what's your best 5 eating table fish?

mine would be

1. red snapper

2. dhuie

3. kgs

4. nanni guy

5. rakin cod

 


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5 top table fish

Thu, 2011-12-15 14:03

1. Coral trout

2. Patagonian Toothfish/chilean sea bass

3. Tasmanian Salmon

4. Dhufish

5. Pink Snapper

 

 

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fresh red emperor

Thu, 2011-12-15 14:10

fresh red emperor

fresh coral trout

fresh anything else that is reddish in colour...

frozen red emperor

frozen coral trout

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red emperor pink snapper

Thu, 2011-12-15 14:20

red emperor

pink snapper

coral trout

dhuie

rankin cod

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5 top table fish

Thu, 2011-12-15 15:07

red emporer

coral trout

pink snapper

duhie

king george/ sand whiting

 

im quiet suprised to see rankin cod up there in peoples top five! think we need a top ten to many good ones to chose from

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looking at the orders above

Thu, 2011-12-15 14:55

looking at the orders above shoudl try keep the 1st species listed as No 1 and 5th listed as No 5!

 

1. Coral Trout

2. Red Emperor

3. Dhu Fish

4. Rankin Cod

5. King George Whiting

 

Its a tough list, bummer red snapper, black ass have to miss out!

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1. Coronation Trout2. Red

Thu, 2011-12-15 15:06

1. Coronation Trout

2. Red Emporor

3. Red Snapper

4. Baldy

5. Dhuy  

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ah i forgot about baldy!!! 

Thu, 2011-12-15 15:51

ah i forgot about baldy!!!

 

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Red emporer King George

Thu, 2011-12-15 15:20

Red emporer
King George whiting
Baldie
Mahi Mahi
Spanish mackerel

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top 10 are1. red

Thu, 2011-12-15 15:21

top 10 are

1. red snapper

2.dhuie

3.kgs

4.nanni guy

5.rakin cod

6. red emporor

7. flat head

8. bladie

9. coral trout

10. gold ban snapper

i could go al day lol

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Top 5

Thu, 2011-12-15 15:28

1. Blue Eye ( or any other deep species)
2. Coral Trout
3. King George
4. Spanish Mack
5. Dhuie

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top 5.

Thu, 2011-12-15 15:36

1. Robinson Sea Bream

2. King George Whiting.

3. Dhuie.

4.coral / coronation trout.

5. flathead. (much under-rated IMHO!)

 

 

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1. coral trout 2. spanish

Thu, 2011-12-15 15:45

1. coral trout
2. spanish mac
3. talapia
4. baldy
5. tazzie salmon

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yummo's

Thu, 2011-12-15 15:49

Surprised not to see the good old BA listed.

So here goes mine but not in any particular order.

 

 

1. Breaksea Cod

2. King George Whiting

3. Coral Trout

4. Dhufish

5. Balchin Groper

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Top Three are equal

Thu, 2011-12-15 15:52

Nannigai /baldchin groper / boarfish

 

Then a long way down to

  red emperor and cobia

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So far1  -  smoked salmon2

Thu, 2011-12-15 16:18

So far

1  -  smoked salmon

2 -   dolly

3 -   threadfin

4 -   barra

5 -   red snapper

 

 

( FWIW  dhuey is the most overrated fish)

 

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So hard

Thu, 2011-12-15 16:35

but for me.

1. Blue Eye Trevalla

2. Robinson Sea Bream

3. Red Emperor

4. Red Snapper (Nannygai)

5. Bass Groper

 

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top 5

Thu, 2011-12-15 16:45

Nanny

KG Whiting

Dhu

Tas salmon

Baldy 

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top 5

Thu, 2011-12-15 16:49

 black arse

dhu

red snapper

cobbler

yellow fin whiting

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mullowayspannytaylorgummybarr

Thu, 2011-12-15 17:30

mulloway

spanny

taylor

gummy

barra

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Top 5

Thu, 2011-12-15 18:03

 1)Baldchin/bluebone

2) Red Emperor

3) Coral Trout

4) Rankin Cod

5) Nannygai-Red snapper.

 

Tough call, depends on what you have eaten lately. Spanish mackerel and Gummy shark were unlucky to miss out!

 

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1 baldchin2 dhuie3 king

Thu, 2011-12-15 18:13

1 baldchin

2 dhuie

3 king george

4 blackarse

5 shark

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1. Mulloway from Whitey's

Thu, 2011-12-15 18:18

1. Mulloway from Whitey's charter

2. Baldy/Bluebone

3. Red Emperor

4. Honeycomb Cod

5. Birdseye frozen deep sea dory hahahahah- Big deep sea Flathead.

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easy!!!

Thu, 2011-12-15 18:24

1. coral trout without doubt

2. flathead

3. Sweetlip emperor

4. Barramundi

5.Mangrove Jack

Flatty's have to be to most underrated table fish out there. The sweetest flesh

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1. Red Throat2. Red

Thu, 2011-12-15 18:33

1. Red Throat

2. Red Emp

3. Pinky

4.Baldy

5. Flatties.

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Edit:Might have to drop a

Thu, 2011-12-15 21:50

Edit:

Might have to drop a Chinaman in there too... maybe at 3.5.

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For me

Thu, 2011-12-15 18:36

 

1. Coral Trout

2. Robinson Sea Bream

3. Red Emperor

4. Baldchin

5. Rankin

Dave

 

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1.  Dhui2. Nannygai3.

Thu, 2011-12-15 19:19

1.  Dhui

2. Nannygai

3. Breaksea cod

4. Spangly

5. yellowfin whiting

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mine

Thu, 2011-12-15 19:29

1. Bluebone

2. C.Trout

3. Goldband

4. King George

5. Red Emp

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1. Coral Trout2. Spanish

Thu, 2011-12-15 19:31

1. Coral Trout

2. Spanish Makerel (Never caught myself which sucks)

3. Squid

4. Golden Snapper

5. Pink Snapper

 

Iv heard very good things about Bluebone and Wahoo but have never had it

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  1. Bluenose  (blue eye) 2.

Thu, 2011-12-15 20:19

 

 1. Bluenose  (blue eye)

 2. Coral Trout

 3. Dhui

 4. Spanish Mack

 5. Smoked Striped  Marlin

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Tough question but going on

Thu, 2011-12-15 21:19

Tough question but going on taste

1. Sand whiting

 

2. Harleqin

 

3. Coral Trout

 

4. Baldie

 

5. Blackarse

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1.  Red Snapper2.  Gummy

Thu, 2011-12-15 21:41

1.  Red Snapper

2.  Gummy shark

3.  Baldy

4.  Red emperor

5.  Goldband

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great to see

Thu, 2011-12-15 22:19

great to see the Robinson Sea Bream mentioned

Easily on a par with all the other top table fish.

Ironically a commercial friend tells me he can barely get rid of it cos no-ones heard of it, and last trip to CB there was a fisheries chick trying to tell a rec fisher it was "a spangly I think"!

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1.) Breaksea Cod2.) Baldy3.)

Fri, 2011-12-16 06:51

1.) Breaksea Cod

2.) Baldy

3.) Dhuey

4.) KG

5.) Harlequin

There's probably better fish than that but I've only put fish that I've tasted fresh on the list.

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Rib eye steak Flame grilled

Fri, 2011-12-16 13:25

Rib eye steak

 

Flame grilled lamb chops

 

Leg ham

 

Mettwurst

 

Bacon 

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You forgot quindieselbrads'

Mon, 2011-12-19 15:29

You forgot quindieselbrads' deckie!

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hrmmm so many...1 Coral

Fri, 2011-12-16 14:28

hrmmm so many...

1 Coral Trout

2 Spangled Emporer

3 Fingermark Bream

4 Bluebone

5 Dolphinfish

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1. Fresh Baldy2. Spangly3.

Fri, 2011-12-16 14:48

1. Fresh Baldy

2. Spangly

3. Rankin Cod

4. Red Emperor

5. Dhu

 

Love Flathead but cant catch enough of it !

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Haven't tasted soem of the

Fri, 2011-12-16 19:48

Haven't tasted soem of the above, but from what I have:

1. Dhu

2. KG whiting

3. Flathead

4. Pinky.

5. Herring (great taste, shame about size and bones)

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Tassie

Fri, 2011-12-16 20:02

Tassie Salmon

Bluebone

Rankin

Flathead

Pinky

 

 

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top 5 eating that ive caught

Fri, 2011-12-16 20:15

top 5 eating that ive caught are

 

1. baldy

2. red snapper

3. king george whiting

4. rankin cod

5. red emperor

 

cant decide which order coz its a treat wen i get any of these :)

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 Tough choice at 51 Thredfin2

Fri, 2011-12-16 20:36

 Tough choice at 5

1 Thredfin

2 Coral trout

3 Goldban

4 Reds

5 Mudcrab

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hmmm

Sun, 2011-12-18 07:36

1.  The Missus

2.  Baldie

3.  Mangrove Jack

4.  Red Emperor

5.  Pickled Crayfish

6.  Smoked Mackie

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lol!!!!!!!!Have to be1.

Sun, 2011-12-18 10:15

lol!!!!!!!!

Have to be

1. Robbo

2. Coral trout

3. Red Emp

4. Dhue

5. Any whiting

 

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lol the misses,i rate mine

Sun, 2011-12-18 13:25

lol the misses,i rate mine very high also, great taste i must admit lol

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Top 5

Sun, 2011-12-18 13:39

My top 5, fish I have also caught myself and all eaten fresh :)

1. Dhufish
2. Pink Snapper
3. KG Whiting
4. Squid/Cuttlefish
5. Queen Snapper

I know everyone has different tastes, but is baldie really rated that highly. I have eaten it fresh and didn't really think much of it..

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what's your best 5 eating table fish?

Sun, 2011-12-18 15:51

1. Bass Groper

2. Hapuku

3. Greyband cod

4. Ruby Snapper

5.  Blue-eye Trevalla

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HAHA,

Sun, 2011-12-18 15:59

I love it how these are all from the deep deep.

Top shelf fillets there

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Yep, the best eating fish by

Sun, 2011-12-18 16:21

Yep, the best eating fish by far!

If I had 10 on the list it would finish off with;

 

6. Rankin cod

7. Redsnapper

8. Goldband

9. Dhufish

10. Baldchin 

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Fingermark

Sun, 2011-12-18 16:25

1- Red Emperor

2- Coral Trout

3- Fingermark

4- Spanish Mack

5- Bluebone

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 1. Blackarse 2. Baldchin 3.

Sun, 2011-12-18 16:28

 1. Blackarse

 2. Baldchin

 3. Threadfin Salmon

 4. Spanish Mackeral

 5. Mulloway

Most sharks also rate very highly for me. Flathead and Whiting also rate, but not quite top 5. 

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top five

Sun, 2011-12-18 17:57

-robinson sea perch

-pearl perch

-coral trout

-rankin cod

-red emporor

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1. Spangled Emperor2. Spanish

Sun, 2011-12-18 21:54

1. Spangled Emperor

2. Spanish mackeral

3. King george whiting / Sand whiting

4. Blue bone

5. Pink snapper

Getting abit hungry now..

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1. Pink Schnapper2. Sea

Mon, 2011-12-19 08:21

1. Pink Schnapper

2. Sea Trumpeter

3. Buffalo Bream

4. Goliath Tiger Fish

5. Weedy Sea Dragon

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1 Boldie/Bluebone2 Red

Mon, 2011-12-19 12:58

1 Boldie/Bluebone

2 Red Emp

3 Robinson Sea Bream

4 Trout

5 Dhuie

 

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tough onee

Mon, 2011-12-19 13:05

that's a tough one, id say whiting is definately up there and snapper, pink/red

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1. Fingermark2. Dhuie3.

Mon, 2011-12-19 14:45

1. Fingermark

2. Dhuie

3. Baldie

4. KG

5. Jack

 

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So many

Mon, 2011-12-19 14:56

So many but on what I can compare being fresh:

1) Nannygai (Red Snapper)

2) Coral Trout

3) Dhufish

4) Whiting

5) Spanish Mackerel Sashimi (ooohh yeah better than yellowfin IMHO)

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5 best eating

Mon, 2011-12-19 15:00

1 red emporer

2 king george

3 dhufish

4 fresh spangled emporer

5 blackass (breaksea) i wish they grew to 10kg at least!

 

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