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Took a couple guys out the rig the other night GTs thick. Got a couple of nice macks.
Tight Lines

Great shot with the rig in the background,

Cheers

Lemon pepper cutlets!

That sounds OK might give that a go.

They taste great as cutlets, cutting through the backbone can be a trick though, I am told some do it with a bandsaw while the fish is frozen. Shame to freeze it tho.

Salt and lemon pepper and brushed oil on the grill, yum.

Yea I use a sabasaw Matt

Nice stuff mate. Matt, what I've done in the past is cut right around the flesh to the back bone and then twist the cutlet which snaps the bone at one of the joints

what I've done in the past is cut right around the flesh to the back bone and then twist the cutlet which snaps the bone at one of the joints

Good advice. I have turned the occasional cutlet to mush trying to get through the backbone when I can't find a joint to cut thru.

Yea I reckon that would happen to them all matt I just use a strong sharp knife.

Matt Flynn wrote:They taste great as cutlets, cutting through the backbone can be a trick though, I am told some do it with a bandsaw while the fish is frozen.

I cut it all up into cutlets, except for the bone, and then use a big fat blade knife (a cleaver could do the job even) by resting it on the bone then giving it a blat on the blunt side with a hammer.

Thats my method too Jabsy, got a razor sharp 2kg stainless cleaver, cut all round the flesh then tap the cleaver through with the hammer, make sure the cleaver is sharp though or you will make mackerel paste