Appetite For Distraction: FISHING TRIP

We had a fabulous Ladies Only Fishing Trip a few weekends ago down on the Bellarine Peninsula. Nine ladies, out at sea at the crack of dawn, brandishing rods and breakfast beers.... What could be better?!

The gang on the way to the pier...

One lass caught some coral and seaweed.

One caught a freekin baby stingray! Look at it's cute little face! Thrown back of course.

I almost caught this dude when i felt something heavy on my line, started reeling, and up popped the seal with my fish in its mouth. There was a momentary struggle, and unfortunately the seal won.

Luckily we caught some actual fish as well....

Leather Jacket.

Rass.

8am is Beer O'clock at sea.

After a couple of hours, the fish count was 17, including snapper, flathead, blue devils, parotfish, rass, leather jackets, and i can't remember what else.

We took our catch home, some whole and some fillited, and got stuck into it. They were cooked up in various ways, but here's one recipe that went down a treat:

VINYL LICKA'S FISH RECIPE

Hi Guys,

Here is the Famous Fish recipe...

I believe that any fish would be nice for this dish as long as it's fillited.

The recipe was originally made for Trevally fish, although these fish fillets are HUGE...

2 Limes
2 lemons
1/4 of a cup of Fish sauce
1/4 of a cup of Sweet chilli sauce
1 clove of garlic
1 table spoon of vegetable oil
Tubed lemon grass (Lemon grass in a tube)
2 tablespoons of butter
1 cup of flour
2 fillets of Trevally or 4 fillets of other fish

Firstly you will need to make the marinade.
In a cup you will need to
Squeeze 1 and 1/2 limes
Squeeze 1 lemon
A quarter of a cup of fish sauce
quarter of a cup of sweet chilli sauce
1 table spoon of Lemon grass
1 glove of garlic (crushed)
1 table spoon of veg oil

Give it a good stir. Place it in the fridge whilst you cook 2 table spoons of butter in a pan. Once butter is cooked put the butter in a bowl and put the marinade in another bowl. Get the fish fillets and soak them in the butter then place the fillets in the marinade. Leave the fillets in the marinade and put it in the fridge for a minimum of 20 minutes (Depending on how tasty you want it you can leave it in there for as long as you want). No longer then an hour...

When you feel it has marinated enough. Put a cup of flour in a bowl. Take the fish out of the marinate and cover it in flour both sides.

Heat up a fry pan. Place another tablespoon of butter in the pan. Wait till butter is all melted and the fry pan is hot. Place marinated floured fish fillets in the fry pan. whilst the fish is cooking, spread a bit more of the marinade on the fish whilst its cooking and squeeze a little bit more lemon on the fish each side. Cook each side for about 4 minutes each side till the fish is white, This will make it a melt in your mouth sensation.