Powertail, cobbler or dirty, slippry spiked crab bait? : NT Bluewater

smed

Took my mum & dad out yesterday.Couple of crabs and a dirty Powertail. The old man seemed rather surprised to see his catch thrown over the side as thet love eating fish. Has anyone eaten one??

passenger279

eaten one, definitely eatable but i'll be sending them back from now on.. texture like chicken with a slight fishy flavour, fillets are relatively small as they're all guts and head like cod in my honest opinion..

smed

Cheers 279. I know he used to put away the muddy versions from the Murray in decades past. I'll let him know he can have a crack if he drags another in (much to my disgust).

daleywaters

The silver cobbler from Lake Argyle are pretty good due to the exceptionally clean fresh water.

Saltwater/mud versions aren't even allowed in my boat; cut them off at the side.

Filthy slimy horrible things that hurt like hell for hours if they spike you.

sarrge

Yep, didn't mind the Murray version back before they were a protected species........

smed

I didn't know they were protected. When & why did that happen?

sarrge

Happened probably 10 years ago (maybe longer)

Between the carp and people catching them they were becoming endangered.

They seem to be recovering slowly........

JewieQueen

Apparently the big silver powertail you get offshore are fantastic to eat? I can not say if it is fact or fiction as i never have tried one and the big golden ones you get also? We used to have a chew on the ones from the Murray and from what i can remember no one complained.

cuddlescooper

Many moons ago when my old man was pro barra fishing he said that they used to sell the big golden powertails for nearly as much as barra and more then threadfin at the time.

Im sure there good to eat but what ever you do dont put one in the esky whole or unbagged. :roll:

By the end of the day you will have a esky that is so covered in gooz you will be tempted to throw the esky out. the cr.p sticks like glue. :banghead:

Never ever ever again! :hunting:

Not even when in dias straights for crab bait will i do that again! :cry:

seano

Got served a meal while on a trawler once and thoght it was chicken steak- turned out to be golden powertail- definately edible. We really are spoilt in Darwin for good eating fish.

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