Leather jay

3 years ago by Mark Totzke

We get them in NZ too. Do you eat them? Taste quite good, a bit like chicken. But quite tough and chewy. I haven't figured out how to cook them properly yet.

3 years ago by Luke Hoad

No never tried it before more catch and release

3 years ago by itsaboat

Used to be called butter fish in most parts of Aust. But these days most fish mongers just call them leather Jacket...Very good eating. Yes, the flesh is firm compared to most scale fish. Would be good in curry or soup. But I just fry in (as the name implies) butter...Has to be real butter !!! They are also known as trigger fish.

3 years ago by Mark Totzke

I have to try again as the taste was very good but the consistency was like rubber. Maybe slow cook ??

3 years ago by sallad61

Hey mark, you gotta take skin off mate!,not so rubbery then???lol

3 years ago by Mark Totzke

Sallad61, ?? very funny, I was wondering why it tastes like sandpaper

3 years ago by sallad61

Mark please don`t tell me you tried to eat sandpaper too!? lol?

3 years ago by Mark Totzke

haha, salad - well you know... lean times lead to drastic measures

3 years ago by sallad61

If you going that bad have got special on mullet roe here at moment. prefer to use as bream bait though??,but hey hang on anyway of preserving that skin use as shower scrubber maybe$$$$ &no eat sandpaper then?

3 years ago by Mark Totzke

LOL, yeah great ideas. Munching away on mullet roe, while having a body scrub with a leather jacket - a survival dream come true ?

3 years ago by dazzling79

It has a tidy mouth. Must need a very small hook?

3 years ago by sallad61

been known to bite thru hooks of thin diameter!!,had it happen to me before people.

3 years ago by dazzling79

I have a riddle for this fish. I had them freshly bought from a supermarket. It was really tasty and soft meat. I also had one from freshly caught by my husband. it was rubbery and not too good to eat. I don't want to blame my cooking skill. Might be somethingthere!!

3 years ago by Whizzer

These are the best eating fish in my humble opinion. Unfortunately they are easy to overcook and this will leave a rubbery. My best results are from pan fry them. Trick is if cooking more than one, make sure they are all the same size, if you have different sizes and try to cook fr the same time, you will either undercook or overcook one, or in trying to juggle the times in and out of the pan so the 'bigger one' is cooking longer, never works for me, and tends to ruin them.

3 years ago by Mark Totzke

Hi Whizzer, good tips. I must have always overcooked them.

3 years ago by itsaboat

I agree...One of the best eating fish. I just fry in real butter. Gentle heat. No need for salt etc.

3 years ago by Whizzer

Yes itsaboat, exactly right, when i mentioned i pan fry hem Ishould have added just with butter.

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