Next time you catch some fresh fish, try this catch and cook fish wraps recipe.
It’s a quick and easy way to prepare fresh fish for the table and the kids will love it.
Every catch and cook fresh fish recipe starts with the catching!
For that we headed to Cooktown, in Far North Queensland.
After catching a beautiful Nannygai (Scarlet Sea Perch), we cooked up a storm and had fresh fish for dinner.
When fishing a relatively new area, I like to explore and find my own spots.
So the first step in any catch and cook expedition is to find the fish!
First steps finding good fish for our fresh fish recipe.
The Cooktown area is alive with Wonky Holes.
If you don’t know what they are, take a look at some of our previous blog posts on Wonky Holes.
But before I stumbled across something promising, we saw some pelagics busting on the surface.
Northern Blues, Mack Tuna and some queenies on a school of bait.
To explore the area I used my GARMIN 8412 with GT51 transducer.
This allows me to look for anomalies in the bottom that indicate a closer look is required.
To help you get the most of your electronics, we cover the fundamentals in our Sounder Skills 1 course.
It’s only $20 Australian at the moment and well worth a look.
If you don’t learn anything let me know and I’ll give you your money back.
Eureka – found the spot now lets catch us dinner!
The effort involved in finding new spots is negligible when you consider the results.
We rarely if ever freeze fish – as we find it relatively easy even in a new area, to come home with fresh fish for dinner.
If you do struggle, we have our fish smarter fishing courses to help – 35 years of my fishing short cuts and secrets.
So for this fresh fish recipe, we wanted some white fleshed fish like Scarlet Sea Perch or Coral Trout.
Bream, Flathead or Whiting will also be great for a catch and cook like this.
Gear Used
Spin
Rod: Quantum Smoke Inshore 621BC
Reel: Quantum Reliance PT
Lures: Various – the best ones we will stock in our shop from May 2021
Line: 30lb Rovex braid with 60lb Ande mono leader.
Knots used.
Perfection loop to attach lures.
Fresh Fish Recipe – Catch and Cook Fish Wraps.
I hope you enjoyed the video of our day catching and cooking our fresh fish wrap dinner.
Remember the best way to get onto good fish is to learn to really use your fish finder.
We have two courses, Sounder Skills 1 and 2 and you can find more info on them here >> Sounder/Fish Finder courses.
In addition, here are a few more free resources you may find helpful and entertaining.
