SECRETS For Catching & Cooking DELICIOUS Garfish!

Garfish may be small, but what they lack in size they make up for in numbers... and flavour! Come out fishing with me and I'll show you _exactly_ how to catch, clean and cook these tasty little fish!

For those interested in the polarised sunglasses I choose to wear, after trying lots of brands I've been a MAKO man for many years now. The models I wore in this video were MAKO's G3H6 lenses in their Blade frames.

As for tackle, I was using an old Shimano JDM Soare ultra light spin rod and a Shimano Vanford 1000 spin reel spooled with light braid, plus a 4 pound Ocea FC leader. Those rods aren't available in Oz, but any of Shimano's longer (7 to 8 foot) ultra-light spin rods will do the job very nicely.

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Thanks... and cheers!

00:01 Catching garfish
06:00 The rig
07:42 Ice slurry
09:40 Cleaning garfish
20:10 Different strokes
20:58 Cooking garfish

[StarloGetsReel]

For those interested in the polarised sunglasses I choose to wear, after trying lots of brands I've been a MAKO man for many years now. The models I wore in this video were MAKO's G3H6 lenses in their Blade frames.
As for tackle, I was using an old Shimano JDM Soare ultra light spin rod and a Shimano Vanford 1000 spin reel spooled with light braid, plus a 4 pound Ocea FC leader. Those rods aren't available in Oz, but any of Shimano's longer (7 to 8 foot) ultra-light spin rods will do the job very nicely.
Thanks... and cheers!

[rachels]

Hi Starlo. I’m old enough to remember you in ‘Going for Gold’. Like you, I don’t need a life of drag tearing / sudden death fishing, but am partial to a few garfish trips per year.
One of my family favourites is garfish fillets cooked the same way but in 1 part ground Parmisean cheese / 2 parts elcheapo breadcrumbs. I have witnessed young kids polish off the cooked fillets from the paper towels and ignor the chips right beside them. Chuck a few of those fillets on a homemade bread roll with a bit of grated carrot n Tatare sauce. Yumm.

[Spectrecontrol]

Garfish are so much fun - the mini marlin! Great way to get kids into fishing too.
They're also a lot of fun on fly, sight fishing them in glassy conditions is a very enjoyable experience

[chrisdoran]

Congrats Steve 1️⃣9️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ subs. The channel is going ahead in leaps and bounds with the variety of fishing content on display.😃🎣🤙

[travfoley]

Thanks Steve, it’s great to have you back. Your advice and fishing methods have always been something special.

[timeandattendancesolutions]

Thanks Steve, I am going to try the rolling method. I wasn't expecting a bonus knife accident, though!

[ryantweddle]

Love panko' ing lots of my seafood including squid 👌. My wife buys big bags at the oriental shop and we keep it in a large storage container. Seen and caught some huge garfish here in Perth but one type is protected so we don't usually bother targeting them in fear of keeping the illegal ones. Demersal ban lifts tonight and weather is good for heading out for some Dhufish, Breaksea cod, Baldchin groper etc🤘. Wish me luck 🙂

[robbiefishing]

That was fantastic Steve. As you would say, this video "ticked all the right boxes".
I loved the part about rigid thinking. Haha Every single time I face the knife towards myself i cop it in the commemts.
I really enjoyed this top notch video. Well done. 👍

[guisekula]

Mate, you are so exciting to watch...thank you.

[keithprinn]

great meal and consider using some coconut in the bread comb mix great with prawns and squid too. even a little chilli.

[franksaunders]

Great video, Steve! Have never specifically targeted them but big breakwall sea gar are on my list of future fish to target. Even had a local float maker make me up 20 cedar and pine pencil floats ready for the job.
P.S. Hope you shared some offcuts with your assistant!

[guisekula]

Gee you are thorough...I like you engaging with your viewers...its absolutely fun...grinning to myself even now and then. Just too good

[mezame]

Starlo, love your work im about same age, when i was 18 yo living in Clontarf i would get snub and long nose alot, i rolled them the bones come out clean, i only ever used flour or none at all, they cook so quickly and the bread crumbs take alot longer, best fish fingers in the world, very sweet but after a while some bitterness, made for the best fish sandwich

[MrHilltop]

The humble Gar was one of the defining moments in the start of my fishing experiences as a very young grom. Great story behind it too but not enough time to tell. All the best Starlo!🙌🎣 great stuff!

[scottwinsor]

Great video Starlo. I always enjoy watching them. You’ve inspired me to give garfish a go.

[pigsandapples]

Thanks Steve - I'm on the same page with you on a lot of stuff, especially about not wasting anything of a fish killed for food or bait. Also the joys of float fishing: whether it's the South Coast yellow eye mullet (best fighter pound for pound imo, and delicious) on small bread baits, or luderick on weed or cabbage, pigs on bread etc etc

[gilomonster]

Starlo DNA flavoured garfish = delicious😄

[DamienE]

I never thought of keeping the guts and frames for berley, that's a great idea! Avoids a stinky garbage bin from when they start rotting too

[glenneeds]

Always enjoyed your shows from way back till now. Great job mate, please keep um coming Starlo 😁

[guisekula]

Now that is more exciting part to watch you preparing and cooking garfish