiting come go shore the cod follow it's food.
Thanks for watching and commenting its much appreciated, I am far from an expert on exact fish species details I simply research to find the best accurate info on the Web I USED THIS AS MY SOURCE: ***The Gadidae are a family of marine fish, included in the order Gadiformes, known as the cods, codfishes, or true cods.[2] It contains several commercially important fishes, including the cod, haddock, whiting, and pollock.*** If that is incorrect I apologise and I encourage People to research for themselves too to find out more or find their own info. Thanks for your input and all the very best to you. Tim and Dave 🐟🎣👍
FindingFishUK Not a cod then just a part wider group, or Merlangius Merlangus commonly known as whiting or Merling.
@kennethholroyd3588 yes as far as I know its just part of the wider family yes, so I was referring to it being very "Cod like" so can be treated much the same for food. Again, thanks for commenting and all the best to you.