CATCH and COOK Whitebait Down By The River Part 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- My first catch of the season of these delicious little morsels. Just add egg and seasoning, cook, then place between bread, fresh down by the river.
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Was hard work to get a feed, but at least I managed to get some and cook up a fritter and a video for you guys to see me eat a tasty whitebait fritter. Stay tuned for part 2 coming soonish where I had a great session catching these little guys!👌🏾
Oh yum, oh yum, please don't let us distract you, focus on what's important, you catch those little buggers.
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Haha, i need a camera assistant sometimes for days like this, aue
Awesome video mate. Great coming home to one of your videos on a Friday after work....Crack a cold one, sit back and enjoy.
Thanks Sam, I'm getting thirsty writing replies 🤣
Yum yum yum!! beautiful day, awesome catch. I always make sure to have a feed when watching your videos cause I know they gonna make me hungry. Keep up the awesome work bro
Thanks bro 👍🏾
You ever hear of waterbugs and Pop-Tarts yummy which is Total Insanity as well
It looks hot up there bro. I enjoyed that clip.
Was bloody hot alright, started to get black 😂🤣 had a great session the other day on the river, and I was about to give up
Awesome vids bruv. Just subed. Love the variety. Love sea food but never tried a oyster... be doing that very soon as u have me curious and hungry watching u smash them back. Watch the ads so u get paid my bro 🤙 respect
Thanks bro for watching, try them oysters, they are tasty!! 👍🏾
Ive been going to thornton every weekend hopefully go bump into you im a big fan bro
I go more in the week, quieter then. But come say hi if you see me bro 👍🏾
Chuuur mean Maori mean Mike sooo love your vlogs brother 👍👍👍👍👊👊☺☺keep up the mean Mahi bro
Thanks bro! 🤙🏾
Could you tell me please, What are the white bait fish? they look like what we call glass minnows. Or are they fish fry?Or something else? I want to try this with what I have close to me. I live on the gulf of Mexico in Biloxi Mississippi in the USA. Love your videos and really love the food you cook. Tight lines!
New Zealand whitebait are the juveniles of five galaxiid species which live as adults in freshwater rivers and streams. The whitebait are caught during their migration into freshwater habitats after their larval stage at sea. They are much smaller than Chinese or British whitebait, averaging 45-55 mm in length and are around 15-22 weeks old.
The most common whitebait species in New Zealand is the common galaxias or inanga, which lays its eggs during the very high spring tides in Autumn amongst bankside grasses that are flooded by the tide. The eggs develop out of the water until inundated by the next spring tide which stimulates the eggs to hatch. The larvae are then carried to sea on the outgoing tide where they join the ocean's plankton. After approximately six months, the juvenile fish migrate back into freshwater habitats where they mature to adulthood. The four other galaxiid species amongst in New Zealand whitebait are the climbing galaxias or koaro, banded kokopu, giant kokopu and shortjaw kokopu. These species also spawn in bankside vegetation, only their spawning is triggered by autumn floods rather than tides.
New Zealand whitebait are caught in the lower reaches of the rivers using large, open-mouthed, hand-held scoop nets, long sock nets, or rigid, typically wedge-shaped set nets. Whitebaiters must constantly attend the nets in order to lift them as soon as a shoal enters the net, otherwise the whitebait quickly swim back out of the net. Whitebaiters may fish from platforms known as a 'stand', which may include screens to direct the fish and systems for raising and lowering nets.
Whitebaiting in New Zealand is a seasonal activity with a legally fixed and limited period which spans part of the annual migration. The timing of the allowed fishing season is set to target the more common inanga, while avoiding the less common species that mainly migrate before and after the whitebaiting season. There is strict control over net sizes and rules against blocking the river or channelling the fish into the net to allow some fish to reach the adult habitats. The whitebait themselves are very sensitive to objects in the river and are adept at dodging the nets.
Edit hop that helped you out abit more.
Wally good to see you using a scoop net mate. I'm one that dont like sox nets. Keep up the good work. Beautiful video
Only problem with NZ butter is its too blardy expensive (if you live in NZ).
Sure is bro, getting worse!!
What possesses you people to eat that makes no sense
Iv got a feed for you bro whenever you want. Iv always got a few kilos in the freezer. Love whitebaiting but not that fussed on them iv had way to many. For me it’s about the sheer joy when you give friends and family a zip lock bag full. I know what you mean though plenty of scabs trying to humu some. This season has been so good the best in years on my river. Big thumbs up from Pongakawa.
Haha, I still like them. Awesome to see you doing well, I had a great day the other day after the rain 👍🏾
That's again weka hungry as now lol
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Real butter makes everything taste nice
Gday ( weka digital media NZ ) I am a fairly new subscriber to your amazing channel I love watching all your vids keep up the amazing work don’t stop mate 👍👍👍
Welcome to the channel bro, it takes me a while to reply to comments sometimes lol 👍🏾
Weka Digital Media NZ hey it’s all good mate the same thing happens to me and it’s a pleasure to be here
Living for the dream!
It's got to be good!
I haven't seen a horse mussel in years Bro, would be good to see, been in Aus 35 yrs and still crave for the taste.I found One last week actually, just a medium one, so thinking of moving back home in a couple years.
Bro that makes me miss home.
Been in Perth for 5 years now, but I miss the home land, more now because of you...
Where do you get your gas cooker stove from
Bunnings have them, cheaper than warewhare
Another Awesome video my bro🤙🏽 Watching it all the way from the UK.
Chur bro 🤙🏾
i will be a good cameraman bro haha mean maori another epic movie as usual
First!..love your channel..chur from Otakiri 🤘🏻
Mate this is a quality channel, I'm stuck in managed isolation it's 3am and I just moved back to NZ after living in Aus for 10 years. Your channel is making me so excited to get out of quarantine and into NZ. Thanks so much. Can't wait to eat a white bait sanga.
I catch kahawai not far from where you were whitebaiting
Awesome as always bro. Beautiful part of the country your in
Mean vid mate.
Should put your go pro in the net to see them swimming in
Too much effort, I need a camera assistant for these sorts of days
mean cuzzie
Man the kaituna was the spot back in days not so sure now. This gave me flashbacks. Awesome video
Thanks bro, I must go there one day and check it out, heard good stories about there
Great video Mike, I've never had white bait but that looks nice . Yum ,lucky I waited until I was eating lunch before watching this. Thanks for teaching me this . have a good weekend mate .
Thanks Pete, hope you had a good weekend too 👍🏾
Thats the Freshest white bait fritter in the world
Doesn't get any better
saw you fishing down the mouth on sunday, water looked nice and a few whitebaiters there.
That wasn't me bro, I go mainly in the week, quieter. Must of been some other skinny young fulla 😆
Ohhh beauty of a day out there matua mean kai as always
Mike mate I have only had a couple of people come up to me while whitebaiting
Kia ora bro mean from Perth Australia!!
Awesome looks delicious !
Ahh.....! Yummy! That fritter looks awesome brother!! Betcha it tasted amazing couldn’t get it any fresher than that !! Yeah dad and me went fishing alot years ago there was a guy that lived near us he sat at home all the time. He would ask to come fishing with us day in and day out but when asked him to come he was either busy or tired. Every time we came back from fishing he would ask us for fish for him and his family so we would give him snapper and flatys till one day we found out he was selling them to his mates!! Couldn’t believe it! I found out after I asked his son how the fish tasted and he said what fish we don’t get any!!!! So we told him to piss off and go out and catch your own!! Unreal!! Great vid bro!!!😀😀👌👌👌👌
What a bloody scab, I hate people like that!! And selling to his mates too 😡 😡 👎🏾 And a big thumbs up to you my friend!!! You are the BIGGEST supporter of my channel and I am very humbled Mario👍🏾 👍🏾. I will reply to your e-mail this arvo 😁
Thank you so much for your kind words Mike! The pleasure is all mine brother!! The best channel on you tube!!!!! 😀😀😀👌👌👌👌👌
good vid.. is whitebait a popular fish to eat in NZ?
It sure is popular, over $100kg. A real Kiwi thing to do is go whitebaiting
Mean as! Good to see you getting a feed
Got better on another day 👍🏾
That looks great and I would probably enjoy it. I assume that whitebait is a local name. Is there another name for them
Randy Sacora that’s the non local name it’s called inanga in nz
💯Bro awesome 👌
leg bra,legendary bro right here.
Another great video mike, appreciate the work you put in to posting your videos, so much better than most of the crap they put on the tv these days, thanks bro
Thanks John! 👍🏾
Yummo
Awesome matua kai gathering 💯
Ka pai 👍
Heat up a pot of milk and throw the whitebait in..Add salt and dip your bread in bro...Nice whitebait soup...even in
a flask on a brisk morning.
Yummay
"Gizza bite ow"
Ka pai looks yummy bro💯
Where can i get one of them nets
Omg looks good
Ka te pai bro miss the bay
choice one bro! YUM!!
Was nice, very tasty!!
Nice.😆
Doesn't the " where's mine " thing piss you off? Get it heaps when we've got a few fish.
9:30am on Saturday morning now I'm hungry lol
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Never tried whitebait, but it looks good!!